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>>> Victoria police are looking to identify three suspects seen assaulting two ys downtown, a warning some viewers may find this video hard to watch. It happened almost two weeks ago just after midnight on may 11th near yates and government streets. Both young people were pepper sprayed, surveillance video shows one youth being swarmed, push to the ground and kicked, nearby witnesses intervened and the suspects took off, one of the victims was taken to hospital with nonlife-g injuries, anyone who recognizes the suspect is asked to call tory of police. >>> Roughly 4000 people evacuatedm fort nelson are being told to be patient and that it cou still be days before they are allowed back home. A public meeting was held this afternoon to inform residens are slowly being restored and the area made to safe after it was threatened by the parker lake wildfire nearly tworight now though, the regional emissive palette he is still without a functional and hospital, the target to begin a phased return is monday or tuesday, in the meantime rcmp are continuing to patrol. >> They don't know the difference between someone driving down the road unless there is some kind of a vehicle that identifies as fire service personnel or someone supporting the fire service, they don't know the difference bet them and commuter, so they are stopping them in our unity. >> Sophie: winds have beenpushing the fire away from the community and rain I in the forecast for the weekend. >>> It is been td about for weeks but it now appears there is nof a merger between bcs to right of centre parties before the election. Richard zussman now with more on what had been floated and how it all fell apart. >>orter: a deal now dead. >> I think both sides are a bit desperate because if they do vide the vote they will almost certainly hand victo to the ndp. >> Reporter: bc united leader laying out what his party proposed, commitment for this asides not to attack each other during the campaign andorm a coalition government if there were enough seats. >> In any arrangement both parties have to give up something and that's hard to do. >> Reporter: bc conservatives continue to gain momentum sitting at 32 percent provincewide in a recent research whole. Er way, tied for third with the greens all the way back at 12 percent. >> For 50 years bc conservatives which are a separate party from the fed conservatives have not elected a single mla in british columbia and I can tel you there is a lot more to an electio than just what polls are saying. >> Reporter: they stipulated for conservatives could not run nst united incumbents and in turn they would not run against the conservative incumbents, in total the conatives would've had 47 candidates, bc in hundred 46 so they didn't go up against each other and split votes, a draft would've takence to pick the writings were and cummins weren't running. >> We have been clear as conservative party of british columbia that they are looking for of political party that will beble to elect a government, if you run half your idates then you can't be taken seriously. >> Reporter: all of this giving the bc ndp an easy attack against their chief opponents. >> These guys are so out o touch, british plug-ins a dealing with the cost of inflation, challenges around health care and and t are squabbling over backroom deals. >> Reporter: and making it once again clear the bc united is struggling t live up to the united name. Global news, victoria. [ ] >> Sophie: let's bring in keith baldrey now, here at the press conference today and you asked him if what he is doing can be considered votermanipulation? What did he say about that? >>orter: we've never seen anything like this before, bchad a coalition government in the 1940s when the liberalsand conservatives got together, that was before the 45 election t with they are talking about here is after an election and carving the electoral map up, I put it t kevin falcon is it taking a risk of a backlash from voters who may feel manipulated to favour one sideanother. >> No, at the end of the day I do think we owe a dutyo the public interest, the broad public interest is that we never want to s a situation where the ndp are going to have an advantage to get reelected because of the free enterprise vo if I can call that being divided, so what we did was sten to the people and public that were speaking to us and I committed to them that I would make a genuine and sincere effort in an open transparent

good faith weight to see if we ca find that common ground, we had good interactions, there are some people in that party that want to do the right thing but they have factions, john rustad decided to go with the faction that says no deals anything. >> Reporter: no deals for anything,'s in the not only are there deals with the bad blood is quickly flowing this came out from the bc united fuising letter attacking the nservatives, and personally attacking rest read seeing he is putting his personal interest ahead ofhe interest of british one viens, specked and nasty fight between them as we go rward in the next election, kevin falcon andnited have to get over the conservatives before they can take on the ndp they are a long way from doing that. >>> Controversy in bella bellaover social media posts being described as a racist. Theng a local rcmp officer in costume with offen captions, protest outside the rcmpd I've never hadthese feelings before, but I'd be sadif I had to kill her. At Blue Shore Financial, experience personalized banking in a boutique setting. Enjoy expert financial advice, full service banking, wealth management, investments and mortgages. Achieve financial wellness. At California Closets, we'll custom design the perfect storage solution for every room in your home. And right now you can save up to 1 with our Friends and Family Event! Visit a showroom or our website to request a free design consultation today. Want to drive new sales? Then don't leave your business marketing to Leave it to the professionals at jm Media to drive the results you've been looking for. We're experts in digital, social, content, tv, radio and sports marketing. Whenwith jm Media. at Legacy Senior Living. Make memories and new friends. Explore new interests like taking a yoga class or spark some friendly competition. Live your own legacy your way. Call today. Closed captioningof this programis brought to youin part by Benchmark. Built to build. Only at Home Hardware.

>>> How the former conduct rejoins the organization later, pl. >> One of the premier venues of its kind on the west coas. >> Reporter: breaking ground on the new amphitheater and how yo can vote on its name, that is still to c right now though, first nations at the tiny central coast community o bella bella rallied outside their rcmp detact this afternoon, calling for the removal of one of it's officers. The controversy centres around offensive social media post. >> Reporter: united in fear and pain they have come together against what they say is a threat within the rcmp detachment in bella bella. >> We are hesitant to call the rcmp, it leads to mistrust of the rcmp. >> Reporter: it stems from social media post discod on facebook. >> These posts were on acceptable and absently racist. >> Reporter: in this small community it didn't take long for people to learn hisidentity, constable adrian robinson of bella bella rcmp >> Our community was feeling some fear, certainly with having an rcmp officer with these kinds of racist attitudes. >> Reporter: one picture from 2014 featuring him in a period military costume sit behind the union jack, below he comments now what is to be done about those pesky natives stirring up trouble in the coes. >> Whether or not those posts were made yesterday, last week or ten years ago he had them on his facebook publicly for everyone to see. >> Reporter: but they claim time has kept the rcmp from ching a code of conduct investigation that wouldautomatically take him off active duty because the post remade before h joined the rcmp. Bc rcmp issue thistement, we are committed to finding the right balance between addressing the crns through a fair process and the importance of community having trust and confidence in their police officers and the rcmp. >> We asked questionsund the vetting process of this constable and whyhis was not flagged. >> Repr: they have been told a transfer is underway but could take up to 90 days. Robinson will continue to serve the community under the supervision of another officer. >> We are not going to accept this. >> Reporter: the they say it renews callso begin talks with the rcmp when it comes to hiring.

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