Wednesday, July 1, 2026
ADVT 
National

2 earthquakes for BC this morning

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 04 Oct, 2024 11:57 AM
  • 2 earthquakes for BC this morning

Two earthquakes moved parts of B-C this morning. 

The first was a magnitude 3.5 and shook just after two a-m in the Georgia Strait about 18 kilometres west of Tsawwassen. 

Natural Resources Canada says the second quake -- a magnitude 4.6 -- happened at around four this morning about 63 kilometres west of Fort St. John.

The agency says the first quake was lightly felt in the Vancouver and Victoria areas, but there were no reports of damage from either shake up.

MORE National ARTICLES

Generosity of local businessman, Bobby Pawar, gets Langley Food Bank a bigger space

Generosity of local businessman, Bobby Pawar, gets Langley Food Bank a bigger space
Food bank reps such as Calamunce approached Pawar to buy their building so the Food Bank could expand and meet the needs of many of the less fortunate in our communities. 

Generosity of local businessman, Bobby Pawar, gets Langley Food Bank a bigger space

Youth charged in Surrey stabbing

Youth charged in Surrey stabbing
On August 18th of last year Surrey RCMP responded to an assault in progress at the intersection of 184Street and Fraser Highway and found 45-year-old victim Leroy Billy suffering from stab wounds. Billy was transported to hospital, where he died of his injuries.

Youth charged in Surrey stabbing

Canada must explore links between immigration, housing crunch: Marc Miller

Canada must explore links between immigration, housing crunch: Marc Miller
The housing crisis is a chief topic of conversation at the retreat, which comes as the federal Liberals prepare their agenda for the fall sitting of Parliament. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. estimates Canada needs about 5.8 million new homes by 2030 to restore housing affordability.

Canada must explore links between immigration, housing crunch: Marc Miller

Air quality advisory lifted for most of Metro Vancouver

Air quality advisory lifted for most of Metro Vancouver
An air quality advisory covering most of the Vancouver area has been lifted. The Metro Vancouver Regional District says a change in weather has reduced the amount of fine particulate matter in the air coming from wildfire smoke in the B-C Interior.

Air quality advisory lifted for most of Metro Vancouver

Structural losses from wildfires in West Kelowna area estimated at fewer than 90

Structural losses from wildfires in West Kelowna area estimated at fewer than 90
Premier David Eby was scheduled to visit the fire-ravaged southern Interior on Tuesday, along with Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma and Forests Minister Bruce Ralston, to get a first-hand look at the devastation caused by the raging wildfires. 

Structural losses from wildfires in West Kelowna area estimated at fewer than 90

Firearms charges against US man

Firearms charges against US man
The Canada Border Services Agency says charges have been laid against an American man after he attempted to bring guns into the country. It says in a statement today that the man was stopped on May 6 by C-B-S-A officers at the Abbotsford border crossing as he attempted to pass through B-C on his way to Alaska.

Firearms charges against US man