Wednesday, December 17, 2025
    ADVT 
    National

    Additional emergency shelters for Vancouver

    Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 20 Jan, 2025 12:02 PM
    • Additional emergency shelters for Vancouver

    The City of Vancouver has activated additional emergency shelters through Monday night as temperatures drop below zero overnight.

    Environment Canada forecasted a low of minus two on Sunday in the city and a low of zero for today.

    At the same time, a wind chill of minus seven was expected Sunday night and a wind chill of minus eight is expected this morning.

    Criteria for the city's extreme weather alert system includes when temperatures are at or below zero degrees, or feel that way with wind chill.

    Prev Next

    MORE National ARTICLES

    One and cat dead in house fire

    One and cat dead in house fire
    A person who was rescued from a house fire in Winnipeg last night has died. The city's fire service says crews were called to a two-and-a-half storey duplex in the 1400 block of Selkirk Avenue at around 11 p.m.

    One and cat dead in house fire

    Man facing charges after food bank truck stolen in Edmonton

    Man facing charges after food bank truck stolen in Edmonton
    Police say a man is facing charges after a food bank truck was stolen in Edmonton two days before Christmas. The large delivery truck, parked in a loading dock at the Edmonton Food Bank, was being prepared to pick up donations when its GPS tracking device kicked in.

    Man facing charges after food bank truck stolen in Edmonton

    B.C. 'ammonia' leak spurs evacuations, road closure, turns out to be carbon dioxide

    B.C. 'ammonia' leak spurs evacuations, road closure, turns out to be carbon dioxide
    A statement from officers in the Metro Vancouver municipality says first responders were called to Clarke Road near St Johns Street, for a report of a flipped commercial vehicle around 10:40 a.m. on Tuesday.

    B.C. 'ammonia' leak spurs evacuations, road closure, turns out to be carbon dioxide

    IHIT names homicide victim whose body was found in B.C. bush fire

    IHIT names homicide victim whose body was found in B.C. bush fire
    Police have released the name of a homicide victim whose remains were found during a bush fire in Langley, B.C., last year, as they appeal for witnesses in the case. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says Michael Kashani was 36 years old when he died last September, leaving "a void in his family and community."

    IHIT names homicide victim whose body was found in B.C. bush fire

    24-year-old woman in Burnaby dies after being hit by vehicle

    24-year-old woman in Burnaby dies after being hit by vehicle
    A 24-year-old pedestrian struck by a vehicle last week in Burnaby has died. Police say the woman was hit the night of Dec. 17 and taken to hospital in critical condition where she later died.

    24-year-old woman in Burnaby dies after being hit by vehicle

    Ripe avalanche conditions for parts of B.C. expected to persist this week: forecaster

    Ripe avalanche conditions for parts of B.C. expected to persist this week: forecaster
    A forecaster says ripe avalanche conditions are expected to persist across much of British Columbia for the rest of the week. Large swaths of the province, stretching from the coast to the Alberta boundary, are under "considerable" or "moderate" avalanche danger warnings.

    Ripe avalanche conditions for parts of B.C. expected to persist this week: forecaster

    PrevNext