Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 21 Aug, 2023 09:30 AM
An air quality advisory for Metro Vancouver remains in place due to wildfire smoke.
The Metro Vancouver Regional District says people should postpone or reduce outdoor physical activity particularly if they have underlying conditions related to breathing.
An Air Quality Advisory is in effect for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley due to elevated levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from BC wildfire smoke. Advisory expected to last until there is a change in weather. For current AQ info: https://t.co/qyfTAdTQkFpic.twitter.com/1UN6QxdywF
Pelletier and Maj.-Gen. Paul Prevost of the Canadian Armed Forces strategic joint staff are appearing before a parliamentary committee this morning. The two say the Chinese balloon passed near several Canadian military bases during its journey through Canada on Jan. 30-31.
The Liberal government's long-promised plan to transition Canada's labour force to respond to climate change says a clean energy economy will not prompt massive unemployment in the country's energy towns. It says if Canada plays its cards right, the clean energy economy will create so many jobs there may not be enough workers to fill them.
Avalanche Canada says a group of five snowboarders and one skier were caught in the slide Thursday in an area known as Terminator 2.5 outside of a ski area boundary near the town of Golden. Avalanche Canada says the two buried victims did not survive and the one person partly buried was rescued with injuries.
Brian Moore has been charged with 10 counts of indecent assault on a male, one count of sexual touching of a person under 14 years old, and one count of sexual assault. North Vancouver RCMP say Moore, now 83, taught at Upper Lynn Elementary School starting in 1970 before the end of his employment in 1982.
John Rustad, who has been representing the northern B.C. riding of Nechako Lakes as an independent, said Thursday the B.C. Conservatives now best represent his political views and goals.
