The British Columbia government says it is ending the state of emergency imposed last month when thousands of residents were chased out of their homes by wildfires.
The government says in a statement the wildfire risk is diminishing in much of the province as temperatures cool, allowing most residents to return home.
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Canada should make it so air travellers are automatically entitled to compensation from airlines when their flights are disrupted, rather than having to make claims on their own, a passenger advocate said Tuesday.
On January 4th at approximately 1:00 p.m. Officers responded to a road rage incident near Mount Seymour Parkway and Lillooet Road in North Vancouver. Bystanders called 911 after the occupants of two vehicles exiting the Superstore parking lot entered into an altercation.
The 70-year-old victim was injured when she tried to stop the would-be thief. The suspect, who was carrying a cup of instant noodles, allegedly threw the soup in the woman’s face and on her clothes. The suspect fled the store, but was arrested nearby after Vancouver Police responded to a 9-1-1 call from a witness.
The Nelson Police Board said the two were on snowmobiles about 70 kilometres north of the city when they were engulfed. The Avalanche Canada website rated the avalanche risk at a three on its five-point scale, meaning the danger was "considerable."
Premier David Eby told a news conference Monday that the province will also spend $1.3 million to set up a new pathway for internationally trained nurses and assess applications faster. Candidates are waiting up to three years now, but he said the government's goal is to cut that wait down to between four and nine months.
Police say all three are believed to be members of same family and no one else was found on the property. No details of the ages or genders of the deceased have been released.