Big numbers are being reported for B-C's cruise industry. The Port of Vancouver says its final cruise ship of the 2023 season is setting sail today.
It says the 2023 cruise season in Vancouver has been the port's biggest season on record, with an estimated 1.25-million passengers this year.
It says that marked a 54 per cent increase in the number of visitors in 2022.
The port says 332 ships docked between April and October this year.
Trudeau says all of Canada is grieving the tragedy, which unfolded Tuesday afternoon in Uvalde, Tex., a community of 16,000 just west of San Antonio.
Specialized units from the Lower Mainland were called to inspect the item and the airport was closed for several hours out of an abundance of caution.
The Canadian mining company says search crews will continue to work at full capacity. Trevali said last week that rescue workers reached a refuge 570 metres below ground, but found no one inside.
Mounties say in a statement they believe the man drowned while swimming in Long Lake this weekend. They say the man's family told officers he went for a swim around 6 p.m. Sunday and they called police when he hadn't returned the next morning.
Hamm is described as a male, 5’10, 170lbs, with black greying curly hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing black jacket, blue shirt, jeans and dark runners with white soles.
The airport shared the information via a series of tweets but has not described the nature of the police incident.