The City of Surrey says it will be removing derelict boats from the Nicomekl River this month.
The city says boats have been illegally mooring on a narrow section of the river, dumping raw sewage and garbage into the water, and creating hazards for other boaters.
The cleanup effort is being conducted in partnership with Transport Canada.
Mayor Brenda Locke says the river has many spots where boats can legally drop anchor and there's no reason for boaters to illegally moor their vessels.
Amita Kuttner said the plan to get to net-zero is not enough to meet Canada's emissions reduction targets and the Greens wanted the budget to centre on climate change in every policy area.
Statistics Canada also says the unemployment rate would have been 7.2 per cent had it included in calculations people who wanted a job but did not look for one, falling to pre-pandemic levels for the first time.
Police said the 34-year-old Whistler man was pronounced dead at the scene and an investigation involving Whistler Blackcomb, the RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service is underway.
People with two doses of a vaccine should no longer be considered "fully vaccinated" when that leaves others vulnerable to reinfection with COVID-19, as seen in jurisdictions like England, she said.
The promised new aid is contained in the Liberal government’s latest federal budget plan, which paints a gloomy picture for Canada’s economy should the war in Ukraine drag on, including even higher fuel prices and supply-chain problems.
Freeland has committed to doubling the number of homes built each year over the next decade to about 400,000 to help meet the 3.5 million homes the government estimates are needed by 2031, but the plans rely heavily on co-operation with other levels of government and the private sector.