R-C-M-P are looking for more information as they investigate the sexual assault of an elderly woman that happened in Cobble Hill in July
Mounties say an unknown man entered the elderly women's home in the area of Carlton Drive and assaulted her.
Investigators are asking anyone with information or video surveillance in the area to come forward.
Police say the suspect is a Caucasian man between the ages of 18 and 32, standing about 5-10 to 6 foot 1 tall, and wearing a dark bicycle helmet.
Nelson saw the temperature hit 38.2 Celsius yesterday, breaking a record set back in 1938. Elsewhere, temperature records were set in McKenzie, Nakusp, Richmond and Smithers. Heat warnings are in place for the Okanagan, Thompson and Boundary regions.
Police in Nanaimo say a 24-year-old man has died of his injuries after a crash with a suspected impaired driver. Nanaimo R-C-M-P say the crash happened around 10 p-m on Wednesday, and the other driver remains in hospital.
The regional government says reservoir levels remain normal for the season, but water consumption is trending higher than the same time last year. It says water consumption peaked on July 5th with 1.56 billion litres used, even though it wasn't a day designated for watering lawns.
BC Wildfire Service spokesman Cliff Chapman says about 500 international firefighters are already in B.C., boosting the ranks of the more than 2,000 provincial wildfire service personnel on the front lines battling hundreds of blazes.
A statement on the website of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada Local 502 says that a tentative agreement has been reached with the BC Maritime Employers Association, and the ILWU will hold an "emergency contract caucus" today to decide if the deal will be sent to the full union membership for ratification.
The Liberals promised during their 2021 election campaign to table a Safe Long-Term Care Act, after widespread COVID-19 outbreaks drew attention to the struggle many homes faced to provide basic care to residents.