Mounties and firefighters in North Vancouver say one person died in a house fire in the city.
The North Vancouver R-C-M-P and the city's fire department say they are investigating Friday's blaze in the 400-block of Queensbury Avenue.
They say firefighters quickly put out the fire, but the person who they've identified as a woman was later found dead inside the residence.
The Mounties are asking anyone with information to contact police.
Police say 20 snow geese were found dead on a street on Monday and they appeared to have been driven over by a vehicle. On Wednesday, three more geese were killed after being struck by a different vehicle.
Police responded to the initial report on January 23rd after a woman reported she was assaulted by an unknown male while walking her dogs in McCartney Creek park on a trail near Northlands Dr. Cell phone video of the incident was widely circulated on social media.
The csays Statistics Canada data points to a 40 per cent decline in citizenship uptake since 2001. The group's CEO, Daniel Bernhard, calls the drop alarming and says it should serve as a “wake up call” to improving the experience newcomers have in Canada.
Trudeau is participating as a special guest at the summit of 20 Caribbean leaders in Nassau as the group celebrates its 50th anniversary. His office said the trip will allow leaders to consider political, security and humanitarian assistance to Haitian people and "Haitian-led solutions to the ongoing situation."
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