Police in Metro Vancouver say a fire that destroyed a building used to store athletic equipment has been declared suspicious in nature.
Delta Police say investigators have yet to identify any suspects in the blaze that occurred near a park in Tsawwassen early in the morning on May 17th.
They're asking anyone with information to come forward, saying it could help investigators determine the cause of the fire.
With permission of their families, the identities of the victims are being released. Paul David Wynn, 60, died outside the Creek Stone Place. Steven Furness, 43, died at the Langley Bus Loop.
Upon arrival, frontline officers encountered an extremely irate man who threatened to use the metal tank as a weapon against them. The 56 year-old Richmond man was subsequently arrested under the Mental Health Act and taken to a local hospital.
Environment Canada is maintaining heat warnings for most of B.C. and says 10 daily maximum temperature records were broken Wednesday as the province recorded the top dozen highest temperatures in Canada. At 42 C, Lytton was the hottest in the province and the country as the weather office says the village broke its previous record for the day of 40 C, set in 1939.
The World Health Organization declared the virus a public health emergency of international concern over the weekend. Tam, the chief public health officer, said there are 745 confirmed cases of the monkeypox reported in Canada and 99 per cent of those affected are men with a median age of 36.
Detectives in the VPD’s Organized Crime Section initiated Project Tint in May 2022 to target drug sales and distributions within a high-level organized crime group linked to the Lower Mainland gang conflict.
Kristen LeNoble says Todd also made a post on Facebook, asking people she was connected with to support her, and not judge her, as she feared her harasser was about to distribute a link depicting her in a sexual manner.