Surrey police have charged a 29-year-old man who is alleged to have tried to ram his way past a police cruiser.
It started when officers investigated a report of a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot on Friday.
Police did manage to box the vehicle in and arrested a driver and passenger.
The passenger was released without charge, while the driver faces multiple allegations, including possession of stolen property over five-thousand-dollars as the vehicle he was driving was allegedly stolen.
Santa Ana winds that began gusting over the mountains before sunrise were forecast to continue through the day with enough force to carry fire-sparking embers for miles and stoke new outbreaks across a region where at least 24 people have already been killed.
Sajjan says there was "no hesitation" to answer the call for help, with more than 60 Canadian front line firefighters and other resources heading to Los Angeles in recent days.
Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the South Klondike Highway from Carcross to White Pass in Yukon. It says a front approaching from the west will bring between 20 and 30 centimetres.
Ombudsperson Jay Chalke says his office will examine the complaints that those children from kindergarten to Grade 12 have received little to no instruction. Chalke says the roles of the Ministry of Education and the school districts will also be assessed.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal cabinet are set to gather near the nation's capital next week as Donald Trump celebrates inauguration day in Washington. Trudeau's office says a cabinet retreat has been set for Jan. 20 and 21 to talk about defending Canadian interests in the face of Trump's tariff threat.
Tamara Taggart told an inquest into Florence Girard's death that parents and caretakers are under heavy financial pressure to provide services such as speech therapy, which can be life-altering for people with Down syndrome.