A 4.5-magnitude earthquake shook off the west coast of Vancouver Island earlier today.
Earthquakes Canada says there have been no reports of damage from the quake that was about 213 kilometres southwest of Port Alice.
It comes less than a week after dozens of people reported feeling a 5.7 magnitude quake that rumbled in the same area. (CTV Vancouver Island)
Police say they were called to the parking lot of a large shopping mall in central Abbotsford at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. An unnamed man was found with life-threatening injuries and was treated in hospital but died a short time later.
Alghabra says he reiterated Canada's opposition to President Joe Biden's original plan to put extra tax incentives on electric vehicles assembled in the U.S.
23 year old Anureet Dosanjh of Surrey has now been charged with six counts of Impaired Operation Causing Bodily Harm and three counts of Dangerous Operation Causing Bodily Harm.
The closure happened around 3:30pm. Transit Police are on scene at New Westminster Skytrain station. No word on well the station will re-open.
The prime minister did not explain why he chose to speak virtually to the fundraiser in Surrey, B.C., but expressed disgust at the "harassment, racist insults (and) threats of violence" targeting the mostly South Asian attendees as they arrived.
The Canada-BC Flood Recovery for Food Security Program aids farmers who lost livestock and crops by offsetting the costs of returning to production.