An air quality advisory has been lifted for Metro Vancouver, impacting the city's northeast along with the central and eastern Fraser Valley.
The regional district had issued the advisory yesterday in response to high concentrations of ground-level ozone.
The district says ground-level ozone is formed when pollution from burning fossil fuels reacts with sunlight.
Smoke from a wildfire burning near Mission also contributed to the hazy conditions.
Mahal has been known to disappear for a few hours at a time in the past. However, concern is now growing, as it is unusual for her to be out of touch with family members for this long a time.
The weather agency issued a heat warning today for much of the territory with temperatures expected to reach 28 C with nighttime lows of 13 C. The warning applies to Whitehorse, Old Crow, Dawson and other regions throughout the central, southern and western regions of the territory.
The board's chair Daniel John says the drop in sales came because buyers have more properties to choose from, but rising interest rates and 39-year high inflation are causing them to be cautious and thus, listings are staying available for longer.
The statement says the port will not discuss the phaseout of all trucks that are 20 years old or older, even though most commercially licensed trucks elsewhere in B.C. don't face similar measure
Three Saanich officers and three from the Victoria Police Department, all members of the emergency response team, were injured in the gunfight with two heavily armed robbers outside a Bank of Montreal.
The City was investigating a complaint from the World Sikh Organization of Canada that some of the City’s security guard contractors are not accommodating its employees who maintain facial hair for religious reasons and, therefore, cannot wear protective N95 respirators, which are required by public health directive in shelter settings where a COVID-19 outbreak is present.