Shoppers should expect to see no single-use-plastic bags, straws or utensils in stores and restaurants starting tomorrow, as new federal single-use plastics rules take effect.
Cities like Vancouver and Victoria have already have their own rules in place.
The B-C government says food service providers will no longer be able to offer single-use plastic utensils, lids and other items like plastic sushi grass.
It says such items can only be given out if a customer asks for them.
The agreement from the UN conference in Scotland last year called for countries to move faster to get rid of coal-fired electricity plants that are not abated with technology to capture emissions. India is pushing to add oil and gas to that paragraph in this year's final pact.
Police have said pilot Abhinav Handa, Hankun Hong, Gene Lahrkamp and Duncan Bailey died in the crash near Sioux Lookout after departing from Dryden, Ont. British Columbia's anti-gang unit has said Lahrkamp was wanted in Thailand for murdering another man with links to B.C. gangs.
"China today is not the China of the past," Ng told reporters in Bangkok where she is attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meetings alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Omar Alghabra says that he participated in a briefing from chief public health officer Theresa Tam this morning. He says the government will continue to follow advice from doctors and will maintain the recommendation for now.
David Eby, who will be sworn in on Friday as B.C.'s 37th premier, said his government will take charge of restoring the low-income area, which is plagued by crime, addiction, homelessness and mental health trouble.
The driver of the white GMC Savana van involved in the collision remained at the scene and was cooperative with police. The injured female pedestrian, a 57-year old Chinese national, received significant, life threatening injuries and remains in hospital at this time.