Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 08 May, 2023 10:17 AM
The federal government plans to spend 390-million-dollars over the next five years as part of a renewed program to fight gang violence and gun crime.
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino (men-duh-CHEE'-no) says the money will go to the provinces and territories and will include support for policing and prevention programs.
Quebec has used the Guns and Gangs Action Fund for an operation aimed at disrupting firearms trafficking, while B-C has put some of the money into its Organized Crime Agency.
Police say Sorenson set two separate fires at a Korean and a sushi restaurant in April 2020, then returned that November to set another fire at the sushi restaurant for a second time.
The sectors that the bus tour highlighted were health, technology, agriculture, brewing, and hospitality. Organizations such as Health Tech Connex, Heppell's Potato Corp, and Legion Veterans Village were on board for the initiative.
The tentative agreement announced in the wee hours of Monday morning came after the Treasury Board, which oversees the administration of the federal government, tabled what it described as a "final offer" on Friday.
The warm temperatures come a day after records were broken on Friday in cities like Victoria and Abbotsford. Temperatures Sunday afternoon have fallen below 28 degrees, with rain in the forecast Monday for several interior cities.
Vancouver Fire Rescue Services say they responded to a fire Saturday at 9:30 p-m on Dunlevy Avenue, in the back of the Asian Canadian Benevolent Association building. Police say they found the body of a 50-year-old man in the electrical room in the parking lot, where the fire is believed to have started accidentally.
The Village of Cache Creek, nearly 350 kilometres northeast of Vancouver, has issued an evacuation order for a single property along the Trans Canada Highway due to an “existing or imminent” threat of flooding.
