Close X
Sunday, September 22, 2024
ADVT 
National

Heat wave to hit BC

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 06 Jul, 2023 09:42 AM
  • Heat wave to hit BC

Fraser Heath says a coming heat wave is set to hit B-C's Fraser Canyon, warning of temperatures forecasted to hit the mid-30s into the weekend. 

The health authority says Environment and Climate Change Canada's heat warning covers the communities of Lytton, North Bend, Boston Bar, Yale, Othello and Sunshine Valley. 

Fraser Health says the forecast is expected to moderate next week, and doesn't constitute and extreme heat emergency.

But the health authority says people at high risk for heat illness, including seniors and people with certain health conditions, should drink lots of water and avoid strenuous activities.

MORE National ARTICLES

B.C.'s largest wildfire still threatens, as conditions elsewhere ease

B.C.'s largest wildfire still threatens, as conditions elsewhere ease
Rain and cooler weather over much of British Columbia has prompted two fire centres in the southern and central Interior to roll back campfire bans. The Kamloops and Cariboo fire centres say the Category 1 open fire ban will lift at noon Friday, covering blazes no larger than 1.5-metres high by 1.5-metres wide. 

B.C.'s largest wildfire still threatens, as conditions elsewhere ease

Teen's car impounded after being caught at twice the speed limit

Teen's car impounded after being caught at twice the speed limit
Kelowna R-C-M-P say the 17-year-old driver was caught on the morning of June 14 travelling at 115 kilometres in a grey Volkswagen Jetta. Police say they pulled the driver over and issued him a three-hundred-68-dollar fine, while also impounding his car.

Teen's car impounded after being caught at twice the speed limit

Woman assaulted in Richmond

Woman assaulted in Richmond
Richmond R-C-M-P say the incident happened on June 7th just before midnight, when the victim got off a bus and was about to cross King Road. Police say the male suspect then grabbed the woman from behind and brandished a knife, according to the victim.

Woman assaulted in Richmond

Evacuation orders lifted in B.C. and Alberta towns as wildfires recede

Evacuation orders lifted in B.C. and Alberta towns as wildfires recede
Thanks to recent rain and favourable winds, Tumbler Ridge's roughly 2,000 residents were allowed to return home Thursday when the evacuation order was lifted. There was also good news in Alberta, where an evacuation order was being lifted in the town of Edson, allowing more than 8,000 people to return home.

Evacuation orders lifted in B.C. and Alberta towns as wildfires recede

BC Hydro set to start first hunt in 15 years for new electricity sources

BC Hydro set to start first hunt in 15 years for new electricity sources
Premier David Eby told a news conference Thursday that the forecast that calls for the additional 3,000 gigawatt hours per year of renewable energy is three years earlier than previously estimated.

BC Hydro set to start first hunt in 15 years for new electricity sources

Province opens new substance-use treatment beds Surrey & Vancouver

Province opens new substance-use treatment beds Surrey & Vancouver
Mental Health and Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside says 18 of the beds have been added at the Phoenix Society in Surrey and six at the Covenant House in Vancouver. The beds in Surrey are for men in the province between 17 and 24-years old -- with an average stay of three to six months. 

Province opens new substance-use treatment beds Surrey & Vancouver