An Israeli woman with Canadian family has died, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs says.
The centre says the family of Tiferet Lapidot has asked that the development be shared with the media.
They describe her as an Israeli woman with Canadian parents.
They say she was reportedly kidnapped by Hamas militants and her body was identified Tuesday morning.
The war in the Middle East began Oct. 7.
British Columbia's emergency management minister says people are defying evacuation orders are putting at risk the "unified strategy" for battling the destructive blazes.
Housing Minister Sean Fraser floated several potential solutions, including capping the number of student visas, which increased significantly in recent years. Several experts say they are concerned about the ripple effects of such policies.
Mounties in Surrey say two men have been charged after an altercation in the city on Friday left a man with life-threatening injuries.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the housing challenge "has been decades" in the making and promises the government is focused on "getting more housing built". A news Leger poll suggests four in 10 Canadians blame the Trudeau government for the housing crisis.
The BC Wildfire Service says 120 wildland firefighters and 105 structural firefighters are deployed to that blaze, while heavy smoke in the area continues to prevent the use of fixed-wing water bombers to combat the fire.
A Surrey man is dead after he was struck by a pickup truck while trying to cross a highway between intersections. Surrey R-C-M-P say the victim was hit by a westbound Ford pickup on Highway 17 in the Whalley area at about 4 p-m yesterday.