Mounties in Kelowna say they've notified B-C's police watchdog after a police dog injured a man who was running away from officers pursuing him.
R-C-M-P say officers pulled over an stolen vehicle with four people inside.
They say the occupants ran away when officers told them they were under arrest, including one man who was holding what was believed to be a weapon.
A police dog gave chase and made contact with the man, who was taken to hospital for treatment of his undisclosed injuries.
Flooding on the Skeena River could reach a 20-year high as early as Wednesday, the River Forecast Centre said. The ongoing hot weather is accelerating snowmelt across most of B.C., it said, estimating that the Bulkley River near Smithers could reach 10-year flow levels by Wednesday or Thursday.
The VPD says the suspect is a South Asian man with a medium build and was wearing a black hat, sunglasses, beige cargo shorts, and a white and blue striped shirt at the time of the alleged assault.
The record for the highest May peak hourly demand was set last night, as temperatures soared across much of the province. BC-Hydro says preliminary analysis found consumption reached almost 76-hundred megawatts as residents turned to air conditioners and fans in an attempt to cool off.
VPD officers responded to more than 1800 incidents between Friday and Monday, an increase of 36 per cent from the same time last year. That included 28 calls to the beaches, a 250 per cent increase from the same time last year.
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.
It happened last Thursday in the courtyard of a multi-family building, but the suspect had fled the scene by the time officers arrived. Police say the suspect was arrested yesterday and charges are pending.