A man has been killed in a paragliding accident in the North Okanagan.
A statement from Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP say the 63-year-old victim was an experienced paraglider.
He had just taken off from a flight school near Lumby when police say he "suddenly and unexpectedly collided with the ground."
Mounties and the coroner are investigating.
Hospitalizations among both young children and seniors have increased sharply over recent weeks during a flu season that started earlier than usual. Infectious diseases specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch said he's already seeing more seniors with flu as in-patients at Toronto General Hospital.
Karen Hogan estimates $4.6 billion was paid to people who were not eligible, while another $27.4 billion in payments to individuals and businesses should be further investigated. Pre-payment controls were also lacking, though the report said the federal government made some changes to those controls for individual benefits.
A mix of light snow, rain and freezing rain is in the forecast for parts Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and eastern Vancouver Island. On Monday, Environment Canada says daily cold temperature records were broken in Bella Bella, Port Hardy and Squamish.
Mounties responded to an assault that occurred inside Superstore located at 1-3000 Lougheed Hwy in Coquitlam between 4:20 p.m. and 4:40 p.m. on November 4. The suspect assaulted a woman who was seen with a small child.
Justin Trudeau is urging Canadians to get vaccinated against both COVID-19 and influenza and says officials will consider the advice of public health authorities when it comes to measures like mandatory masks. He says it's everyone responsibility to "step up again" to get vaccinated and keep their families and communities safe from what could also be a resurgence of COVID-19.
Fortin was the military officer in charge of the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine rollout until May 2021, but he was removed from that position after the allegation came to light.