Surrey's historic Cloverdale Agriplex is getting a major upgrade thanks to funding from the provincial government.
A one-million dollar upgrade is being supplied through the Destination Development Fund, which will go toward making the site of the Cloverdale Rodeo more accessible and versatile.
Construction at the venue, which hosts the second largest rodeo in Canada, is set to start this fall and is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.
Simranjit (Shally) Singh, 40, appeared in an Albany, N.Y., court Friday to face six counts of alien smuggling for profit and three counts of conspiracy to commit alien smuggling for profit, a day after he was extradited from Canada.
Transit police say they discovered during their investigation that Kawam, who was born in 1995, made several concerning comments, leading investigators to notify the RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, who then consulted with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada on the terrorism charges.
The City of Vancouver says it has asked police to help bring a close to the encampment, removing all remaining tents and structures. It says in a statement that it decided to act due to "the growing public safety risk" posed by the encampment on East Hastings Street.
Investigators believe the original information provided to police was unfounded and that no active shooter was ever present at the school. Police can confirm that no suspect was ever seen on the school grounds, nor were any shots fired. Further, no students or staff were harmed in this incident.
There have been no cases of humans being infected with the virus in Canada. There was one "travel-related" human case reported in early 2014, the Public Health Agency of Canada has previously said.
Gurney, who's from Sidney on Vancouver Island, says news of the single winning ticket purchased locally was all over the radio, so he checked his Lotto App. He says he called in his assistant to confirm the number, which she originally thought was $55,000, but then they realized it was $55 million and couldn't do anything for the rest of the day.