A 15-year-old Kamloops girl is dead after a hiking accident in B-C's Southern Interior.
Police say it happened Sunday evening about 30 kilometres southeast of Revelstoke.
They say the girl lost her footing on some slippery rocks and fell into Akolkolex Falls.
The girl's stepfather dove into the falls to try and rescue her and was later taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries while her body was discovered on Monday.
Eby, the New Democrat government's former attorney general and minister responsible for housing, will officially be declared the leader of the B.C. New Democratic Party Friday, which paves the way for him to be sworn in as premier.
The benefit would provide up to $650 annually to cover the dental costs for children whose families who don't already have coverage and earn less than $90,000 per year.
A report by NDP chief electoral officer Elizabeth Cull obtained by The Canadian Press concluded Appadurai "engaged in serious improper conduct" by working with third parties for membership drives on her behalf. The report concluded that the harm from the misconduct can't be remedied with anything short of disqualification of the Appadurai Campaign.
On Thursday morning just before 8:00 a.m. a police officer discovered a residential fire in the 14000-block of 100A Avenue while passing through the area. Surrey Fire Service was notified and police worked quickly to evacuate neighboring residences. Multiple persons have been displaced as a result of this fire.
Fred Kwok, chair of the Chinese Cultural Centre in Chinatown, said Sim's background made immigrants feel he was representative of the community. But what was more important was how his election platform resonated in the neighbourhood, with his promises of more police and a city hall office in Chinatown.
Environment Canada predicts the rain and snow will begin Friday afternoon and continue through Saturday as a colder air mass sweeps across the province. The weather office says nine temperature records were set Wednesday across the province, including four on Vancouver Island.