Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 21 Sep, 2020 07:10 PM
WATCH: BC Premier John Horgan confirms that British Columbians will be heading to the polls on October 24th for the 42nd provincial election in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic. Says he struggled with the decision but says he believes now is the right time because it allows public to weigh in on the path forward.
For the first time in days, the weather office lifted smoky skies bulletins for all areas north of Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast and Thompson regions.
More than 5,000 people have fatally overdosed in B.C. since the province declared a public health emergency in 2016, but fatalities were declining before COVID-19.
A civil war gripped the country between 1983 and 2009, with insurgents who sought a separate Tamil state battling a central government dominated by Sri Lanka's majority Sinhalese.
Nathan is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a slender build, black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing grey sweat pants and black shoes, carrying a purple and pink backpack.
Kasari Govender says use of data about ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation is minimal in B.C., leading to policies that fail to address discrimination, including how people of colour may be disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
