WATCH: Drug Overdose crisis sees 175 deaths for July, Trudeau invests $2B in schools, Canucks win against Vegas
Darpan News Desk Darpan, 26 Aug, 2020 08:07 PM
WATCH: Drug Overdose crisis for BC Up by 136% - 175 deaths in July 2020, hospitalizations on the rise in BC due to COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pumps $2 Billion dollars in time for schools re-opening in the Fall, Vancouver Canucks showed they could do better as they win Tuesday night's game against the Golden Vegas Knights.
The spring runoff and an "unprecedented" drop in the demand for electricity because of COVID-19 is forcing BC Hydro to shut down some of its operations and spill water from its dams.
British Columbia enjoyed record-breaking heat over the weekend. Environment Canada says preliminary data shows 17 heat records were set in B.C. on Sunday, including a temperature of 29.1 C in White Rock, smashing the old record of 26.7 C set 79 years ago.
One of only two leadership contenders for the Quebec Liberal Party is dropping out of the race. Alexandre Cusson, the former mayor of Drummondville, Que., announced today that the race is draining his finances.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will order non-meat inspectors into meat plants under threat of discipline, according to the union representing agriculture workers.
Some Quebec schools were reopening and more Ontario retailers were offering curbside pickup on Monday as Ottawa promised to help some of the country's biggest employers stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The RCMP says three of the four semi-automatic weapons used by a gunman during last month's mass shooting in Nova Scotia are believed to have come from the United States. The federal force says in a news release today that only one of the guns could be traced back to a source in Canada.
