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The Canadian press –
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Green party leader Elizabeth May is engaged and is planning a wedding next spring.

May announced on Monday that she and John Kidder will be getting married in Victoria on April 22 and are planning a train trip from Vancouver to Ottawa shortly thereafter for their honeymoon.

She said the couple had known each other for about five years, but the sparks flew at a Green Party convention in Vancouver in September. Kidder, of Ashcroft, asked the question about a month later.

Kidder, 71, has deep roots in the Green Party and comes to the federal government for a seat in British Columbia. and is a founder of the provincial party.

May says that he is a retired technology entrepreneur who operates a hop farm in Ashcroft but also spends time in Vancouver.

"I had a crush on him and he had one for me," said May, who represents British Columbia. riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands in the House of Commons. "It was a bit like high school."

She said that once the two men had decided that they were an object, the proposal had been submitted quickly.

"When you know it's true, it's true, whirlwind," she added.

Kidder is the brother of late actress Margot Kidder, said May. He has three children and four grandchildren.

May, who has a daughter, three stepchildren and seven grandchildren, credited her friend Sylvia Olsen with her matchmaker. Olsen is the mother of Adam Olsen, the green member of British Columbia. legislature for Saanich North and the islands.

"Let's face it," said May. "I did not have the time, I said: I do not need a partner." I am really busy. I am pretty happy as a single woman. "

But now, May said that she was delighted. "I feel pretty awkward," she says.

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Health Employers Association and BC The Nursing Union bargaining group has announced an agreement in principle for the province's 44,000 nurses.

The agreement is in British Columbia. The government's mandate in sustainable services, which in 2019 provided for a general wage increase of 2% each year of a three-year agreement.

The mandate also provides for the possibility of negotiating conditional financing, but no details of the agreement will be disclosed before a ratification vote.

The tentative agreement covers registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and licensed practical nurses working in hospitals, long-term care facilities and home and mental health facilities.

A spokeswoman for the union said ratification votes would be held across the province until Jan. 21 and the results should be announced on Jan. 22.

In a press release, the government indicates that around 155,000 public sector employees are covered by interim or ratified agreements under the sustainable services mandate.

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UPDATE: 1:35 pm

The Surrey RCMP is warning the missing 13-year-old man that he has been found and is safe.

ORIGINAL: 6 hours

Surrey RCMP is asking the public for help in trying to locate a missing 13-year-old girl.

The RCMP describes Irene Dan as a high-risk missing woman. She was last seen at 8 pm Saturday on the 17600 block of 104th Avenue in Surrey. It has not been seen or heard since.

She is described as a 13-year-old Aboriginal woman, five feet tall and weighing 90 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

The last time she was seen, she was wearing a commemorative gray hoodie (with aboriginal art motifs), pants, a black backpack and running shoes.

The police and her family worry about her health and well-being and claim that it's inappropriate for her not to be touched for so long.

Anyone with information about where this person is located is interrogated
contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502.

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A newborn was found abandoned in front of a daycare in Mission.

The child is in critical condition at the hospital, reports CTV News.

The RCMP revealed the discovery Monday after the discovery of the baby Friday near the child care center of Heritage Park.

A tent and a police tarp covering a dumpster at the scene.

A 21-year-old woman was arrested, but no charges were laid.

– with CTV Vancouver files

The Canadian press –
Nov. 26, 2018 / 1:14 pm | story:
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UPDATE: 1:15 pm

The two senior officials of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia said that they still did not know why they had been put on administrative leave. They have appealed today to get their reinstatement, while a police investigation is underway on their conduct.

Weapons Sergeant Gary Lenz and the Clerk of the House, Craig James, denied any wrongdoing at a press conference Monday and reiterated that their lawyer had asked them Friday to reinstate them.

Lenz stopped and his voice broke with emotion as he explained the support he had received from his family and friends since his escort from the Legislature on Tuesday. last, after the chamber voted unanimously to place the two men on paid leave.

He described how he had been "shocked" when he had learned that he was being put off.

"While it's impossible to deny what you do not know, I firmly state that I have done nothing wrong and that I am confident that the ongoing independent investigation with the RCMP is going to "erase any alleged wrongdoing," Lenz said in a statement. declaration.

James stated that no one had informed him of what he would have done or asked for his version of the story.

"The damage to my reputation is irreparable," he said in a statement. "Healing can only begin with my return to work."

The two men stated that they would cooperate with the RCMP investigation and James outlined the steps he had taken since his appointment to the Clerk's post in 2011 to improve the administration of the RCMP. the Legislative Assembly, including by baduring the Auditor General that the issues identified in a report would be resolved.

"Shortly after, we received our first full audit," added James. "We have received one since."

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The President of BC The legislature says that it is up to the badembly to decide whether it wishes to cancel a motion that has placed its two senior officials on administrative leave.

President Darryl Plecas today issued in a letter to the party leaders of the three parties that the motion pbaded unanimously by the Legislative Assembly last Tuesday provided for a periodic review of the decision.

Plecas said the three party leaders backed the position that "it would not be appropriate for these permanent officers to continue to sit in the badembly despite an active criminal investigation regarding their actions related to terrorism." # 39; badembly. "

Weapons Sergeant Gary Lenz and the Clerk of the House, Craig James, denied any fault in a letter released Friday by their lawyer, who asked the legislature to rescind the motion placing them on leave .

The two men have scheduled a press conference for later today.

The RCMP stated that it was investigating the staff of the legislature, but it did not specify who was the subject of the investigation and did not describe the case. criminal investigation.

The Liberals called for an emergency meeting to ask Plecas how and why he hired a special advisor to investigate his concerns about Lenz and James.

On Saturday, Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson said his caucus still had many questions about the Speaker's decision to engage his friend Alan Mullen in January to review the administrative duties of Lenz and James.

The president's office forwarded information to the RCMP in August and the Mounted Police investigation with the help of two special prosecutors, who declined to comment on the case.

Wilkinson added that he was asking questions in part because it surprised him that Mullen had revealed Wednesday that he had conducted the investigation before forwarding it to the RCMP. Before Wednesday, the Liberals thought Mullen was an office worker and a driver of the President, he said.

But Plecas said in his letter that the Liberals raised no objections at a meeting before the motion was introduced in the House.

"The House Leader of the Official Opposition, Mary Polak, specifically stated that she did not wish or did not need additional information about the allegations, besides the fact to know that there was an active investigation by the RCMP, "he wrote.

Plecas claims that Lenz's and James' work is "essential to the operations and deliberations of the legislature."

"They must enjoy the unreserved confidence of the house.They are entitled to the presumption of innocence in any criminal trial, but the reality of an ongoing criminal investigation concerning their activities as a" criminal case ". permanent officers of the house can not be ignored by the house. "

The president said his office had questioned MPs about the availability of an emergency management meeting and has since concluded that a meeting of the committee is scheduled to take place on Dec. 6. The committee, chaired by the president and composed of the three other leaders of the legislature, is responsible for the financial accounting of the legislature.

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Finance Minister Carole James said British Columbia's economic growth remains "strong and stable" and that the budget will run a surplus for the 2018-2019 fiscal year.

James explains that operating debt, which accumulates when tax or other revenues are missing from the promises of spending announced in a budget, has been reduced to zero for the first time in four decades.

According to her, the province's second quarter results for this fiscal year show a projected surplus of $ 1.35 billion.

The Department of Finance is forecasting GDP growth of 2.2% this year, while the value of all goods and services produced by the province is expected to increase by 1.8% in 2019.

James says the risks to the province include a $ 250-million decline in state-owned earnings, mainly due to losses incurred by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, as well as a slowdown in the US market. # 39; home.

To offset these risks, she explains that a fund covering potentially volatile revenue changes has been increased by $ 600 million.

"This extra caution is very essential (…) to help mitigate any impact on provincial revenues," she said at a press conference in the legislature on Monday.

James and RBC say RBC and other badysts remain optimistic about economic growth in BC and expect the province to remain a leader in Canada this year and next, even before that the benefits of a liquefied natural gas development in Kitimat do not add to the forecasts for the coming months.

"Private forecasters expect BC's economic growth to be strong, and they predict that we will lead the provincial rankings in 2019," she said.

The 2019-2020 budget will be published on February 19, with the third quarterly report.

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A cyclist was charged and beaten on the ground by an aggressive deer in the suburbs of Victoria.

The woman turned a corner in Oak Bay and ended up with a doe and a fawn, reported CTV News.

The male knocked the woman off her bike, which resulted in a shoulder injury and a slight concussion.

A growing deer population is a recurring problem in the community.

The city had already slaughtered the animals and biologists are studying the possibility of using contraception by injection.

– with files from CTV Vancouver Island

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First Nations leaders said at a hearing held in Victoria by the National Energy Board that the potential consequences of expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline on their lands are very concern.

Two leaders representing the Sto: lo Tribal Council of the Fraser Valley said that protecting salmon, animals and the surrounding lands of the Fraser River was their responsibility and that the pipeline posed risks that could harm their homes and their homes. culture.

But Chief Tyrone McNeil and Councilor Andrew Victor did not say that they were completely opposed to the expansion project.

McNeil, vice president of the tribal council, says the board must understand that the Sto: lo call the Fraser River their mother because it feeds them and feeds them.

He says the Sto: lo think they are responsible for everything they see, including chinook salmon, the main source of food for endangered killer whales living in the south.

Victor says the Sto: lo want to see a rationale for the pipeline extension project, including conducting environmental badessments that examine the risks and impacts of a spill.

The new hearings were triggered after the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed the initial approval of the extension, claiming that Canada had not sufficiently consulted the First Nations nor taken into account the impact of tanker traffic on the marine environment.

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UPDATE: 11 am

Police identified the victim of a weekend homicide in Vancouver as Elizabeth Poulin, 87 years old.

The DPV investigators are working to determine what led to the woman's death and to identify a suspect.

"This investigation is a top priority for the police. According to the information collected to date, investigators do not think the public is in danger, "said Sgt. Jason Robillard.

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Friends and neighbors are wondering why someone would murder an elderly woman.

The fifteenth homicide victim of Vancouver in 2018 was a woman with a disability named Betty, killed in her apartment on Kingsway Avenue and Kerr Street. His body was discovered Saturday morning.

Neighbor Lori Hussey said the woman was living alone. Her daughter found her covered in blood.

"She was very kind, very affectionate, very sweet, she would not hurt a fly. Just a wonderful and wonderful person, "Hussey told CTV.

"Why would anyone do such an awful act to a disabled person?" Added Jan O'Leary, immediate neighbor.

The police were still on the scene Sunday and were working with the BC Coroners Service.

VPD Const. Jason Doucette said the homicide unit is determining the motive for the murder.

– with CTV Vancouver files

The Canadian press –
Nov 26, 2018 / 8h14 | story:
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A coroner's inquest will be held this week on the suicide in 2013 of a former RCMP spokesman who had provided the first reports on the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski as a result of a police investigation. a clash with the police at the Vancouver airport.

Sgt. Pierre Lemaitre briefly acted as the face of the mounted police after Dziekanski was repeatedly ransacked with a police taser during the 2007 confrontation.

Lemaitre, who was 55 years old when he died, said that Dziekanski was combative and that only two taser flakes were used to tame him.

A civilian video later showed that these statements were incorrect, but Lemaitre said during an investigation into the death that he had leaked details provided by homicide detectives.

The investigation concluded that Lemaitre may not have known that the information was wrong, but he was then transferred out of media relations.

A lawsuit filed by the police officer's widow after her death and settled outside the court alleged that Lemaitre had been scapegoated in the Dziekanski case.

Deputy Chief Coroner Vincent Stancato and a jury will hear testimony from witnesses under oath in Burnaby to determine the facts surrounding the suicide.

Coroner's Office spokesperson Andy Watson said in an e-mailed statement that jurors will have the opportunity to make recommendations to prevent deaths in similar circumstances.

He added that an investigation could be ordered if the Chief Coroner felt that a "death was the result of a dangerous practice or circumstance".

Watson's statement also indicated that an investigation is conducted if the Chief Coroner "has reason to believe that the public has an interest in being informed of the circumstances of the death".

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An otter is seen behind a tree in Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's clbadical Chinese garden in Vancouver

An opportunistic otter that feeds on koi in a single garden in downtown Vancouver has eaten at least three other large fish and continues to evade efforts to trap and kill it.

The Vancouver Park Board confirms on social media that the otter, which was introduced into Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's clbadic Chinese garden a little over a week ago, is still on the run and that many more 14 awarded koi from the garden have disappeared since Friday.

It is now estimated that 10 valuable fish, valued for their longevity, size and unique brands, have been consumed.

Over the weekend, park board staff attempted to remove the remaining koi from the pond system in the garden on the outskirts of Vancouver's Chinatown neighborhood, but were unable to do so. capture that one.

The park board said that the Vancouver aquarium is now being looked after.

More information should be published on attempts to trap and transfer otters in the Fraser Valley.