Contagious person in the plane – BC News

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Two other people in Vancouver were infected with measles after a contagious person passed through Vancouver International Airport.

Damien Healy, spokesperson for N.W.T. Health Services and Social Services, confirms that a person with measles who has traveled through Vancouver and Edmonton before going to the North is the same person.

There was no immediate word on where the person had been before Vancouver.

Health officials in British Columbia are investigating nearly a dozen cases of measles in the Vancouver area.

Many of them attended two French-language schools in Vancouver, a cluster that came into being after an unvaccinated British Columbia. a child contracted the disease during a family trip to Vietnam.

Vancouver Coastal Health announced Sunday in a tweet that there were two new cases of people infected while on a trip.

Health officials in Alberta and the Northwest Territories informed people who were not vaccinated against measles who could have boarded flights, shuttles, shops or hotels where the affected person was present to monitor the symptoms itself.

Measles first develops flu-like symptoms, then develops fever followed by a distinct rash.

– with records from the Canadian press

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ORIGINAL: 13h50

Two new cases of measles were diagnosed in Vancouver, bringing the number to 12 people with measles.

Vancouver Coastal Health announced Sunday afternoon that the two new cases are not related to the epidemic involving schools.

"Both people contracted the infection while traveling," said a spokesman.

The Vancouver International Airport tweeted that if you were at the airport on February 11 and 12 and had symptoms, please contact 811 and speak to a nurse.

More information on both cases should be published Sunday afternoon.

Alberta Health Services announced Sunday that an infected person had gone to the Vancouver International Airport, had stopped in Edmonton and had taken the drug. for Inuvik.

Anyone who visited the same place on the same day may have been exposed to measles.

Dr. Althea Hayden, Medical Officer of Health for the Vancouver Coastal Zone, said nine of the cases were clearly associated with schools that were at the center of the epidemic this month, but they do not do not know where the other person has contracted the disease.

A number of specific public places near Vancouver where people may have been exposed to measles have now been identified and listed here.

Measles first has flu-like symptoms, a cough, a runny nose and red eyes, then a fever develops, followed by a distinct rash.

People who think they have measles should stay home and call Health Link at 811 before going to a health facility or health care provider.

For more information, visit this link.

To date, there are 2 new measles cases unrelated to the epidemic involving schools. The 2 people contracted the infection while traveling. We will have more information later this afternoon.

– Vancouver Coastal Health (@VCHhealthcare) February 24, 2019

The storm that covered Interior B.C. snow-covered ski resorts On Friday night, the Fernie Alpine Resort lost 55 centimeters.

Naturally, the garbage dump attracted enthusiastic crowds on Saturday and resulted in a local phenomenon known as "Currie 500".

After a morning devoted to extensive avalanche reduction work, the complex opened its Currie Bowl around 12:45.

At that time, hundreds of people had gathered in anticipation of sharing their first traces on the bowl. The opening of the Currie Bowl after a large dump usually attracts large crowds, but that of Saturday was particularly massive.

The chaos that followed the moment the rope fell was filmed.

The Maple Ridge firefighters and city staff traveled to Anita Place Homeless Camp on Saturday to enforce a court order and address fire safety concerns.

Under the supervision of the RCMP, teams have confiscated items such as propane tanks, gas cans, generators and portable barbecues, reports CTV News.

"They're taking away our heat," Camp resident CTV Dwayne Martin said, adding that he thought the decision was a veiled attempt to freeze people. "We do not have heat. We do not have lights. "

The city asked BC Hydro to cut off electricity from a portable camp building after its electrical service panel was tampered with and exposed. It was also discovered that an 80 pound propane tank had been fitted to fill smaller tanks, "an extreme risk of fire".

The action comes less than two months after a woman was badly burned at the camp during a fire in a tent on December 29, 2018.

with files from CTV Vancouver

The Canadian press –
24 Feb 2019/6 h 24 | story:
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The stakes are high for NDP leader Jagmeet Singh in a by-election race in the Greater Vancouver area, but one expert said the recent Liberal unrest was a "gift" for his campaign.

The 40-year-old former Ontario legislator has no more votes in Parliament since he became party leader in the fall of 2017. He finally has his chance in Burnaby South, the voters the riding that voted Monday after a six-week run. .

The Liberals had a difficult start when their first candidate, Karen Wang, resigned after singling out Singh's ethnicity online. In recent weeks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been besieged by allegations that his office has lobbied former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould to stop criminal prosecutions against SNC-Lavalin.

Singh said he did not take anything for granted, but he was confident that his hard work in reaching out to voters would bear fruit.

"I think people are very disappointed with what is happening with the Liberal government," he said.

"Canadians are waiting for the government to work for us, it's more and more like this government, and Mr. Trudeau and the Liberal Party are acting in the interests of a big business. multinational company."

Trudeau denied that he or his office directed Wilson-Raybould about it. Michael Wernick, Clerk of the Privy Council, recently stated that Trudeau had repeatedly told Wilson-Raybould that the prosecution's decision was on its own.

Richard T. Lee, the Liberal candidate who replaced Wang in Burnaby South, said few people raised the issue at the door.

"I understand that some people are worried about this, but the Prime Minister's Office and the Prime Minister himself have already made a statement," he said.

By-elections generally have a low turnout, but there is evidence that the results are a function of the popularity of the government and its leader, said Richard Johnston, professor of political science at the University of British Columbia .

"(Singh) may have received the gift of some voters as a result of all this," he said. "Although it's just one thing among many, my boy, he could use a win now."

Singh has been criticized for his mediocre fundraising and the low number of polls. Burnaby South occupies a historically strong territory of the NDP. Therefore, if Singh can not win in his constituency, it also means that he did not get support from party supporters, said Johnston.

The NDP defeated the Liberals by just over 500 votes in the riding in 2015, but Johnston said he had never expected the Liberals to do the same in South Burnaby.

"It was a bit of a strong point and their support could further decrease," he said.

Lee said local issues, including affordable housing, are more important to South Burnaby voters than the situation in Ottawa.

He extolled the Liberal government's national housing strategy, which promises $ 40 billion over 10 years, while Conservative candidate Jay Shin called for tax cuts and job creation measures for $ 10 billion. help residents earn and save more.

Singh unveiled a plan to build 500,000 affordable housing units in Canada. He asked Trudeau to eliminate the GST on real estate developers building affordable homes, subsidize low-income tenants and double the tax credit for the purchase of a first-time homeowner. House.

By-elections will also be held on Monday at York-Simcoe in Ontario and Outremont in Montreal. The results could shed light on whether the new People's Party of Canada, the right wing party of Quebec MP Maxime Bernier, can win votes from the Conservatives.

A recent debate in South Burnaby heated up when Popular Party candidate Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson spoke about immigration.

An online video of the debate shows Singh urging audience members to recognize that they are all immigrants, unless they are indigenous.

When Tyler Thompson evokes the murder of Marrisa Shen, a teenager from Burnaby, in which a Syrian national was indicted, to advocate for a more thorough screening of refugees, a member of the audience shouts: "It's racist! Shame on you!"

"It's not racist to have security," Tyler Thompson answers.

Shin, the Conservative candidate, recently distributed leaflets targeting Tyler Thompson, accusing her of supporting supervised injection sites and the legalization of marijuana, which she described as a "smear campaign" "based on" lies ".

However, Shin said that he was not worried about Tyler Thompson and did not think his message resonated.

"When I talk to voters at the gates, I have no idea about that," he said.

Tyler Thompson, a former Christian television host who opposed abortion and protested against educational resources educating children about the identity of homosexuals and transgender people, said she thought the Conservatives were threatened by the People's Party.

"My message resonates with Canadians because they like my strong position towards the family."

The Fraser Health Authority closed down the popular mineral pools at the Harrison Hot Springs complex while they were investigating rashes.

According to health authorities, one person reported a rash after using the pools in January and another in February.

"The plaintiffs described a rash that would be consistent with the symptoms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a multidrug-resistant bacterium," Fraser Health said in an email to CTV News.

Water samples will be collected and sent to the British Columbia Center for Disease Control, and the pools will be closed later.

The resort said in a Facebook message that it expects the pools to be open on Mondays and that guests can use the village pool for free in the meantime.

-with CTV Vancouver files

The Canadian press –
February 23, 2019 / 5:57 pm | story:
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Cherry blossoms, Victoria's trademarks, may disappear in a few years as the city implements a plan to replace aging native trees with native ones.

City Councilors in BC This week, the Capital approved an increase in spending on the Victoria Urban Forest Master Plan, which one councilor says could lead to the loss of several flowering trees in the city.

Coun. Geoff Young stated that, while understanding the need for tree care, he was concerned about the approval by his colleagues of an increase of $ 868,000 for a program that was already spending $ 1.7 million per year. year.

"Many of our streets in our suburbs are lined with trees that have beautiful flowers in spring, they are extremely picturesque and the flowers are almost like snow in the spring," he said.

Young said it was sad to see that native species, such as the famous cherry trees of the city, had been pushed to native species.

Although he does not want the city to be invaded by non-native species, he at the same time stated that a modest use of some of these plants is quite acceptable and greatly improves the quality of life .

Young said he wanted the city to have a discussion before continuing the policy.

Mayor Lisa Helps, however, said that a combination of development and climate change was beginning to have adverse effects on trees. It is therefore "time past" for the city to invest significantly in its urban forest.

"It's the reality of climate change," she said. "Our non-native trees, including some cherry blossoms, are among the most stressed by climate change."

As non-native trees die, they will be replaced by native drought-tolerant species, she said, adding that the city would adopt a more "ecosystem-based" approach.

"We have to deal with reality, not with whimsical thinking," she said.

The last time Victoria's forest cover was last measured in 2013 was about 18% and the city hopes to reach 40-45% over the next few decades.

"The blooming trees – they are beautiful, they are absolutely beautiful, you can look at some streets in the spring and it's absolutely beautiful," Helps said. "And a lot of it will remain."

But Victoria will not change overnight, she said.

"In the next 30 to 40 years (…), we need to be realistic in dealing with real-world climate change," she said, adding that this would mean replacing non-native trees with species more resistant to drought.

Coun. Laurel Collins said she hoped the city could both protect cherry trees and increase forest cover.

She said that she planned to talk to the director of Victoria Parks to see if it was possible to preserve the iconic cherry trees and the legacy that surrounds them.

"What is wonderful about our cherry trees is that there is a story in Victoria where the Japanese community has actually raised funds and donated these trees," she said.

"So it's important that … when they get sick or need to be replaced, we think about that story."

A passenger and his driver were sent to hospital with serious injuries Saturday afternoon at Pitt Meadows.

Emergency teams rushed to help both people inside a heavily damaged vehicle at Old Dewdney Trunk Road and McKenzie Road just before 1pm.

Ridge Meadows RCMP said the driver and passenger were seriously injured, according to CTV News.

The accident sheared an electric pole and caused a power outage in the area.

Police shut down Old Dewdney Trunk Road for some time while the incident was under investigation.

-with CTV Vancouver files

Someone who bought a lottery ticket in the Fraser-Nicola area is much enriched.

The seven winning numbers of the $ 25.9 million Friday night draw were for a single ticket purchased in the Fraser-Nicola area. This area includes Merritt, Hope, Ashcroft and Lillooet.

The winner of the huge jackpot has not yet claimed his prize, but the winner has 52 weeks from the date of the draw to introduce himself.

The BC Lottery Corporation has announced that it will disclose the exact location where the ticket was purchased once the winner claimed his prize.

The biggest lottery win in BC history was $ 50 million. It was won in October 2010, March 2014 and April 2016. The 2016 winning ticket was sold in Kelowna.

The odds of winning a Lotto Max jackpot or a Maxmillion prize are 1 of 28,633,528 per game.

A Surrey woman accused of killing her eight-year-old daughter told the police that she wanted her "to sleep with Jesus," according to police records that were made public.

Lisa Batstone faces charges of second degree murder and told the police in a video recorded interview "I wanted to protect her and I just wanted her and I to go to heaven," according to CTV News.

The girl, Teagan, was found dead in the back of a car on December 10, 2014, in south Surrey, after being choked earlier in the morning.

The Bastone police interview lasted two hours and included a description of the death.

Sgt. Darren Carr: "…How did it happen?"

Batstone: "I choked her while she was sleeping."

Carr: "You choked her while she was sleeping?"

Batstone: "In the middle of the night."

Batstone's lawyers argue that she could have a mental disorder and have been influenced by alcohol and prescription drugs. They asked the judge to consider a charge of manslaughter rather than second degree murder.

But the Crown says that Batstone knew what she was doing and was perhaps motivated by her ex-husband's resentment.

"I wanted to die and I did not want to leave her and leave her to him," she told the police during the recorded interview.

Gabe Batstone, Teagan's father, described his communication with his ex-wife as difficult and combative when he testified in December. He had attempted to obtain temporary custody of Teagan after a suicide attempt by his wife in 2012, but without success.

A decision in the case is expected on March 22.

-with CTV Vancouver files

This week's provincial budget has allowed search and rescue teams across the province to fill funding gaps.

The province has announced a $ 5 million one-time financial investment from the NDP government in 2017, but it will run out by March 31 this year, reports CTV News.

Things like maintenance of equipment and facilities, as well as volunteer training and certification, depend on provincial funding, according to Mike Danks of North Shore Search and Rescue.

"To hear that the government is not interested in being there to support us is … frustrating," Danks said.

"Currently, every team in the province faces a challenge," he said.

Danks worries that fundraising is stressful for volunteers from 80 British Columbia SAR organizations.

"Each of these members was sitting at home eating a nice meal with their family and suddenly we got a call from someone who was hit by an avalanche," he said. declared. "They are moving away from their children and putting their lives in danger."

-With CTV Vancouver files

The Canadian press –
February 22, 2019/18 hrs 29 | story:
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Two new cases of measles were diagnosed in the Vancouver area for a total of 10 illnesses. Health officials are worried that they can not find the source of one of the infections.

Dr. Althea Hayden, Medical Officer of Health for the Vancouver Coastal Zone, says nine of the cases are clearly associated with schools that were at the center of the epidemic this month, but they do not know where the other person has contracted the disease.

The health authority also released a list of places where one of the infected people traveled for three days, from February 15 to 18, including restaurants, in a Canada Line commuter train and at Langara College.

Hayden said the health authorities were doing their best to find the source of measles in the 10th person in order to prevent more people from being exposed.

Measles first has flu-like symptoms, a cough, a runny nose and red eyes, then a fever develops, followed by a distinct rash.

Hayden said the response to a call for people to get vaccinated was fantastic and the health authorities saw a large number of vaccinations for the first time.

"It's the best thing people can do to protect themselves, it's the best thing we can all do to protect our community."