Forestry industry sends a blow – BC News

DriveBC has issued a number of travel advisories due to unsafe driving conditions that could lead to debris flows.

A travel advisory is in effect along Route 1 between Cornwall Road and Old Cariboo Road for a distance of 9.6 kilometers.

The notice is also in effect between Back Valley Road and the Juniper Beach Provincial Park Access Road for 16.8 km.

Highway 97C, in both directions between Cornwall Road and Highway 1 in Cache Creek, also contains a posting notice.

The notice was also extended to Cariboo Highway and Stevens Road for 291.8 km.

& # 39; & # 39; Potential of debris flows. No stop during the rain. Plan to close the highway in case of heavy rain, "tweeted DriveBC.

A dead gray whale did not die as a result of a collision with a ship near Victoria.

According to Fisheries and Oceans Canada, a necropsy was conducted on the whale, which was found floating between Sidney Islands and James on Thursday.

The cause of death was not revealed, but DFO says it was not caused by a ship strike, reported CTV News.

A Coast Guard vessel towed the carcbad to the DFO Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney on Friday.

"The results … are fueling a growing body of knowledge to help badess threats to whales from a population health perspective," DFO told CTV.

– with files from CTV Vancouver Island

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BEFORE CHRIST. is mobilizing to help revive the province's forest industry by demanding the use of engineering wood in the new St. Paul's Hospital and the modernization of the Royal B.C. Museum.

Prime Minister John Horgan said at the Forest Industries Council meeting in Vancouver that he had also advocated the use of engineering wood, to the extent possible, for the $ 20 billion. public infrastructure under construction, including schools and housing.

The Prime Minister said the plan, aimed at increasing value-added production through reduced wood supply, marked the beginning of the change the forest industry needed.

Horgan says the industry is facing unique challenges with reduced timber supply, lower prices and record-breaking forest seasons over the past two summers.

The province announced earlier this year that it was modifying the building code to allow the construction of wooden buildings of less than 12 floors in fire-resistant engineering wood.

The government announced in its Speech from the Throne the modernization of the museum in Victoria and a business plan for the new St. Paul's Hospital, with a budget of $ 1.9 billion, was launched in February.

Capilano University opens a new campus in North Vancouver.

The satellite campus will be located on the North Shore waterfront on Victory Ship Way, reports CTV News.

"CapU Lonsdale represents for us an exceptional opportunity to expand our reach and our contributions to the community," said University President Paul Dangerfield in a press release.

The site is expected to open in September.

"By expanding its activities to shipyards, the Capilano University's main campus on the north shore of Purcell Way will have additional capacity for new programs and planned services to expand the options and opportunities. opportunities, "said the school.

The school has an annual enrollment of over 10,000 students.

– with CTV Vancouver files

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A man convicted of criminal harbadment of his ex-wife through a revenge website has been accused of violating a probation order.

The RCMP said Patrick Fox was arrested Thursday in Burnaby.

He was sentenced to nearly four years in prison in 2017 for illegal possession of a firearm and criminal harbadment of Desiree Capuano, who lived in the United States.

Fox's lawsuit revealed that Capuano had been harbaded by hundreds of threatening emails and by the website, which had falsely falsified her as white supremacist, drug addict and pedophile.

In a statement, the OC According to the Crown Prosecution Service, Fox is charged with failing to report to a probation officer, leaving the province without the permission of his probation officer and being present unless 100 meters from the US border.

Fox was scheduled to appear in Provincial Court in Vancouver today.

A home invasion and police lawsuit ended Thursday with a rolling crash on Vancouver Island.

According to the police, a woman entered the crystal pool and the fitness center in downtown Victoria, claiming she was stabbed. But before the paramedics could arrive, she left, then burst into a house while the owner was home.

The woman then stole the owner's vehicle keys and took off when the owner confronted her in the driveway, reported CTV News.

The Saanich police launched in pursuit of Pat Bay Highway, where the suspect burned a red light and crashed after police retreated due to danger to the public .

After the collision, the woman reported a pbading vehicle and asked to be taken to the hospital, the police said.

But she ran away again and the police eventually found her running on Bourne Terrace, where she was arrested.

The 29-year-old woman with no fixed address suffered only minor injuries and no evidence of a stab wound. She faces many charges.

– with files from CTV Vancouver Island

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A man charged with arson at a Vancouver college is facing two other charges of robbery and badault.

Nasradin Abdusamad Ali, 23, appeared briefly in a provincial court today.

Ali had previously been charged with a criminal fire over an inhabited property and a charge of possession of incendiary material.

Langara College was shut down earlier this week after police said at least two devices had exploded in the school, causing fires.

A bail hearing is scheduled for April 10th.

Ali's family members, including his mother and brother, refused to comment outside the court.

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Free menstrual products are available in all public schools in British Columbia.

Education Minister Rob Fleming said a ministerial order required all public schools to provide free menstrual products to students in the washrooms before the end of the year.

Fleming says the province will provide $ 300,000 in seed funding to school districts and provide ongoing funding for the program.

The minister said that free menstrual products should have been a basic service in schools a long time ago and that this will now help to create a better learning environment for students.

Current research indicates that one in seven students missed the clbad because they could not afford menstrual products.

Grade 11 student Rebecca Ballard says free products will go a long way towards ending students' taboos about menstruation.

An employee from Langley Township is on leave after being trapped by Creep Catchers.

In the video posted by the vigilante group, Creep Catchers can be accused of accusing the man of trying to meet a 13-year-old girl.

The man, who would be a senior municipal official, responds by saying he thought he was 18, according to CTV News.

The police have not yet confirmed whether she is investigating the case.

The township says that the employee is "currently on leave," adding in an email to CTV that he "acknowledged the seriousness of what had been alleged, and that the township would take appropriate action."

– with CTV Vancouver files

The coroner's inquest will focus on the death of a man in a cell of Victoria Prison.

Bradley Gregory Martins Graham, 33, was found insensitive to the Vancouver Regional Correctional Center on March 6, 2016 and was pronounced dead at the Victoria General Hospital.

A jury will hear testimony on May 21 to determine the facts surrounding Graham's death, reports CTV News.

The investigation will make recommendations to prevent similar deaths in custody, but will not find fault or badign legal liability.

– with files from CTV Vancouver Island

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While Prime Minister John Horgan was questioning the government's "relief" over record gasoline prices, Thursday, BC had the highest taxes and prices for fuel throughout North America.

Horgan said his government will monitor prices at the pump this summer, after reaching a record of nearly $ 1.64 a liter Thursday in the Greater Vancouver area.

"We will see how it goes during the summer and if there is a possibility for the province to intervene and help, we will do it." But at this point, I hope that There will be some correlation between the price of commodities and retail prices – these are issues that are market-determined and out of my control, "he said.

On Monday, the BC carbon tax increased to $ 40 a ton.

"When you look at all the gasoline taxes in British Columbia right now, no small amount can be easily or cavalierly rejected – you pay more than 52 cents per liter of federal, provincial, and provincial taxes on carbon. and TransLink, "said GasBuddy. Dan McTeague's com. "That puts you away from most other provinces by 18 to 20 cents a liter more."

The lowest price posted on GasBuddy Thursday in Canada was 99.4 cents per liter at a Moraviantown, Ontario-owned First Nation.

Opposition Liberals in British Columbia have accused the NDP government of claiming to be concerned about affordability while increasing the tax on gasoline.

"To date, the government has the dubious distinction of presiding over the highest gas prices and taxes in North America," Jas Johal said during Thursday's question period, noting that 39, an increase in transit fees was in progress.

Environment Minister George Heyman responded by saying that the government was allocating carbon tax revenues to a series of affordability measures, adding that the former Liberal government had increased gasoline taxes by 15 cents compared to the two hundred increase in the NDP.

While high prices for gasoline can have negative consequences, one researcher said that they could change consumer behavior.

Nic Rivers, Canada Research Chair in Climate and Energy Policy at the University of Ottawa, said the British Columbia carbon tax had already prompted many people to give up their cars for bicycles and public transport.

The province introduced the first comprehensive carbon tax in North America in 2008.

Rivers' research suggests that when the carbon tax hit $ 30 a tonne in 2012, it reduced emissions by 5 to 15 percent.

A study revealed the types of cars that people buy in BC are more fuel efficient because of the tax, he said.