An interaction with police has sent one person to the hospital in Surrey. The RCMP says officers were called to the area of Fraser Highway and 159 Street for reports of a robbery just after 2 a.m. this morning. It’s unclear how serious the person’s injuries are or how exactly they were hurt.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in B-C has topped 10-thousand. The province is reporting 110 new cases today — raising the
total so far to ten-thousand-and-66, including one-thousand-394 infections that remain active. Provincial health officer Doctor Bonnie Henry is also reporting one new death — pushing that total to 245. Henry says the case count gives her pause — particularly since she knows it under-represents actual cases.
The province is on the verge of reaching 10,000 COVID-19 cases ahead of Thanksgiving and is again reminding British Columbians to keep gatherings small this coming long weekend and, if possible, celebrate virtually. Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 115 more cases yesterday, for a total of 9,956 in B.C. since the start of the pandemic. By comparison, Quebec reported 900 new cases — the first time the province had fewer than 1,000 six days — and has had more than 80,000 total. With no news deaths, the total in B.C. remains at 244.
The B-C New Democrats will launch a 10-year cancer action plan if re-elected later this month. New Democrat Leader John Horgan says the plan will deliver results within the first five years and will also add new cancer treatment centers in Nanaimo and Kamloops. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson is focused on public safety saying his government will create more effective community policing and invest in integrated police and mental health teams to free up police resources.
The first and only vice-presidential debate of the U-S election campaign focused on COVID-19. Plexiglas shields and physical distancing separated Republican Mike Pence from Democrat Kamala Harris. Pence leads the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force and vigorously defended its response to COVID-19. The pandemic has killed more than 210-thousand Americans. Harris says it is — quote — “the greatest failure of any presidential administration.’
A pair of South Surrey moms aiming to ease the stress of Halloween in a pandemic have released a kids book that offers up an alternative to traditional trick-or-treating.
Loofie Saves Halloween, co-authored by Lori Russell and Lu Lee Kombe, is about making sure every child can enjoy the spooky day while staying safe and healthy
“We have felt the stress of trying to plan a safe Halloween for our little ones, and we know other parents are also in this situation,” Russell said in the release. “We want to make sure every child can celebrate Halloween 2020… especially those that are immunocompromised and cannot trick-or-treat.”
Loofie Saves Halloween is intended to be read to kids by a parent or caregiver prior to the spooky day. Then, come Oct. 31, have the main character, Loofie the Candy Monster, hide Halloween candy indoors for the youngsters to seek out while in costume.
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, Operation Red Nose has had to cancel its safe ride service this holiday season. In a release, the organization cites health concerns for their volunteers as well as impacts to service as reasons behind the decision. Operation Red Nose offers free rides each year to help prevent drivers from getting on the road while drinking.
There’s been a sharp jump in parcel deliveries since the pandemic started and Canada Post is expecting that to continue into the holiday season. So it is asking everyone to start shopping for Christmas early to make sure their gifts are delivered on time. Canada Post says it is scaling up its operations, but warns a traditional holiday parcel surge could overwhelm its capacity to make timely deliveries.
Human error is being cited as the clearest factor in a massive release of water from a North Vancouver reservoir that killed two men fishing down stream. Officials with Metro Vancouver — the authority that delivers region-wide services such as water to municipalities on the Lower Mainland — says the error was related to the programming of the spillway gate at the Cleveland Dam.
Commissioner Jerry Dobrovolny says Metro Vancouver takes responsibility for the mistake and is considering several measures, including some sort of public warning system for future gate
openings. In all, five people had to scramble for safety when the gush of water swept down Capilano canyon last Thursday and three managed to get clear but a father and son were caught in the torrent — and the body of one of the victims has not yet been recovered
Officers with B.C.’s police watchdog are trying to determine if police actions played a part in an early morning shooting that left a man seriously hurt. A statement issued by the R-C-M-P says the Independent Investigations Office was called after a man turned a gun on himself just as Mounties arrived at a call of a possible robbery. The police statement says Surrey Mounties were responding to a report of a man with a knife allegedly trying to rob people — but the man shot at police as the first cruiser arrived and then shot and seriously wounded himself. The officer was not hurt but R-C-M-P say the member is receiving support to cope with what was a life-threatening incident.
The general public won’t be allowed to attend the Remembrance Day ceremony in Veterans’ Square this year in Cloverdale as they are restricted to a maximum of 50 people on site.”
Legion representatives and other dignitaries will lay wreaths—such as those for the Silver Cross Mothers, the provincial government, the City of Surrey, the RCMP, and more—in the square. Legion representatives and other dignitaries will push their numbers over 40.
people are discouraged from coming down and attempting to sneak a peak at the closed ceremony in Cloverdale, as there will be cops there turning people away
although Information on the annual Poppy Campaign—slated to start Oct. 30—will be released in the coming weeks.
Health Canada is working with vaccine developers that have signed supply deals with Ottawa to kick-start the approval process. However, the agency’s chief medical adviser says it will be months, not weeks, before any approval comes. The federal government has signed deals to get access to millions of doses of six of the most promising vaccines in development. All must complete clinical trials and be approved as safe by Health Canada before they can be used here.