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After a record-breaking heat wave this summer, provincial health leaders acknowledge more needs to be done to prepare for more extreme weather to come.

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Shutterstock The City of New Westminster will become the latest city in Metro Vancouver to allow alcohol consumption in select parks as part of a pilot project, after a motion was approved by council on Tuesday. Put forward by Councillor Patrick Johnstone, the motion noted that both North Vancouver and Port Coquitlam piloted successful trials in 2020 designating parts or all of designated City parks as places where alcohol can be consumed, and in 2021, both have moved to expand these areas and ...

  VANCOUVER -- Another Metro Vancouver city is considering a pilot project that would allow drinking in some of its parks. New Westminsters city council is expected to discuss the idea in a meeting Monday. The motion, brought forward by Coun. Patrick Johnstone, proposes trying the program for the 2021 picnic season at six parks. The suggested locations are: Pier Park: On the grass picnic field and the grass knoll beside it Moody Park: On the mixed-use grass fields north of the multi-us...

From Christian Persecutor to Beloved Evangelist, Remembering Pastor Stephen Lungu  2/11/2021 Zimbabwe (International Christian Concern) – Pastor Stephen Lungu died of coronavirus last month, January 19 th, at the age of 78. The beloved pastor will be remembered by many in Zimbabwe as one of the greatest evangelists of his generation, whose testimony and passion for Christ has been an inspiration to countless believers.   At five years old, Lungu was abandoned by his mother and sent to live ...

Posted: Feb 02, 2021 4:00 AM PT | Last Updated: February 2 New Westminsters police budget is proposed to rise from $30.8 million in 2020 to $32.5 million in 2021. (CBC) A rare proposal in British Columbia to freeze the amount of money given to a local police department was quickly scuttled by New Westminster after its police board said it didnt approve of the idea.  New Westminster council voted 5-2 on Monday evening to accept the citys police board argument they could not hold its budget at t...

01-21-2021 Evangelist Stephen Lungu. (Image credit: African Enterprise) Stephen Lungu, a well-known evangelist and retired CEO of African Enterprise (AE), died Jan. 18 in Malawi in southeastern Africa from COVID-19 complications.  He was 78. The announcement of Lungus death appeared on the AE website. The statement noted that the evangelist had diabetes for several years and was not able to fight off the virus.  "We all prayed. However, it has pleased the Lord to rest him," Stephen Mbogo, who...

Stephen Lungu Stephen Lungu, a beloved African evangelist and retired leader of African Enterprise (AE), passed away Monday morning after being hospitalized with COVID-19 complications in Malawi. He was 78. “We all prayed. However, it has pleased the Lord to rest him,” Stephen Mbogo, who succeeded Lungu as AE’s international CEO in 2014, told board and team members “with great sadness” in a January 18 bulletin. He cited Psalm 116:15: “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death o...