June heat wave was the deadliest weather event in Canadian history, experts say
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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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.
Salvation Army offering salvation to 'Tent City' refguees
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 make the designations permanent due to positive public response. In New Westminster, the parks – a...
VANCOUVER -- Another Metro Vancouver city is considering a pilot project that would allow drinking in some of its parks. New Westminster's 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-use path (not on the paved areas or sports courts) Hume Park: Upper Hume Park south of the off-leas...
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 in an orphanage where he was beaten on a daily basis. By the time he was 12 he was living under a br...