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VANCOUVER Environment Canada has issued snowfall warnings for much of B.C. s South Coast, with some areas expected to see up to 10 centimetres of accumulation on Saturday. The snowfall is the result of Pacific moisture colliding with an arctic front along Vancouver Island, the weather agency said. Drivers have been warned to brace for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions on roads and highways. Snow at times heavy will continue this morning and then ease this afternoon. Snow accumulations of 6-10 cm are expected, Environment Canada said in a 6:58 a.m. update. The snowfall warnings are in effect for Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, Surrey, Langley, Richmond, Delta and Abbotsford. ....
by Charlie Smith on January 22nd, 2021 at 4:27 PM 1 of 3 2 of 3 An article that appeared on Straight.com a year ago has persuaded some good samaritans to open their doors to the less fortunate. Homeless blogger Stanley Q. Woodvine has written periodically about how the West Side of Vancouver lost its last extreme-weather shelter when a Larch Street church was redeveloped. These posts were reproduced on Straight.com and one of them caught the eye of Walter Wells, a member of Vancouver Odd Fellows. So Wells reached out to Woodvine and asked if he could help. Twelve months later, Vancouver Odd Fellows is opening an extreme-weather response shelter tonight for people hoping to escape the cold. ....