Environment Canada has issued snow alerts in several areas of British Columbia for Tuesday. Special weather statements cover eastern and inland Vancouver Island, the Fraser Valley, Howe Sound, the Sunshine Coast and Metro Vancouver. The forecaster says snowfall amounts will vary significantly depending on elevation and how close the area is to the water. It says five to 20 centimetres of wet snow is expected with the highest amounts likely over Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, where the snow is expected to persist the longest. It says warmer air will arrive by Tuesday afternoon and

Health Minister Patricia Hajdu says Canadians returning home from Wuhan will need physical and mental support once they arrive at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, where they will spend two weeks being monitored for the novel coronavirus. She says many have been facing difficult conditions under lockdown in the central Chinese city at the epicentre of the outbreak. The government chose to house then at the military base in southern Ontario in part because there is a motel where people can stay as they are quarantined for 14 days of mandatory observation. The ordeal at the base may still be challe

Oscar Arfmann has been sentenced to life in prison without eligibility for parole for 25 years for ambushing and shooting a police officer in Abbotsford in November 2017. Arfmann was convicted of first-degree murder for the death of Constable John Davidson. Arfmann's lawyer, Martin Peters, says his client has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and has very little understanding of what happened in court today. Abbotsford Police Chief Mike Serr (SEER) says Davidson's death will remain with the police department forever. Davidson's wife and kids told the court in victim impact statements that th

The RCMP say a 14-year-old snowboarder who was missing near Kamloops, B.C., has been found ``safe and sound.'' The Mounties say the boy took a shuttle to the Sun Peaks Resort on Sunday morning but failed to catch the return shuttle to Kamloops in the afternoon. It was confirmed that the teen used the chairlift up the mountain and his parents called police Sunday evening, when a search began.

An Air Canada Boeing 767 with 128 passengers aboard has landed safely in Madrid after circling the airport for hours burning off fuel.The Boeing 767 carrying 128 passengers was circling southeast of Adolfo Suarez-Barajas airport "to use up fuel and lighten the aircraft for landing," the carrier said Monday morning.The "engine issue" occurred shortly after take-off," according to Air Canada."A tire also reportedly ruptured on take-off, one of 10 on this model of aircraft." Ignacio Montesinos, a spokesman for Spain's airport operator, said the pilot radioed the tower citing an "emergency.""Our p

The federal government says Canadian evacuees from the Chinese province at the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak will be quarantined for two weeks upon their arrival at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in Ontario.It made the announcement Sunday night but it didn't provide a timeline for when they'll arrive from the locked-down city of Wuhan, saying it's still awaiting final approval from Chinese authorities.Global Affairs says the returning individuals both passengers and flight crew will undergo a thorough health screening before boarding, during the flight and upon arrival at the milit

Several British Columbia communities are cleaning up and digging out after a storm swept over the southern part of the province on Friday, prompting flooding and landslides. Local states of emergency were declared in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island and the District of Kent in the Fraser Valley. Both areas were overwhelmed with up to 140 millimetres of rain Friday that washed out or flooded major roads and forced the evacuation of dozens of people. Kent Mayor Sylvia Pranger says about 40 homes were evacuated north of Harrison Hot Springs when Rockwell Drive washed away. As many as 500

There's been a tragic end to a weekend search for three young men on southern Vancouver Island.RCMP Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet says the vehicle the three men were in was located near Sooke River Road on Sunday and the bodies of two of the men have been recovered.She says the search for the third man continues with the help of Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue.Police said in an earlier news release that Cory Mills, Eric Blackmore and AJ Jensen, all 20 years old, were last seen at a home in Sooke, B.C., late Friday night.The men were in a 2004 blue Dodge Dakota and it was unclear where they going.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her second Union Budget earlier today. The union budget 2020-21 was presented today in Parliament eyeing to energies the economy of India through a combination of short-term, medium-term, and long term measures. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that the citizens of Delhi had high expectations from the Union Budget but instead they received stepmotherly treatment. "The people of Delhi had huge expectations from the Budget but instead received stepmotherly treatment. Delhi is not in BJP's priority list, then why should the citizens of