Global BC Headlines: Sunday, November 14, 2021

Email not displaying correctly? View this email in your browser Follow us:   Daily Headlines November 14, 2021     ATMOSPHERIC RIVER November 14, 2021 1:40 pm November 14, 2021 1:40 pm Flood watch, rainfall warnings as atmospheric river drenches southern B.C. More heavy rain is forecast for the south coast, while people travelling on highways in the Southern Interior are warned to be wary of a hazardous mixture of rain and snow. Continue reading → WORLD November 13, 2021 12:35 pm November 13, 2021 12:35 pm COP26: Countries reach climate deal with last-minute coal compromise Several countries said they were deeply disappointed by the change promoted by India to “phase down,” rather than “phase out” coal power. Continue reading → CANADA November 13, 2021 7:31 pm November 13, 2021 7:31 pm Death threat caused public Remembrance Day ceremony cancellation: B.C. Legion branch According to a branch spokesperson, the threat was ‘if the United Nations flag was flown at the Remembrance Day ceremony, someone might get killed.’ Continue reading → AD COMMENTARY November 13, 2021 8:50 pm November 13, 2021 8:50 pm Push on to restore memorial to Aaron Webster, gay man fatally beaten in Stanley Park Supporters say they need to raise $7,000 by the end of December in order for the park board to renew the bench, plaque and covered area near Second Beach.  Continue reading → ENVIRONMENT November 13, 2021 7:00 am November 13, 2021 7:00 am Indigenous Guardians are patrolling the front lines of climate change There are some 70 groups of Indigenous Guardians across Canada. Their formal network is only five years old, but the work they do goes back for hundreds of generations. Continue reading → ENVIRONMENT November 13, 2021 4:44 pm November 13, 2021 4:44 pm Domestic cats helping spread dangerous parasite to wildlife, UBC study finds An infected cat can shed as many as 500 million Toxoplasma eggs in two weeks through feces. Those eggs can go dormant and wait years before infecting a wild animal. Continue reading → AD CONSUMER November 13, 2021 3:46 pm November 13, 2021 3:46 pm Be the ‘early bird’: B.C. holiday shoppers warned of retail supply chain crunch ‘There are not going to be challenges if you are an early bird. That early bird is going to get the worm this year,’ Caren McSherry of Gourmet Warehouse says of holiday shopping. Continue reading → CRIME November 13, 2021 5:07 pm November 13, 2021 5:07 pm Call for consistency across B.C. on street checks following police watchdog report A man’s complaint about being stopped and asked if he was “Abdul” by two officers in New Westminster, B.C., has prompted a call for provincewide consistency on street checks. Continue reading → CANADA November 13, 2021 6:36 pm November 13, 2021 6:36 pm Metro Vancouverites step up to help on World Kindness Day World Kindness Day, which is marked every Nov. 13, began in 1998 as an initiative to encourage kindness throughout the world by promoting kind deeds in the community. Continue reading → AD HEALTH November 14, 2021 9:30 am November 14, 2021 9:30 am VIDEO: Focus BC Extra: Province prepares to roll out vaccines for young children Keith Baldrey and Richard Zussman discuss the potential rollout of the immunization plan for children 5-11 and what the province has in store to make sure the process goes smoothly and quickly. Watch Video →   This email was sent to globalnews@quicklydone.com Why did I get this?  |  Manage my subscription  |  Unsubscribe here © Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc., 2021. All rights reserved. Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. Corus Quay. 25 Dockside Drive, Toronto, ONTARIO M5A 0B5. Canada.