🚑 Breaking & Incidents
- Fatal crash closes Sea-to-Sky Highway overnight. The Sea-to-Sky Highway was closed in both directions after a deadly crash near Deeks Creek Bridge on Sunday evening. Emergency services responded, but no hospital transports were made.
- Swimmer missing after river incident in Vancouver Island park. A female swimmer was swept away by the current in Stamp River Provincial Park on July 5, sparking a multi-agency search operation.
- Brunswick Creek fire prompts air quality warning and evacuations. With the fire growing to 1,230 hectares, three evacuation orders and an alert have been issued in parts of Fraser Canyon.
🏛️ Government & Politics
- George Massey Tunnel replacement cost rises to $8.5 billion. B.C.'s transportation minister announced the budget jump and a project timeline extension, with $3 billion pledged by the federal government.
🚨 Crime & Public Safety
- B.C. MLA requests jury trial for sexual assault charge. Jordan Kealy, a B.C. MLA, is set to seek a jury trial after being charged with sexual assault, maintaining his innocence.
💼 Economy & Business
- Metro Vancouver parks workers initiate indefinite strike. Outside workers at regional parks have commenced a strike over unresolved contract negotiations.
🏥 Health
- Recall issued for Gummy Gainz protein candies. The CFIA recalls Vancouver-based candies nationwide due to undeclared milk, sparked by a consumer complaint and one allergy reaction.
📰 Also Today
- Vigil held for six presumed drowned in B.C. charter boat incident.
- Charter boat captain remembered posthumously for his kindhearted nature.
- BC Ferries Langdale terminal repairs may last 10 days.
- Video captures driver asleep in self-driving Tesla.
- Evacuations near Boston Bar due to raging wildfire.
- Federally funded Massey Tunnel project worries mayors over costs.
- Wildfire risk on Vancouver Island expected to stay low.
- BC Lions secure first victory, handing Elks their first loss.
