🚑 Breaking & Incidents
- Massive Fraser Canyon fires force evacuations, close Highway 1 and damage structures. Fire crews report the Brunswick Creek fire at about 2,623.2 hectares and the Ainslie Creek fire at about 16,987 hectares; extreme winds gusting 50–72 km/h have produced high spread rates and prompted seven evacuation orders and two evacuation alerts around Boston Bar and North Bend. ↗
- Mounties rescue 11 after canoe capsizes near West Vancouver. RCMP and rescue teams pulled 11 people, including several youths, from the water after a canoe capsized off West Vancouver; authorities reported all rescued were alive on scene and treated as needed. ↗
🎨 Community & Culture
- B.C. family racing to get 4-year-old Clyde to gene therapy in Milan. Four-year-old Clyde Jackson meets medical criteria for gene therapy treatment for metachromatic leukodystrophy in Milan, but his family says timely approval and scheduling are urgent because patients must meet strict mobility and cognitive requirements to qualify. ↗
- ‘Extraordinarily rare’ long‑beaked common dolphins spotted off Vancouver Island. Sightings were recorded in Esperanza Inlet and near Malcolm Island; researchers linked unusual northward appearance to this year’s El Niño and warmer waters. ↗
- Blue Lake Resort owner describes total loss after Fraser Canyon wildfire. Owner Shayne Findlay said the manager’s house, staff trailer and seasonal renters’ trailers were destroyed and cleanup will take months after crews remove danger trees and hazardous materials. ↗
🚨 Crime & Public Safety
- Kane Carter given life sentence; parole eligibility set at 17 years. Carter, convicted in December of second‑degree murder in the 2018 shooting that killed 15‑year‑old Alfred Wong, received an automatic life sentence with no parole for 17 years (eligible after credit for time served reduces that to 13 years). ↗
- Three B.C. men face U.S. drug‑trafficking extradition in ‘Operation Hard Ball’. Jaskarn Baghri (Surrey), Ravinder Dhanda (White Rock) and Gurtej Singh Smagh (Creston) appeared for bail and face U.S. charges tied to alleged weekly cocaine and meth smuggling; 37 people were indicted and 27 arrested across North America and Europe. ↗
📰 Also Today
- Penticton‑Summerland MLA Boultbee crossed floor to NDP, stirring mixed voter reaction. ↗
- Boston Bar resort owner reports cabins and trailers lost to wildfires. ↗
- Coquitlam issued nearly three times more film permits year‑to‑date vs. last year. ↗
- City of Vancouver granted $3 million for Granville car‑free strip to groups; spending undisclosed. ↗
- Study links spike in Vancouver coyote aggression to human habituation. ↗
- Explainer details extortion, drugs and assassination allegations in Operation Hard Ball. ↗
- Regional District of Nanaimo considers added protections for manufactured home park residents. ↗
- Plans proposed for more pipelines to export Canadian oil, increasing emissions. ↗
- Beaverlodge RCMP issued Amber Alert for a six‑year‑old boy. ↗
- Federal briefing set after 3,100 fires this season; 12,000 sq km burned so far. ↗
- B.C. Supreme Court ruling could speed repayment to victims of Kelowna fraudster. ↗
- Testimony concluded at coroner’s inquest into Tatyanna Harrison’s death. ↗
- Court documents outline alleged killings and extortion by crime networks in Canada. ↗
- Wildfires near Boston Bar continue growing; more evacuation orders issued. ↗
- Three people rescued after boat capsizes near Fort St. James, B.C. ↗
- Prince Rupert terminal evacuated over a ‘hazardous materials situation’, union says. ↗
- Abbotsford cattle farmers ask to scrap fines for an unpermitted dike. ↗
- Politicians and Sikh advocates react to Operation Hard Ball crackdown on three India‑based gangs. ↗
- Review board labels risk ‘manageable’ in conditional discharge of B.C. child killer. ↗
- Brockville police warn of distraction jewelry thefts after two incidents July 4 and June 10. ↗
- (See earlier) Court documents detail alleged transnational crime networks. ↗