VANCOUVER Seven Vancouver Canucks have been added to the NHL s COVID protocol list, bringing the team s total to 14. The NHL announced Saturday that goaltender Thatcher Demko, defenceman Tyler Myers and forwards Bo Horvat, Tyler Motte, Travis Boyd, Jayce Hawryluk and Brandon Sutter have been added to the list. They join goaltender Braden Holtby, defencemen Alex Edler, Quinn Hughes and Travis Hamonic and forwards Adam Gaudette, Zack MacEwan and Antoine Roussel. The news comes as B.C. set a record for positive cases Saturday with 1,072 new infections, up 1,018 from the day before. It remains to be seen whether the increased number of Canuck players under protocol will result in additional missed games for the team. Vancouver has already had four games postponed, and as of now the team cannot practice before April 6.
VANCOUVER One week after a man with a knife went on an unprovoked stabbing spree in and around the Lynn Valley Library, the community is coming together to honour the victims of the attack. Organized by the Lynn Valley Lions Club, a drive thru vigil was held at Lynn Canyon Park on Saturday evening between 7:30 and 9:30. “When there’s such a senseless act like we experienced, it’s really important for the community to be able to come out and show their solidarity,” said the club’s president Eric Miura. The club has experience putting on large community events even a few already during the pandemic but pulling off something like this in a compressed time frame has been a monumental task involving the local branch of The Royal Canadian Legion, the District of North Vancouver and a number of local businesses.
VANCOUVER Interior Health is advising those who attended a party in a restaurant at Big White Ski Resort on Monday to self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19. In a letter to the resort, which has been posted on the resort s website, Dr. Silvina Mema, medical health officer for Interior Health, writes that those who attended the gathering have put themselves at risk of contracting COVID-19. The party at Charley Victoria s All Day Après happened on the evening of March 29, shortly after provincial health officials had announced a temporary ban on indoor dining that would take effect at midnight that evening and is scheduled to last until April 19.
VANCOUVER One person is dead and another injured after a fire in a camper van in East Vancouver Saturday. Crews were called to the scene on Slocan Street near 12th Avenue around 11:20 a.m. Video from the scene shows the charred remains of a camper van, its roof burned nearly entirely away. Vancouver Fire Rescue Service assistant chief Dan Stroup referred questions on the blaze to city spokespeople, saying only that one person had died and another had been taken to hospital. Crews are still investigating the incident, he added. Police and paramedics also responded to the scene. Vancouver Police Department spokesperson Const. Tania Visintin told CTV News via email that the deceased victim was a man in his 50s.