Vancouver rundown for Monday, July 22nd, 2024.
The historic BC tourist attraction Ghost Town at Wells Barkerville is now under wildfire
evacuation order.
Several fires are burning in that area of the North Caraboo as a cooler weather system
brought in some thunderstorm activity over the weekend.
Meanwhile, a small 10-hectare fire broke out near Williams Lake on Sunday and those in
that area say it continues to grow.
In the Thompson Nicolae, the large Shetland Creek fire of note between Spence's Bridge
and Cache Creek as resulted in several temporary closures of Highway 1.
Other news, police are trying to catch a man believed to be in his 20s following a strange
sexual assault inside a home in the Bear Creek area of Surrey.
RCMP say a woman woke up to find a man groping her early Saturday morning.
She screamed.
The man ran away.
Investigators are looking over video to see if they can identify the man.
An 18-year-old rider from West Vancouver is the young man killed in a motorcycle crash
on the Stanley Park Cosway on Saturday.
Ryan Sabat's motorcycle hit a fire truck near Los Lagoon in a crash that closed the
Cosway for several hours.
Friends and family members gathered near the crash site to set up a memorial on Sunday.
A trucker's protest tied up traffic on several main roads in parts of Richmond, Delta and
Vancouver on Sunday.
The short hauled truckers are outraged with changes aimed at strengthening off-dock enforcement
at the Port of Vancouver.
The rally route ran from Annesis Island in Delta to downtown Vancouver and back.
Sunshine with a few clouds in the forecast and a few days with no notable showers.
That's all in sight.
Inland highs will be in the low to mid-twenties.
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