Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, August 6, 2024. Emergency evacuations were issued Monday after
the Chilcultin River breached its slide. Water started to flow over the top and through the
blockage near Faroe Canyon, southwest of Williams Lake. Evacuation orders are in place for some
people downstream. Alerts remain posted all the way down the Fraser River to Hope. Other news,
one of the communities downstream from the Chilcultin River blockage temporarily closed
its emergency room on Monday. The ER at Littleouette Hospital was the latest to face a closure due
to a lack of staff. Patients have been redirected to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops more than
two hours away. Crews are continuing to monitor the spot on the Sea to Sky Highway where a grassfire
broke out Sunday night. It was caused by a vehicle fire. No one was hurt. Crews remain more than a
bit worried about human-caused fires with all those dry conditions around the province.
Anti-Israel protesters managed to cut the Vancouver Pride Parade a bit short on Sunday.
A group of mask protesters blocked the route near Burrard and Pacific about midway through the route.
Pride organizers talked with the protesters but failed to get them to leave. Some clouds are in
the forecast for Tuesday morning but otherwise it's going to be sunny and warm. Sunshine with inland
highs around 30 degrees for Wednesday and even a bit warmer for Thursday and Friday.
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