Vancouver run down for Wednesday, August 28, 2024.
Public school students right across the province
will have to put away their cell phones when they return
to class after Labor Day.
The provincial government is requiring all school districts
to enforce their own policies, ones that
will restrict mobile devices on school property.
Students and parents will be offered digital literacy
courses, but the details of those courses
have not yet been announced.
Other news, a new opioid treatment phone line
is coming to BC.
Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside
says the opioid treatment access line will connect people
in need with a team of doctors and nurses
able to prescribe replacement drugs, the ones that
mimic narcotics.
That line is expected to help many people who
are reluctant to walk into medical facilities
to seek treatment.
We now know the 17-year-old student
who fell to his death in Lynn Canyon on Sunday
was a new UBC student.
The teen from Ontario slipped on some rocks
while on a day trip to check out BC scenery.
Dozens of teens have died in the same area over the years,
despite fences and multiple warning signs.
Stormy weather may be to blame for a series of multi-injury
crashes on Highway 5 north of Merritt on Tuesday morning.
An air ambulance responded to one of the three crashes.
Meanwhile, parts of the Okanagan connector
experienced some snow with wet and slippery conditions
throughout.
The forecast calling for clouds and a few clearer periods
on Wednesday expects sunshine right through the long weekend
with warm temperatures.
For all the details on these Vancouver area stories,
along with those links, go to vancouverrundown.substack.com.