Vancouver rundown for Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
Heat warnings are posted for many B .C. areas
outside the south coast as temperatures are expected
to soar above 30 degrees for most of this week.
Warnings are up for the Fraser Canyon, Caribou,
Okanagan Valley and West Kootenai. Some are bracing
for temperatures as high as 37 degrees. The Interior
Health Authority is advising the very old, very
young, pregnant and homeless to be extra careful.
Other news, Abelkara Beach is badgered by a bothersome
black bear. Staff with Metro Vancouver have closed
White Pine Beach after the nuisance brune was
spotted several times Saturday morning. A cooking
ban has also been put in place around other areas
of Belcarra Regional Park, which remain open
to the public. A body found inside a burning
car east of Chilliwack is now considered a homicide.
Investigators have been called in after the discovery
was made by RCMP and the Popkin Fire Department
late Sunday evening on a road near Bridal Falls.
Other details are not being released. Efforts
will continue on Tuesday to recover the body
of a 19 -year -old who drowned after falling
into the Coquihalla River near Hope. It's believed
the man's body became trapped below heavy currents
near the Othello Tunnels on Saturday. A bystander
was rescued. Sunny and very warm for both Tuesday
and Wednesday, with highs near 30 degrees around
the lower mainland. sunshine and a few clouds
late in the day on Thursday. For all the details
on these local Vancouver area stories, along
with those links, go to VancouverRundown .Substack
.com.