Vancouver rundown for Friday the 13th of March
2026. The stabbed body of a Vancouver man has
been found on a small sailboat off the coast
of Belize. 72 -year -old Thomas David Harmon
was found on a catamaran. Investigators in Belize
say a woman rescued from the same boat claims
Harmon suffered a heart attack, but authorities
found the stab wounds and indications of decomposition.
Harmon's son is reportedly making arrangements
to return the body to Canada. Other news, a part
of Whistler Blackcomb remains closed until further
notice following a huge rock slide. It happened
Thursday morning near the Peak Express chair.
No one was hurt. There's no word on why it happened.
Teams will be assessing the rest of the slope
stability in the days ahead. A multi -vehicle
crash on the Coquihalla Highway closed the route
in both directions for several hours on Thursday
afternoon. It is the second time in a day the
highway has been hit by extreme blizzard conditions
with heavy snow and strong wind. There's still
no word on the total number of people injured
on the Coquihalla during this most recent storm.
Close to 1 .2 million passengers are expected
to travel through the Vancouver International
Airport over spring break. The top Canadian destinations?
Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Kelowna and Montreal.
The most popular sun destinations still include
American cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco
and Honolulu. Thursday, March 26 will likely
be the busiest day. with nearly 76 ,000 people
going through YVR. Mainly cloudy on Friday with
a chance of showers, sunshine for Saturday, but
back to clouds on Sunday. For all the details
on these local Vancouver area stories, along
with those links, go to VancouverRundown .substack
.com.