B C Update – CP

Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire
Aug 25, 2015

(BC-Cop-Killer-Parole)

The parole board wants a man who killed a Delta police officer in 1974 to no longer depend on the support of a halfway house and get his own place to live.

Elery Long’s death sentence for shooting Staff Sgt. Ron McKay was commuted in 1975 to life without the chance of parole for 25 years.

He was granted day parole in 2000 and full parole two years later but has since been in and out of prison.

Long was granted full parole in March, when the board imposed a six-month residency condition on him requiring him to remain in the halfway house but didn’t get an extension. (The Canadian Press)

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(BC-FedElxn-Greens)

Elizabeth May made a campaign stop in Burnaby today, saying her N-D-P rival’s refusal to participate in debates that Stephen Harper doesn’t attend is helping the prime minister.

The Green Party leader says it’s shameful and shocking that Harper, and now Tom Mulcair, won’t show up to a debate on women’s issues.

The debate has been cancelled as a result and organizers say that instead they will pre-record individual interviews with leaders and release them at a September 21 event in Toronto.

Mulcair says he supports that alternative because it allows for a full discussion although he would have preferred a full debate with Harper there. (The Canadian Press)

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(BC-Wildfires-BC)

Provincial forecasters are predicting sooty skies in southern B-C — at least until the end of the week.

Fire information officer Ryan Turcot says there was a short reprieve for Metro Vancouver today, but dense smoke still hangs over the Kootenay and Columbia regions.

He says winds are likely to keep blowing air mixed with fine ash north from the Stickpin fire in Washington state.

A total of 182 blazes are also smouldering across the province, with 10 new fires igniting yesterday alone. (The Canadian Press)

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(BC-Missing-Woman)

Human remains found on Vancouver Island have been identified as those of a missing 19-year-old First Nations woman.

Delores Brown of Penelakut Island was reported missing to the R-C-M-P on July 29th — two days after she was last seen.

An extensive search was launched, and last week kayakers found her remains on nearby Norway Island.

The coroner is to determine the cause of death, which police say involved foul play. (The Canadian Press)

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(BC-Injured-Whale)

The Vancouver Aquarium says a killer whale that appears to have been struck by a boat propeller off the north coast of Vancouver Island is likely to heal and live a healthy life.

Scientists from the aquarium and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration saw the whale on Saturday in Johnstone Strait.

They identified the six-year-old whale as A-95, from the northern resident population, and say it was vigorous and apparently behaving normally.

Aquarium research biologist Meghan Moore says the injured whale’s great uncle was spotted 12 years ago with similar injuries that have healed just fine. (The Canadian Press)

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(B-C Update by The Canadian Press)

(The Canadian Press)