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>> Announcer: this is global news >> Speaker: they both had a gun in their hand and were pointing it at me. >> Jay: the hunt for two armed how a surrey business was targeted, and the mystery over the motive. Fort nelson residents will be able to home today, more t two weeks after a wildfire forced the entire community to evacuate. The evacuation order for the municipality and other surrounding areas will lift at 8 am this morning. Officials have deemed afe for fort nelson's roughtly 4700 residents to home, but the parker lake wildfire burning just a few kilometres west of the town still remains out of control. The bc wildfire service says dry conditions lightning will pose challenges for crews fighting fires over the next few days. >> Speaker: the concern for next couple of days is the chance of thunderstorms developing in the area. There's a lot of instability in the atmosphere and the concern from a wildfire perspectivstoms may generate some lightning and some gusty winds>> >> Jay: fort nelson will still remain on evacuation alert, meg residents are being asked to prepare to leave at a moment's notice in case the wildf situation worsens. Rcmp are investigating a targeted armed robbery at a surrey business on friday involving two men. We are not identifying the business or employees because theyr for their safety. Surveillance video shows one of the men gathering the workers together, while the other goes into an office making a threatening nd. Shortly after, the two aren running away with a stolen cell phone. It's unclear what the motive was, but the owner says he received a phone call from a robotic voice a month ago, demanding money. >> Speaker: he says to me how come I did pick up his boss phone which happened half an hour ago. Someone called me a half hour ago. I didn't' pi it says that's the reai didn't pick up. Hes ok my boss will be calling you in half an hour make sure you pick up. Aer. Mounties say they're hoping to speak with witnesses and gather additional video. An investigation is underway at a surrey high rise, after police were forced to clear some residents from the building. >> Speaker: we heard screams and we thought it is a so I didn't really consider it important. >> Jason: -- police have been coming and going from the tower on university drive since early nday afternoon. Many of them in full tactical gear. Later in the evening paramedics were seen wheeling someone out of the building on a stretcher soon after that a man was ledout in handcuffs and placed in a police car. Rcmp say due to the nature of the ongoing investion they can not make any comment for police and public safety reasons. But they follow that up by saying it is an isolated incident and not a safety concern to the general public. A man on vancouver island is asking for help figuring out who attacked his dog with a machete. Emily lazatin has the story, but first a warning some of the details in this story might be disturbing to some. >> Reporter: adam perret couldn't believe his eyes, when he saw blood and two people standing oves dog magic. >> Speaker: he hit mydog, she was smilin why do you even have an unsheathed machete on a public trail. We need to identify the guy. >> Reporter: for 15 years perret has been walrksville. Last thursday, it was anything but normal. >> Speaker: this is suppose to be a safe pale where people take their doo walk, it's unfair that my dog is unsafe. >> Reporter: he rushed magic to the vet, the injuries cut straight through muscle. >> Speaker: there was a very deep laceration to the face, basically the side of the skull, and down the face and it was somewhatling of the skull. I've seen some pretty horrendous wounds, but nothing inflt on disability and living out of a camper, couldn't afford the bill. >> Speaker: they put an estimate of 19 hund >> Reporter: the vet stepped in >> Speaker: I spoke to the owner the vet and asked is this would be a suitbale candidate for our heart fund heart stands for help every animal receive tment. >> Reporter:the answer. Was yes. Some anesthetic, some stitches, and lots of tlc painkillers and antibiotics. Magic is now back with his owner. Why anyone would attack magic, is a mystery. >> Speaker: he's not the best with other dogs. But he's a super people lover. >> Reporter: perret hopes, someone he area will recognize the alleged attackers. >> Speaker: he was wearing greyish brown pants, in his mid 50s, shaved he >> Reporter: he's grateful for the financial spport from i-care

hospital. >> Speaker: you saved my dog's life, I . >> Reporter: and now four years sober thakful for man's best friend. >> Speaker: these dogs saved my life, ve to save his. >> Reporter: emily lazatin, “global news”. >> Jay: squamish rcmp are now nfirming there are two people dead in the plane crash in the area on friday. E plane went down in inclement weather in a remote area near squamish. Police say they got an automatic notification from a smart phone. Lice have accessed the remote area of the crash and confirm two occupants of the plane did not survive. The rcmp is workinboard and the bc coroners service to determine the cause of the crash. Vancouver school board trustees are reviewing a motion today asking the superintendent to bring in restrictions on cell phones. The motion by board chair victoria jung young also proposes that students up to grade six keep their phones on sisight during school. The board voted last month to refer this motion to the education plan committee, but it was sent back to tthat committee meeting didn't reach quorum the province is requiring all school districts to introduce restrictions on cell phone use before the next school year. There are growing concerns about the province's water supply as we head into the summer. On the sunshine coast, the water levels at chapman lake are looking er than previous years. Low water levels in past summers led to outdoor water use being banned in the fall for the last three years. This winter's low snow pack is making many fear recent history will repeat itself again. >> Speaker: now's the time you want to wash your driveway, get all the outside chores done, onhe water stops running over the dam we're looking at stage 2, we don't want to be doing that anymore. We want to start think conservation. >> Jay: the regional district currently has five wells tapping into the water supply, with more being considered. Water metres will also be required for all district households by the end of 2025. People have been ied by severe turbulence on a qatar airways flight from doha to dublin. It happened while flying over turk the plane, a boeing 7-8-7 dreamliner, still managed to land safely as schedul turbulence lasted less than 20 seconds, and occured duringd and drink service. The incident follows similarly severe turbulence on a singapore airlines flight nearly a week ago, w dozens of passengers were injured, and a man died of a suspected heart attack. The death toll from severe weather in the southern us has risen to 18. Powerful storms left a wide trail of destruction across texas, oklahoma and arkansas. Region spanning from north of dallas to the northwest corner of arkansas. The governor of kentucky declared a state of emerge early this morning, citing multiple reports of wind damage and tornadoes. Forecasters saatest risk for weather will shift to the east today. Going to be a little bit mixed. >> Yvonne: were not there just yet. Were there just yet we will focus on this week. So plan ahead and it wie a cooler one. It will be climbing up closer to 15. We will see a few isolated showers but behind it is this nextystem that is going to move in and along the south coast and we will be tracking the return for some wet weather. It will be heavy atimes likely leading and towards the afternoon. Pering off to showers as we get towards the evening ae aren't getting up to a range of 25 millimetres. The plan in the coming days. I wa to show the temperature trend some cooler source of the work week but it will start to improve. By the end of the week into the work week. A few clearing so this will start to pump up into the upper teens. Eastern corner of the province for fort nelson and fort st. John. The concern for the date and the risk of thunderstorms. This will be into the central interior along the coast with res with prince rupert closer to 10 degrees. Areas towards the columbia kootenay region. It was with the bit more cloud cover the greater bit thompson okanagan we will have a few breaksre. Up to 10 degrees a cool one today. Are getting up to 16 it is for our tuesdayhat we will be tracking that rainfall. The chance fome showers will be lingering on her weday by

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