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Stream on STACKTVand the Global tv app. >> Announcer: you're watching global bc. This is global news morning.>> Speaker: just watching your mum lie there in pain is not a nice thing, it's pretty horrific. >> Jennifer: playing the waiting game at peace arch.gizing for delays to some surgeries at the hospital. Good morning, I'm jennifer palma thanks for joining us. One person has been taken to hospital this evening after a serious crash in surrey. The collision happened saturday night after 7, near 72nd avenue and 194-a street. A motorcycle and mini-van were involved, with major damage to the van's trunk. The glass pane of a nearby bus stop was also shattered. Police say the motorcycle driver was transported to hospital, no word on their condition. An investigation is underway into the cause of the crash. The transportation safety board confirms it is investigating a fatal plane crash in the squamish area. E plane went down friday during inclement weather in a remote area near squamish. Police say they got an automatic notification from a smart phone. Plane went down in rugged terrain across from porteau cove. Access is difficult, and police say they're not able to confirm details about the crash. A source tells global news two people were on board. The tsb says it is coordinating with squamish rcmp and the coroner.surrey rcmp are asking for help finding two armed men who walked into a business and allegedly threatened staff. The dangerous situation developed around 5:30 friday rnoon in the 92 hundred block of 120th street. Police walked into an immigration consultant's office with what appeared to be firearms, one was awhile the other appeared to be carrying an ak 47 weapon. The aring masks, and stole a phone as they left the office. Police say the men fled in w appears to be a dodge charger. Police are canvassing the area for cctv footage and witnesses. Say no one was hurt. A bc health authority is apologizing after patients had their surgeries postponed because a sterilizing mach broke down at peace arch hospital. Grace ke spoke to one woman whose mother was left in pain after breaking her hip and having her surgery repeatedly delayed. >> Grace: beverlie rolin is recovering after surgery from a broken hip but this was only after her surger was cancelled twice at peace arch hospital. >> Hillary: they told her it was sterilizing process is why there was no surgery. She was taken down to the surgery. The doctors were all t, everything was all ready exceptthe operating room was not ready. >> Grace: beverlie has a long history with peach arch. She started out as kitchen staff, during retirement. At 90 years old, waiting for surgers challenging. >> Hillary: she wasn't able to move because she broke hip so she was in the same position for 4 days. It hurt, it was painful. >> Grace: the executive director for peace deeply regrets the delay and impact, adding the department where medical instruments used in surgery are cleaned and sterilized experience an unexpectedtechnical issue. We regrettably needed to reschedule some surgeries at the hospital. >> Hillary: she was hungry, she was thirsty. She got ice chips and just watching your mom lie there in pain is not a nice thing.it's pretty horrific. >> Grace: the director adds "we are not aware of any instruments impacted by this technical issue being used in surgery." as we work to resolve this technical issue at peace arch hospital, the hospital iing supported by our other sites andadditional staff to ensure we have sufficient medical instruments on hand, and can continue to meet our high safety standards." >> Hillary: my m message is I hope it doesn't happen to someone else. She's done it's over it she's had her opion. She's on the road to recovery we just hoping this doesn't happen to somebody else. >> Grace: hillary says her mother has gottecellent care from the nurses and doctors at peach arch hospital. She just hopes this never happens to someolse's family. Grace ke, global news. Ennifer: bc's forestry practices are coming under international scrutiny after a documentary shed light on wood pellets being a key source for power overseas. Drax, one of the uk's biggest power stations, runs off of wood pellets, most of them sourced from its plants in the bc interior. Documentarians from the bbc discovered dozens of emissions violations at those plants. In addition, there are concerns the company responsible may beusing whole trees for fuel pellets, contrary to their claim of sawmill residue. >> Speaker: I've walked aroundthese pellet plants in burns lake, quesnel, and prince george. In coldstream were my family lives. I've walked around them, I've seen the enormous piles of logs, anyone who goes to a pellet

grinding trees into pellets. >> Jennifer: bc forest minister bruce ralson told globals that old growth forests are not being turned into pellets and drax says emission problems have a wildfire burniear spences bridge is now classified as the fire on drinkwater road was discovered on friday, and was last sizt 51 hectares. It's burning approximately 5metres north of the community and a short distance from highway 1. Efforts to fight it on saturday saw three initial attack crews with two helicopters and a plane. No structures have been threated by the blaze. A brazen pot shop break in has leftusiness owner out thousands of dollars, and the building with significant damage. >> Speaker: a lot ofage the front doors were smashed, we had some glass damage, doors push through. A lot of damage for a handful of pre-rolls, yeah. >> Jennifer: the robbery took place around 3 friday morning in west kelowna. Surveillance video shows how thieves made their wnto the store. The crooksed to break into a storage room but were unable to, instead they quickly grabbed some pot from a display case, leaving behind a huge amount of damage >> Speaker: we had a door company about a month overnight them to be custom ordered so from our closing times now till we open basically from our overnight when we are to have security until we come back in the morning to watch over the premises because we have teary doors right now. >> Jennifer: police say they're investigating and that the vehicle was the store's owner says they are open for business. The phone in your pocket may soon cost you more thanks to a proposal going to metro vancouver leaders. It's part of new alternative funding options to help off-set increased costs to pay for both traditional generation 9-1-1 services, which would allow the public to make voice and video calls and send text messages for help. 8 provinces across canada have already imposed a 9- answer levy which apply to either cell phones or land lines. As of right now, 9-1-1 services throughout by household levies. Mevancouver directors previously voted against a province-wide 9-1-1 levy on phone lines in 2014. Fire fighters int kelowna opened up the doors to fire hall 31 on old okanagan highway for fire-smart family day on saturday. >> Speaker: what illy want people to see is how quickly this is evolving. >> Jennifer: a demonstration of how quickly cedar trees catch fire, and burst into an inferno just one of the educational opportunities of the day. Firefiff their equipment, letting the public try at fire supression skills aplenty of fun and games, while giving people practical tips to better protect your home from wildfires. >> Speaker: and I think our really understands the risk that we faespecially following the fires last year, but one thing we did learn iat fire smart wo are simple things they can do around their home to make more resilient to wildfire and today is about getting that message out. Also throwing open the doors of the fir hall and letting them see what we do on a day to day basis and see some of the equipment and the things out text dollar gotowards. >> Jennifer: tips to fire smart your own property can be found online at fire smart bc.ca. That little kid eating the ice cream sure looks good back in the warm days, we have quite the rainstorm out there. >> Steph: just remember the fire smart message when you're looking out the window or you're heading out your card today with all yrain gear because it is a washout today. We have been knowing this is coming it has arrived, it will be windy all along the coast, wins out of the south, southwest, really hot hammering the south coast today it's all of the coast we will be seen plenty of rainfall, loss of precipion total in a much cooler day, only sittingt 9 degrees, climbing to 13 deg today should be closer to the 1adly mark and look at all the links warnings and plays, north and south of nanaimo. The n charlotte strait of the central coast as well so expecting between 15 to 25 by late this morning so that doe come out for your day tomorrow as well. Last year, nice and warm at22 degrees we should be at that 19 mark but it will be till next weekend that we shose seasonal temperatures again, I am sorry to say. Here look at your day a, as you see in the late part ofthe day, easing until late showers will catch a break tomorrow, in fact which is quite nice bhe clouds are sticking around a little bit of a warm up

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