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because the operations are n 24-7, d or night, with a helicopter which can make a big difference it's also importan to recognize that we can't always fly, so we need to make sure that we have enough people that can respond on the ground to safely get people out, and that could be a numbers. >> Jennifer: how do you even plan for that special on a night or you can just come out pretty plan, b he put them all? >> Speaker: and that's were haven't dedicated people who passionate about the cause, that is where it really comes in. >> Jennifer: heading into the summer season, I know we talked a lot about this every few weeks it seems. But you can't remindeople enough. We have a beautiful province, everyone wants to head out there. And they're always happy on the lar trail but even on the regular trail stuff happens. What should people be doing? >> Speaker: I think it really comes to being prepa looking at the hike that you wanto do, ensuring that it's adequate to your fitness level, that you have ample daylight hours to do that, and then a really reallmportant one especially for visitors to vancouver is to let somebody knhere you are going, what time you expect it back and what me they should call for help. >> Jennifer: good advice right there and if you can keep a location on. >> Speaker: location services on, cell phon battery on a mania satellite devices as welle the cell coverage in some areas is just not there. >> Jennifer: if people do wanted to cover trouble how will they get. >> Speaker: 911.for any search and rescue team and the province, and if you don've a signal, still call 911, it may pair with another cell carrier. >> Jennifer: a hot tip right there. So hopefully this latest addition of nsr the dock you seri will may help people remember what to do as well. >> Speaker: there are some great examples of what can go wrong, and how preparation can help you as well as dressing the final work of the volunteers in bc do as well. >> Jennifer: no kidding and thinking to yourself and of the volunteers at all the search and rescues in bc, because there is a significant number of them and they all work very hard to keep people alive. >> Speaker: and honestly it is a privilege for us. >> Jennifer: where caneople see the documentary? Peaker: you can see on knowledge.ca starts a00 P.M. so please check it out. >> Jenni a couple of days away, thank you very much mike mike danks with nsr. The days' top stories are next, including the proposed cell phone levy going to metr vancouver leaders. What it will help fund and why it may not be too popular with you at home. We're ready. Let's go, let's go! (Sirens blaring) ANNOUNCER:9-1-1,season finale Thursdayat 8 Eastern on Global. (Upbeat music) When you're performing at your best, it's hard to imagine anything holding you back. ( ) But performance inhibiting deposits restrict your engine's performance, robbing it of its true potential. Don't let anything stand between you and performing at your best. New and improved Shell V-Power Nitro+Premium Gasoline. Performance unbound. (Shell mnemonic) (Woman 1) We're standing up for our right to be lazy. (Woman 2) We work hard, we deserve to scroll hard.azing furniture for your whole home. La-Z-Boy. Long live the lazy. Want to drive new sales? Then don't leave your business marketing to cha Leave it to the professionals at jm Media to drive the results you've been looking for. We're experts in digital, social, content, tv, radio and sports marketing. Whenwith jm Media. Bc Denturists are denture specialists. From complete and partial dentures to dentures over implants Denturists fabricate all types of dentures from start to finish and can repair, reline, and rebase your dentures. To find a local Denturist thats agood fit for you visitdenturist.bc.ca I'm just going to be a little late for the meeting (pause)... ...about a week. And I did it all fuel free... almost. (sound of gentle lake waves) Closed captioning of this program is brought to you in part by wizard retractable screens. Keep the bugs out. Visit getwizardscreens.com for a free quote.

>> Announcer: you're watching global bc. This is global news morning. >> Speaker: just watching your mum lie there in pain is not anice thing, it's pretty horrific. Jennifer: playing the waiting game at peace arch. Why fraser h for delays to some surgeries at the hospital. Good morning, I'm jeer palma thanks for joining us. One person has been taken to hospital after a serioussh in surrey. The collision happened just after 7, near 72nd avenue 194-a street. A motorcycle and involved, with major damage to the van's trunk. As you can see, the glass pane of a nearby bus stop was also shattered. No word on any of the condition of people involved an investigation is underway. In international this news,israel's military says it's intercepted a number of rockets fired by hamas from gaza. Air raid sirens as far as tel aviv were set off after hamas took responsibility for eight rockets fired from the area of rafah. Earlier, a number of aid trucks entered gaza through a new agreement to bypass the rafah crossing with egypt. It's uar if humanitarian groups will be able to access because of the ongoing fighting in the area. 200 aid trucks and four fuel trucks were expected to enter. The ukrainian military has clawed back terry around kharkiv the country's second largest city after russian forces ramped upir offensive earlier this month. That's ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy saying ukraine is back in control ofharkiv region following russia's ladvance. The russian military stepped up kharkiv region two weeks ago, launching repeated strikes on border areas with the stated aim of creating a buffer zone to prevent ukraine from launching attacks on russian territory. Meantime the death toll has risen to 14 in a russian strike on a crowded hardware market and residential area. Another 43 winjured and 16 are missing. Despite the gains made by the military russian is in its defensive in the region. Fraser health is apologizing for delays to some surgeries at pete's art htal earlier this month. In a statement, the hospital's executive director says the department responsible for sterilizing instruments used in surgery experienced an "unexpected technical issue". And that they regrettably needed to reschedule surgeries at hillary rolin says surgery for her mother's broken hip was cancelled twice du that time, leaving her in pain. Peaker: they told her it was a sterilizing process. It is why there wo surgeries, she was taken down to surgery, the drs were all there everything was ready except for the operating room was ready. >> Jennifer: rolin sher mother got excellent care from doctors and nurses. The director says the hospital is being supported by ot sites and additional staff to ensure sufficient medical instruments on hand and high safety standards. Bc's forestry practices are coming under international scrutiny after a bbc documentary shed light on wood pellets being a key source for overpowering, overseas power. One of the biggest power stations runs off of wood pellets, most of them sourced from its plans in the bc interior, documentarians from the bbc discovering dozens of emissions violations at the plant. In addition, there are concerns the company responsible may be using whole trees for fuel pellets, contrary to their claim of sawmill residue. >> Speaker: I've walked around these pellet plants in burns lake, quesnel, and prince george. In coldstream where my family lives. I've walked around them, I've seen the enormous piles of logs, anyone who goes to a pellet plant knows that they' grinding trees into pellets. >> Jennifer: bc forest minister bruce ralson told global that old growth forests are notbeing turned into pellets and drax says emission problems have been minor. A brazen pot shop break in has left a business owner out thousands of dollars, and the building with significant >> Speaker: a lot of damage ,yeah, the front door were smashed, all of oorwards were damaged we had class damage we had some doors that were pushed 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 way into the store. The crooks tried 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 for the doors to come and they have to be custom ordered a guest and so from our closing times now till we open basically until her overnight, when we are note have to have security to we come back in the morning to watch over the premise because we have temporary doright now. >> Jennifer: police say they're investigating and that the vehicle was stolen. 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 funding options to help off-set increased costs to pay for bothtraditional e-comm and next generation 9-1-1 services, which would allow the public to make voice and video calls and send text messages for help. Already imposed a 9-1-1 call answer levy which apply to either cell phones or land lines. As of right now, 9-1-1 services throughout the rn are funded by household levies. Metro vancouver directors previously voted against a province-wide 9-1-1 levy on allphone lines in 2014.the indy 500 is today but manyilies to metro vancouver this weekend the 2024c fox tv 500 race was the main attraction. The champion reading from white rockas motivated with strawberries as he darted across the mat to the finish line. His victory won him and his parents at $2500 gift card to the mall and a $2500 in cash, one or ups were also awarded prizes. While congratulations to them and I would make a mad dash for decent strawberry, why not? >> Steph: why not, I love that, so cute. I have good news actually to start out, and that is that we've already doubled our rainfaotals this may compared to last m and that does not include what's ming down right now. Or on tuesday, or for the rest of the week for that matter.look at it outside. As you can see whistler is giving that rain right now sober it just expecting some showers in whistler, but squamish still a lot of rain and and windy is the story, especially all along the c, we do have the marine wind warning 15 to 25 for later this morning, all off the coast strait of georgia, central coast as well. So just so you know, I'm going to show you here this is sunday, the wet weather, here is monday, there is the wet weather. Hes tuesday, more wet weather.and I'm going to all the way into friday there is some hope in your forecast. So there is your good news again it's very soggy out there to look at the snapshot of the province of a lot of rain coming down for prince rupert is also very windy out of the southwest today. Bella coola wet and windy and then otherwise for the southeastern pocket of the ovince chance of showers fort st. John is especially in the northern sections. So there is yourecast for your sunday. It is a wet one allk, but then again, friday we have up to look forward to friday mix of sun anduds back to 20-degree weather let's go overbarbara beam in for a look at your roads. >> Barbara: the rain is making it slippery bute I say sofar traffic is public furry traffic is cruising across arthur lange heading on tont way and out of ivr. Select sussex insurance and make a difference. When you renew your auto plan online select your neighbourhood sussex insurance location when prompted and help support diabetes canada, exclusively at sussex insurance. In the global traffic centre, I'm barbara beam. >> Jennifer: thanks so much barbara. Coming up, black epreneurs are giving their business pitches in the hopes of winn the $25,000 prize. Why it's all part of dismantling the system barriers black canadians face too o. Thinking about the girl. What girl? [muffled noise] ( ) When my hearing changed, HearingLife understood. ( ) I don't just want to keep hearing my friends. ( ) I want to keep being me. Book a free hearing test with one of our hearing professionals and see how our personalized care can help you - keep being you. Love your ears at HearingLife. Here's a fresh take. We think burgers taste better when they're made with Canadian beef. Fresh onto the grill. Fresh off the grill.

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