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>> They believe if young people were trained in cpr and nasal naloxone was nearby when she overdosed, their daughter would be alive today. Shannon paterson, ctv news. A trucking company has been issued a suspension and a fine after a truck hit an overpass in langley. It happened on highway one west of the 2 32nd exit. >> So snarling traffic for a few hours yesterday afternoon, the province confirms and h transport has been suspended pending investigation and it's been fined more than $1700. Overpass strikes have become frustratingly common in the lower mainland over recent years, with 12 across B.C. this year alone, not counting yesterday's incident. Parks canada is under fire tonight over his plan to eradicate an invasive species of deer from sidney island. The costs have ballooned to a staggering 12 million dollars. Ctv's martin macmahon has more on the controversial plan and the skyrocketing price tag. >> It's a polling for parks canada to be blowing 12 million dollars on a project that local hunters have been doing for a decade. >> For free since it was first announced parks canada's decision to eradicate european fallow deer from sidney island has been controversial. It's attracted protests both among animal rights activist and those concerned with the cost. And now the canadian taxpayers federation has found the feds have put 12 million dollars aside for the call. That includes bringing in sharp shooters from the U.S. and new zealand parks canada has dreamed up the most expensive way imaginable. >> Of hunting these deer adding to the upset, the ctf points out local hunters killed 54 deer last fall at no cost to taxpayers. Local hunters have been managing the year for a decade for free or obviously a better option for this call. As for the rationale behind the call, first nation's parks canada and other partners have been trying to restore the ecosystem with indigenous plants, plants, invasive fallow deer love to munch on on its website. A parks canada post reads, the deer are the primary threat to the coastal douglas fir ecosystem on sidney island. This extensive browsing has created ideal conditions for invasive grasses and shrubs like english. Half were to take over phase 2 of the project is scheduled to begin in the fall and will involve ground hunters with dogs. Martin macmahon, ctv news, vancouver. >> Abc family is suing the city of cologne on behalf of their teenage son who broke his neck in a diving accident on okanagan lake. Gavin can much in ski was 16 at the time of the accident last august. It left the bar city football player paralyzed from the chest down. The lawsuit blames his injuries on the city's that legends arguing there should have been warning signs on the dock about the risks of jumping or diving commission's key is seeking damages for past and future loss of earnings and future care as well as for pain, suffering and loss of enjoyment of life. Concerned about losing their independence. B.C. trial lawyers are taking the province to court over changes to the way legal professions are governed as ctv's ben miljure reports, other lawyers think a ground-up overhaul of the system is overdue. >> In its bid to make navigating legal services easier for british colombians. The government has run afoul of lawyers. The new legal professions act will bring notre ease and paralegals into a new regulatory body responsible for work now done by the independent law society of b.c.. What it does is that it gives government more control over the legal profession. >> Which is of great concern because in any functioning democracy, a legal profession is the only profession that can hold government accountable and uphold the rule of law. The new board will include 5 people elected by lawyers and 4 appointed by the government with paralegals and notre ease and other appointees bringing the total to 17 directors. Ctv news requested an interview with attorney general niki sharma to give her an opportunity to explain how she thinks this act will benefit. British colombians. What she did not make herself available. Some lawyers say creating a new regulator will provide an opportunity to modernize access to justice from the ground up. A new regulator with the mindset of trying to regulate in a way that brings costs down and is open to new ideas. >> Would let save money on legal fees. Bbc trial lawyers association has already filed a court challenge to the new legislation and the law society plans to do the same. It's not what we would have hoped for as

a first resort. Last resort to what continually implored the government to take some time to get this right. And we definitely this is where we've had to the law society. And the trial lawyers want the B.C. supreme court to issue an injunction pressing pause on the act. Will the matter winds its way through the courts, something that could take years. >> Ben miljure, ctv news, vancouver. >> Construction is officially underway on a new school in langley. The northeast latimer elementary school is being built in the newly developed willoughby heights area. It will have space for 555 students from kindergarten to grade 5. The school also have a neighbourhood learning centre for broader community services, including child care. And it's being built with bc's emission, reducing goals in mind. It's expected to be complete by next fall. High winds sent trees toppling onto cars last night in vancouver and knocking out power for thousands. Also ahead. >> It's insane, it's absolutely insane. That is taken this long. >> It's been a long 3 years for lytton residents after flames destroyed their town. Now signs the community is a new password on a new day on ctv Announcer: For over 100 yearsJamieson has been here for you,putting quality And we're here for 100 more. phone plans with lots of data, Virgin Plus is the obvious choice. So, is it necessary to use the selling power of adorably fluffy kittens? Is getting discounts on food, fashion and entertainment more enticing when they're in tiny costumes? Or is it cuter from them? (Cat meowing) Do we need all this to convince you? ( ) We don't. Because when you're choosing an affordable phone plan, the obvious choice is Virgin Plus. Obviously. We are Applewood Auto Group We don't just sell cars. We buy cars, We service cars, we build cars, we race cars. We are cars. At Applewood Auto Group Your dream car isn't just a dream anymore. (ball thuds) (children laughing) (door thuds) - Miss? (student sighs) (slams desk) - Just one second. - [Narrator] Helping kids find their way is what teachers do. - Deep breath. - [Teacher] It's okay if I join you? - [Narrator] But with more complex needs and less classroom support... - I'm gonna need you to cover two classes. (colleague sighs) - [Narrator] There's just not enough of us. It's time for bc to hire more teachers. - Are you okay? - [Narrator] So we can help more kids. Leon's Spring it on event ends Wednesday! Get incredible deals on furniture. Save up to 50% on select clearance mattresses. Save up to $1,000 on select Appliance and tv packages. Last chance to spring into savings. The experts at Jamieson are herefor your health and wellness. Our Essentials lineup has products that support immune function, gut health, heart health, and the maintenance of good health. Jamieson is herefor your health. . Messi magic once again Oh Canada!! their time has come The stage is set And it is spectacular!! 94.5 Virgin Radiowants to help pay your way.Listen to Holly and Mira in the morning on Virgin Radio foryour chance to win $10,000 every week. Virgin Radio pays your way. >> Nearly 3 years after the village of lytton was destroyed by wildfire. Construction is underway. That will start to bring people home. But even as houses are rebuilt, there are still hurdles, slowing things down. Ctv's michele brunoro has more. >> They're the sounds of progress, the sights of hope. It's exciting. I think there's 7 buildings under construction right now. Houses are finally being rebuilt in lytton. >> Including the one belonging to little ian gray, who lost her home in the 2021 wildfire that destroyed most of the community. It just poured the basement spa. >> Last monday and they'll be working on the roof, which is partially. >> In pre belt. She's been living in a small cabin in boston barson shortly after her house burned. We're so grateful to have a roof over our heads, but yeah, it's not ours. We want her home back. But the question remains, why has it taken so long for the village of lytton to begin to rebuild? It's insane. It's absolutely insane that is taken this long. Other communities that have been hit by fire sense. >> Are already in their first stages of clean up and rebuild.

I really don't know. >> I don't think there's one thing, a review by bc's auditor general announced earlier this month will look at the province's response. Part of the problem was nobody really knew how to deal with the town being wiped off the map because lytton was built on an ancient indigenous community. Every property needs an archeological assessment. But even after permit approval, o'connor says some owners are facing tens of thousands of dollars in extra costs due to provincial requirements are pretty. Owners are required to hire an >> Who in turn hires monitors to be watching as the construction. Happens, the excavation comes. >> The mayor who just received your own building permits as a community will rebuild piece by piece interior health. They are planning to rebuild the. >> The medical centre back in the prop on the property they own in the village and they're saying 3 to 5 years for that cause for great. I hope that we just can rebuild peaceful. >> And get back to our lives. He hopes to be in her new home by the end of august. Michele brunoro, ctv news, lytton. >> Many people in metro vancouver woke up in the dark this morning after a spring storm brought high wind and rain to the region. >> Trees came crashing down as wind gusts reached up to 90 kilometres per hour. Last night, some trees fell onto power lines and one point more than 28,000 homes and businesses lost power. Another tree on cornwall avenue in vancouver smashed onto this suv that had to be towed away. Fire crews. >> Confirm it was a busy night with some unique calls. >> The tree was down into a building or into a residential area. And on arrival crews were there. There's a bunch of residents holding a tree hop and so trying to stop it from falling down. Analysts eyes the tree at all think it was too big. But crews were able actually to cut it apart, put it out and get off the building. >> He says between 9:00pm and midnight fire crews responded to. >> 50 calls. >> Mark is here as worried about a tree falling on my car. So that my son to move my car up a little bit, so wouldn't be under the tree better than not trying to hold the it was. Yeah, it's kind of not an eu, not unusual. That was a very sharp cold front that went so we were expecting the rain, but I the, the enormity of the or the strength of the winds got little underestimated. So once that cold front goes through, you get that push some clearing wind. Yeah. And that's what causes as well to want to show you some numbers because that they were significant. >> Rainfall and a wind gust to numbers from yesterday. So as far as rainfall goes, yeah, we set a record at yvr 20 millimetres. That's you know, 2 millimetres above the record, but a lot more along the north shore. 52 and west van and about 40 vancouver harbour. But look at those wind gusts. 91 at yvr jericho beach had one of about 90 kilometres an hour. Is that an 80 or 81 it? Why there you go to clean my glasses. First of all, we also had gusts of 78 o that it ferry terminal and also along up or not consent. And along the alex fraser bridge, they were seeing wind gusts of about 70 kilometres an hour as well. So it was a rainy day was a windy day, but our time lapse from our shangri la tower cam shows us pretty good day. We can actually see downtown from her as opposed to a yesterday. And our current temperatures right now we're sitting at about 60 degrees. Vancouver harbour, yvr 16 17 along the north shore, 16 ussery 16 out in abbotsford and 17 in chilliwack. So a bit of a calmer night tonight. It will be partly cloudy overnight. And then tomorrow, mainly cloudy. We'll start off sunny and it will cloud up into the afternoon and a very light wind this time compared to yesterday. Weather is brought to you by trane, the most reliable heating and cooling brand. It is hard to stop a tree and the rest of the week and the weekend looks like a when your typical bouncy spring forecast. So and I don't mean the good kind, a bouncy to good deals coming up in the fight. We just don't want it as bouncy as last. No, no, no, that was little bump in ottawa county last night. Pretty wild. Ok. Thank you, mark. >> Well, westjet will soon offer a lower fare ticket. What passengers will have to sacrifice and >> Confidence that for other countries will join us and taking this important step. >> We'll tell you which 3 countries are recognizing the state of palestine a bc Insurance Brokers. Say yes to a rewardingcareer at BCBroker.ca I'd do anything Welcome to the new PetSmart Treats rewardsTM. Ready go Collect points with every purchase. And save big on their favourite services. Anything for you PetSmart. Anything for Pets. ( ) Technology goes beyond special effects

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