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Metro Vancouver's shift to a wetter and slightly cooler weekmight start with a bang or a few of them today. On Tuesday, June 13, Environment Canada calls for the risk of thunderstorms and a 60 per cent chance of showers throughout the day. A high of 20 C is expected during the day, dropping down to 13 C overnight. The federal weather department has While skies are expected to clear Wednesday, temperatures are expected to be slightly cooler, with a high of 19 C during the day and a low of 11 C overnight. Temperatures are expected to remain steady through Thursday but clouds are expected to start rolling in overnight. Friday's forecast includes a mix of sun and cloudand a high of 21 C during the day withcloudy periods overnight and a low of 14 C. Showers are possible on both days over the weekend, while the evenings are expected to be cloudy but dry. Metro Vancouver weather forecast Photo via Environment Canada • Have a look at the complete • Find out why With files fromJulie MacLellan

Coquitlam Coun. Brent Asmundson was not in the Chambers for the vote. But his council colleagues on Monday (June 12) unanimously supported first reading of his land-use bid to move it to a public hearing on July 10. Asmundson, who excused himself from the room for a perceived conflict of interest, is applying with his wife, Daniela, for a rezoning of their property at 3456 Roxton Ave. on Burke Mountain. Asmundson, under the applicant DK Bowins & Associates, is proposing four single-family residential parcels and a Streamside Protection and Enhancement Area (SPEA) lot to be built in two phases. The proposed rezoning, if approved, would see the land on the site’s western side changed to a Special Park designation to protect a tributary of West Smiling Creek, with the SPEA lot transferred to the city as a separate titled parcel. “Tributary 1,” as it is called, is listed as non-fish bearing, according to a June 5 report from Andrew Merrill, Coquitlam’s director of development services. The rest of the one-acre property would see three new single-family residential lots and one remainder lot on Roxton Avenue for the existing house — the latter of which would be razed in Phase 2 to create more single-family lots in the future. Located in the Smiling Creek neighbourhood, the property slopes nine metres downward. If OK’d, Asmundson would have to build the southern half of Roxton Avenue as well as pay: • $181,000 in development cost charges • $16,500 in community amenity contributi...

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Police say a shooting happened inside the detached garage at this home on Willard Avenue. Google Maps Kennewick, WA Deputy Michael Clossey was on a traffic stop with a driver in Benton City when he heard the gunfire Friday night. Ten shots rocked the usually sleepy, rural town of 3,400 about 15 miles west of the Tri-Cities. Clossey returned to his patrol car and took off driving in that direction, and another deputy headed that way too. Cars whizzed passed them on the rural roads apparently fleeing from the shooting scene. Several, they would later learn, were carrying gunshot victims to three different hospitals. Newly filed court documents reveal what the deputies saw when they arrived at It’s unclear how many teens and young adults were at the party, but deputies and West Richland police officers found 20 people hiding inside the house. Benton County investigators have said six people were shot at the party. While court documents don’t say what ages they were, a parent told the Herald they were teens and young adults. One male victim later died and another person was hospitalized, while four others were treated for non-life-threatening wounds. Sheriff’s officials have not said who was killed, if a shooting suspect is under arrest or what they believe happened. But earlier this week, two 15-year-old boys from Kennewick appeared in Benton-Franklin Juvenile Court after deputies arrested them for having stolen guns inside their backpacks at the party. While neither teen is ...

11:45 a.m. Classesare back to normal and everyone is safe after a lockdown was lifted at Terry Fox Secondary this morning (April 6) Local Mounties say two youths are believed to bethe source of a threat called tothedetachment from the Port Coquitlam high school ( The incident resulted in a precautionary lockdown, ultimately downgraded toa hold-and-secure, originally advised by front-line officers that attended Terry Fox to investigate. Spokesperson Cpl.Alexa Hodgins explained there's no continued threat to the school or the public. "We take any threat to a school very seriously and will act accordingly," she added in a release. "As this report was received shortly before the beginning of the school day, it caused some concern as parents and students began arriving at the school with a heavy police presence." School District 43 (SD43) confirmed the situation was quickly resolved and that all students and staff are safe. "As always, the quick response by school staff and the response of the RCMP was appreciated. Students and staff should be commended for their calmness and cooperation." RCMP are now seeking the public's help for more details about the phoned-in threat and have created a file on the incident. Anyone withinformation is encouraged to call Coquitlam RCMP at 9:50 a.m. A "phoned-in threat" to Terry Fox Secondary this morning (April 6) that led to a lockdownhas been resolved. In a statement, School District 43 (SD43)explainedthe Port Coquitlaminstitution ( SD43 sai...

The family of Oscar Sanchez Cayetano are raising funds on GoFundMe to cover his funeral costs and transportation to his mom in Mexico. Courtesy GoFundMe Kennewick, WA A teen’s family Oscar Sanchez Cayetano, 19, of Kennewick, was admitted to Kadlec Regional Medical Center on June 4 after a car he was working on slipped off a jack and hit his head, said Benton County Coroner Bill Leach. He died June 10.

An air tanker drops a load of fire retardent Tusday night on the large brush fire that broke out near Ruppert Road and Demoss Road north of Benton City. It burned 150 acres and was 25% contained by Wednesday. Courtesy Scott Butner Kennewick, WA One building was destroyed, fruit orchards damaged and several thousand acres scorched as three wildfires whipped through Benton County on Tuesday. Firefighters were continuing Wednesday to work on containing two blazes near Benton City and one south of Finley as they continued to burn in the breezy and dry conditions. The Hansen fire, which started near Yakitat Road west of the Tri-Cities about 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, had burned 6,000 acres and was 25% percent contained by Wednesday morning. It had burned into the Horse Heaven Hills and threatened 150 homes. The Hover fire south of Finley had blackened 1,000 acres since starting about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday. It was 50% contained and burning in the dense vegetation near the Columbia River, said Jenna Kochenauer, Benton County Fire District 1 public information officer. Along the way the fire damaged orchards in the area, she said. Finally, the third large fire broke out about 7:20 p.m. Tuesday near Ruppert Road and Demoss Road north of Benton City. It burned 150 acres and was 25% contained by Wednesday. That blaze burned a small shed but no houses and forced other evacuations, as well as threatening radio infrastructure and power lines, said Kochenauer. A fire south of Finley blackened nearly...