lahoo.ca Please note that due to the influence of atmospheric rivers, B.C. will receive widespread rain over the weekend, with 150 mm of rain in southern B.C., including Metro Vancouver. The most powerful atmospheric rivers will hit next Monday.
Pictured: City News on January 27, 2024
On Saturday, the BC River Prediction Center issued a flood warning to the South Shore, including Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island, alerting everyone to the ongoing strong storm that hit the coastal areas of B.C. over the weekend.
Environment Canada issued a number of special weather warnings for Metro Vancouver and surrounding areas on Saturday morning, saying the upcoming storm will increase the likelihood of flooding, waterlogged roads, power outages and possible landslides, and the warnings apply to parts of Metro Vancouver, the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island.
Pictured: Environment Canada on January 27, 2024
Environment Canada meteorologist Armel Castellan said residents should watch out for "prolonged" rain events on Saturday and Sunday.
Castellan cautioned that while the flood will not be as severe as the record floods of 2021, which washed away bridges and triggered landslides that killed five people, this time people still need to stay away from the rushing water.
Authorities said it was uncertain where the worst storms would be felt or when the heaviest rains would fall.
"The heaviest rainfall is expected to occur between Sunday night and Monday," Environment Canada said. There will be periods of light rain between storms, but this is a cumulative effect of storms and can have an impact. ”
Storms bring warmer temperatures, and melting snow in the mountains also increases the risk of flooding. Environment Canada says vulnerable areas are particularly vulnerable to landslides due to heavy rainfall falling on already saturated surfaces. Strong winds will also mean an increased risk of power outages due to branches that may fall.
Meanwhile, the flood warning issued by B.C. River Forecasting on Thursday remains in effect, with heavier rain on the south coast on Saturday.
On Friday, Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver, including the North Shore, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge and Howe Bay, saying 60 to 90 millimetres of rain is expected from Friday night to Saturday night.
The latest river forecast center said a series of "severe storms" are expected between Saturday and Wednesday. During this period, rainfall can be as high as 250 mm in Metro Vancouver and up to 400 mm in some localized areas.
The latest forecast on Saturday shows that the strongest atmospheric rivers will make landfall on Monday, with additional rain likely in the middle of next week.
Meanwhile, The Weather Network expects nearly 100mm of rain from Saturday to Tuesday.
The weather forecast for Vancouver also shows that we may have light rain on Friday, with close to 10 to 15 mm of rain:
Picture from: Weather Net on January 27, 2024
The divorced woman in Greater Vancouver gets 140w child support, but it is difficult to see the children in Canada
The B.C. Supreme Court ruled in a divorce case this month, ordering X, a Chinese man, to sell a luxury apartment on Arcola Street and pay half of the proceeds to his ex-wife. Although X once claimed that the house was a gift from his mother and was reluctant to sell it. But in the end, it still can't get rid of the result of "selling the house and paying the ex-wife's child support".
Screenshot from: BC Supreme Court on January 27, 2024
However, with respect to the request of ex-wife L to bring the child to Canada, the ruling showed that the court did not have jurisdiction to order "the child born in Burnaby to return to Canada from China".
According to the B.C. Supreme Court, L filed for divorce from her partner X in 2020 and hopes to bring her daughter back to Burnaby from China to live with her after completing her college diploma.
X, who lived in China at the time, was against it.
X also objected to splitting the proceeds from the sale of their apartment on Arcola Street in Burnaby with their house property in Richmond, which is now worth $290w.
X argues that the funds for the purchase of both houses were provided by his parents and should be excluded from the division of family property in the divorce.
He argues that he is only the nominal homeowner of the residence in Richmond because his parents provided all the funds to buy and maintain the property so that the elderly can move to Canada to live.
But B.C. Supreme Court Justice Andrew Mayer ruled that X had failed to prove it.
The judge also noted that X failed to provide bank records and company records to prove his declared income of $28,001 in 2020, $25,353 in 2021 and $22,359 in 2022.
Judge Mayer put it this way: "This is much less than what he earned in previous years when he was working full-time, before he started looking for business opportunities in Asia. For example, in 2017 he earned $99,996, excluding rental income. ”
During cross-examination at the civil trial, X claimed that he was unable to provide corporate records of a U cryptocurrency company he helped create in June 2021 because only his "supervisor" could do so.
The judge apparently disagreed, saying: "I find it hard to believe because Mr. X's testimony shows that he was one of the founders of a U company." ”
According to a LinkedIn profile, X is an alumnus of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and vice president of engineering at a U cryptocurrency company.
The judge ultimately ruled that for the purposes of determining spousal support, X should have earned $10.5w annually from 2020 to 2022.
He granted L two years and five months of retroactive grants totalling $16,472 and ordered X to pay $1,204,653.55 to his ex-wife L, plus interest on the sale of the Burnaby apartment and the Richmond home.
However, their daughter does not "habitually reside" in British Columbia. As for L's desire to send her daughter back to Canada, the judge said that the B.C. courts did not have jurisdiction to make "any custody order" in relation to her because she was not a "habitual resident" of B.C.
The judge noted that the child spends about 22 percent of his life in Canada and 78 percent in China in the care of his grandparents, while X works in Canada and L studies a diploma in English and marketing in Canada.
"Considering that [the girl] was only three and a half years old when she started living in China, and given her level of family involvement, school and extracurricular activities, it is likely that in December 2020 she made the place where she lived with her grandparents home," the judge added. ”
According to the ruling, no one claimed that the girl was wrongfully removed from B.C., but L claimed that she was "wrongfully stranded" in China.
However, the judge concluded that the child was "habitually residing in China" before L filed for divorce, meaning that the BC court did not have jurisdiction over the child's stay.
The divorced woman got 140w from her ex-husband, but it was difficult to see the children in Canada. Do you think the judge's decision is fair?
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