Here are Black Press Media鈥檚 top stories for Monday, April 1.
1. VIDEO: Man rescued after fishing boat tips over in Fraser River
Surrey Fire鈥檚 Technical Rescue Team responded on Sunday afternoon near Barnston Island to find the man in the water reportedly hypothermic.
2. 71-year-old woman struck in Vancouver hit-and-run
The woman was crossing Southeast Marine Drive in a crosswalk Sunday afternoon when she was hit by a silver minivan.
3. Carbon tax up April 1, as other provinces begin to catch up
The latest carbon tax increase brings the cost to 9.98 cents per litre of gasoline in B.C.
"BC's revenue-neutral carbon tax has cut emissions by 5 to 15 per cent from what they would be otherwise. There's also the research that says BC's tax demonstrably reduced gasoline demand as well as natural gas use 鈥� and actually increased employment." 猬囷笍
鈥� Catherine McKenna 馃嚚馃嚘 (@cathmckenna)
The Trudeau/McKenna carbon tax explained.
鈥� Aaron Wudrick (@awudrick)
4. Pair of old Sitka spruce toppled in Fort 黑马磁力
Two Sitka spruce that were growing in front of the former Birthplace of B.C. Gallery were brought down by former Township mayor Kurt Alberts.
5. Maple Ridge student raising money for cats
Brooke Rutledge, 11, decided to raise money for Katie鈥檚 Place, a volunteer-run animal shelter that takes in mostly cats but also other small animals.
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