‘This was an act by a person,’ Matt Affleck with the BC SPCA said. ‘Somebody did this to this dog… Somebody just tied it up and left it for dead.’
“We’ve spent about now, about $9,000 in the last year and a half on windows,” said Michael Neill, who owns Mosaic Books told Global Okanagan last week.
The offence happened in the early morning hours of Wednesday in downtown Kelowna and was caught on the store’s security video and shared with Global News.
There is no word from police on whether this incident has any connection to a recent cull of ostriches at a farm in Edgewood, where avian flu had been detected last December.
The CFIA said the farm owners failed to report the initial cases of illness and deaths when the herd was infected.
A list of leave applications that will be ruled upon on Thursday includes the challenge by Universal Ostrich Farms to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s order.
Health Minister Josie Osborne said the province is focused on supporting doctors and other health care professionals during a time of mounting pressure.
The drill also involved numerous support agencies, such as Emergency Social Services, Kelowna’s Fire Smart Program and Central Okanagan Search and Rescue.
A British Columbia man who fought off a grizzly bear in the East Kootenay region this month has died of his injuries, more than three weeks after the attack.