1. Ex-VANOC CEO John Furlong is holding a press conference today to discuss the dismissal of the third and final sexual abuse lawsuit levelled at him. The lawsuit was dismissed after the plaintiff failed to appear for trial.
2. Firefighters from across B.C. gathered for a funeral for Kevin Hegarty, a Surrey firefighter, who took his own life after battling post-traumatic stress disorder. Surrey Fighter Fighters Association president Mike McNamara paid tribute to Hegarty, who he said was an advocate to shed light on the stress emergency personnel can suffer from.
3. The Vancouver Canucks completed a clean sweep of the St. Louis Blues on Monday night, winning 4-1. Radim Vrbata had a goal and an assist with Eddie Lack backstopping the win.
4. Passengers of the crashed Air Canada Flight AC624 are in the process of filing a class action lawsuit, a Nova Scotia law firm has confirmed. Following the crash, passengers evacuated the plane and huddled on the dark, snowy Halifax airport runway.
5. Drone delivery could soon be a click away, and Amazon says it’s testing the service at several sites, including a top-secret one set in rural B.C. Amazon has boasted its pending drone delivery system, dubbed Prime Air, will eventually be capable of getting packages to customers’ homes in 30 minutes or less.
