Highlights

This week on Syrup, we're highlighting refreshing ways to enjoy the summer, critical wildfire information, and an astonishing close encounter with a grizzly bear.

Christopher Yin Chan was booking two fares to fly from Vancouver to Hong Kong via Tokyo. 

Vancouver police officers found a woman in her 40s who had allegedly been robbed and violently assaulted in a washroom.

Significant amounts of many pharmaceuticals were found

Chi Sun Park faces 15 charges in connection with the deaths of Mursal Arifi and Jenna Hepperle and injuries to three others.

RCMP seek information on how the blaze started. The fire is believed to have been sparked around 4 p.m. on June 9, on a bike trail at the end of Tantalus Road.

Natural Resources Canada is forecasting an extreme fire risk in southern British Columbia in July, while southwestern B.C. — including Vancouver Island — is expected to be hotter and drier than normal.

The victim has been identified as Satwinder Sharma, 56.

Ongoing resource constraints plagued flights to and from YVR this week.

The North Vancouver resident has travelled to every continent except Antarctica over the past century.