Man arrested in Richmond for opening fire and violating hunting rules

A 25-year-old man has been arrested after a dangerous incident involving a stolen fishing boat that allegedly attempted to ram and evade a police vessel off the coast of Prince Rupert. On the evening of Monday, June 16, 2025 reports were received that the fishing boat, which had been reported stolen out of Port Hardy a day earlier, had been spotted south of Prince Rupert. RCMP Patrol Vessel Inkster and a West Coast Marine Services vessel responded and attempted to intercept the stolen boat, but it did not stop. The situation quickly escalated, becoming increasingly dangerous as the boat operat

A commercial food processing company has been ordered to pay $330,000 after one of its workers became trapped in a smokehouse and died. Ontario-based Sofina Foods Inc. was directed by a judge today to put the money toward a workplace training program. The decision comes a day after Sofina pleaded guilty to one workplace safety violation while the remaining 25 other charges against the company were withdrawn. Sofina was charged after 32-year-old Samir Subedi died in March 2023. Court heard he had gone to check the temperature of the gas-fired smokehouse, which had been loaded the night before w

A Toronto Police investigation into a taxi scam has resulted in 11 arrests and 108 charges. The Financial Crimes Unit (FCU) launched Project Fare in July 2024 after multiple victims reported the fraud. At a news conference at police headquarters on June 19, Detective David Coffey said unsuspecting victims were picked up and asked to pay for the ride using a credit or debit card. “During the transaction, the suspects discreetly swapped the victim’s card with a card that looked like theirs,” he said. “The real card and their PIN was then passed on to their accomplices. These fraudsters u

Only 49.07 percent voting was recorded in the Ludhiana West assembly seat of Punjab till 5 pm. This seat was won by Aam Aadmi Party's Gurpreet Gogi in 2022. However, he died some time ago, after which the by-election has been held here.Aam Aadmi Party has made Rajya Sabha member Sanjeev Arora its candidate from here, there is talk that if he wins from here, Arvind Kejriwal can go to Rajya Sabha in his place.Former minister Bharat Bhushan is the candidate from Congress, who was the MLA from Ludhiana West in 2012 and 2017. Advocate Parupkar Singh Ghuman is contesting the election from Shiromani

The chair of British Columbia's NDP caucus has written to the RCMP requesting an investigation into allegations that former members of the Opposition tried to blackmail ex-colleagues. The letter from Stephanie Higginson to Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald comes after B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad confirmed the authenticity of a letter to his caucus warning about the alleged blackmail by three MLAs and their staff. Higginson says in the open letter written on behalf of the NDP caucus that there's a significant public interest in determining the facts. She says if any MLA or their staf