Man stabbed several times in central Surrey

A Vancouver-area driver is facing a 90-day driving ban and his cab has been impounded for 30 days for driving under the influence of alcohol. The BC Highway Patrol says the operation was launched on April 29 after an officer spotted a taxi driver leaving a Richmond liquor store without a passenger at around 8 a.m. Corporal Michael McLaughlin said in a statement Monday that when the officer stopped the yellow Toyota Prius on Alexandra Road and administered an alcohol-screening breath test to the driver, he failed the test twice. Police identified the driver as a 33-year-old from Delta. McLaugh

Former Punjab BJP president and MLA Ashwani Sharma said that Punjab BJP stands with Punjabis on the issue of giving extra water to Haryana. Talking to reporters outside the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Ashwani Sharma said that Punjab does not have extra water and he has already made his stand on this issue clear in the all-party meeting. Along with this, Ashwani Sharma raised the question that three years have passed since the formation of the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab and during this time too, extra water has been given to Haryana, but why did it become a reason for creating a controver

RCMP say four people, including two teens, have died after a head-on vehicle crash south of Edmonton. Mounties say an GMC Acadia was passing other vehicles on Highway 2A just north of Ponoka on Saturday, when it struck an oncoming Volkswagen Tiguan. They say a 41-year-old woman driving the Acadia died at the scene. A 26-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy inside the other SUV were also pronounced dead. A second 14-year-old boy in the Tiguan was taken by air ambulance to hospital but died. All four were residents of Maskwacis, about 70 kilometres south of Edmonton.

About $170,000 worth of contraband has been seized at a B.C. medium-security prison. According to Correctional Services Canada, prison officials seized methamphetamine, THC shatter, tobacco products and charging cables at the Mission Institution prison on April 24. The seizure came on the same day that a 10-day lockdown at Abbotsford’s Matski Prison ended, resulting in the seizure of drug paraphernalia, pills, tattoo equipment and homemade weapons at Matski Prison. Earlier in April, several items including marijuana, crystal methamphetamine, fentanyl, MDMA and drug pills were also seized fr

Four boats have capsized in a sudden storm on a river in southwestern China, leaving 10 people dead. State media said more than 80 people fell into the water when strong winds hit the scenic area in Guizhou province on Sunday afternoon. Initial reports said two tourist boats had capsized, but CCTV and the official XinhuaNews Agency said on Monday that four boats were involved. The boats capsized after a sudden rain and hail storm hit the upper reaches of the Wu River, a tributary of the Yangtze, the longest river in China. San Diego officials say three people were killed, four were injur