A 33-year-old man died after a pickup truck crashed into a bus stop bench in Surrey, B.C., where two people were waiting for a bus. Surrey RCMP say officers responded to the scene on Saturday afternoon after receiving a report of a motor vehicle collision. Police say the Ford F350 hit the bus stop bench after crossing into oncoming traffic, and the crash left two pedestrians injured and caused damage to the surrounding property. A 33-year-old man was declared dead at the scene while another man in his 30s was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. The driver was arrested at the scene a

Police in British Columbia say one person is dead and four others are injured following a serious single-vehicle rollover near Merritt. RCMP were called to the scene at around 3:50 p.m. Saturday after receiving a report of a serious vehicle incident on Highway 5 north of Juliet Road. Police say a four-door sedan which was carrying five people went off the road at high speed, eventually rolling before coming to a stop. Four people were taken to hospital while one person was declared dead at the scene despite life-saving efforts from first responders. Drive BC indicates the crash closed Highway

MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal from Bathinda Lok Sabha seat of Punjab has hinted that Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal may contest Giddarbaha by-election. Talking to reporters, She said that the people of Giddarbaha will once again give a chance to the successor of Parkash Singh Badal and he will change the face of Giddarbaha constituency like Bathinda and Lambi. On this occasion, Harsimrat Kaur Badal also attacked Manpreet Singh Badal and Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon. She said that those whom Badal Saab made successful, they betrayed the party. It is worth noting that Dimpy Dhillon

The ED has raided the offices and houses of former Punjab cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu and businessman Hemant Sood, who is close to Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha member Sanjeev Arora. It is being told that ED has found some foreign transactions in their accounts. After the ED raid, Aam Aadmi Party is on the target of opponents. Shiromani Akali Dal's senior leader Bikram Majithia stressed that the honesty of the fanatics will be revealed once again. Let us tell you that former minister Ashu has already been arrested by ED.

Vancouver police say a man with more than 50 criminal convictions is back in custody after allegedly stealing a police car and taking it for a ride, endangering bystanders in a park on Sunday. Police say the cop car was allegedly stolen around 10:45 a.m. after officers were flagged down in East Vancouver to help a woman in distress. They allege as officers focused on helping the woman, the suspect got into the unattended vehicle and drove it toward a group of families at Templeton Park. VPD says the 41-year-old “prolific offender” was arrested about three minutes after the car was stolen.

NDP Leader David Eby is promising to support police in British Columbia in their work to keep illegal guns off the streets and protect communities. Eby, speaking while flanked by four New Democrat candidates with law enforcement experience at a news conference in Surrey, says he will ensure police have the tools to keep illegal guns from criminal organizations and protect families from potentially deadly domestic violence. He says the NDP will continue to support the federal hand-gun and semi-automatic weapons seizure law and continue to back B.C. police anti-gang programs, including the Integ

Justin Trudeau will travel to Laos later this week for the ASEAN summit, marking what his office says will be the first official visit of a Canadian prime minister to the Southeast Asian country. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations meetings will take place in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on Thursday and Friday, after which the PMO says Trudeau will attend the 25th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the U.S. air base in Ramstein, Germany. The ASEAN bloc and Canada have pledged to ink a trade agreement by the end of 2025, and Canada entered a strategic partnership with the

Ceremonies, events and protests are being held across Canada today to mark the anniversary of a Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the ongoing war in Gaza. The Oct. 7, 2023 attack killed more than 1,200 Israelis, while another 250 were abducted and held as hostages, triggering an Israeli counter-offensive in Gaza that the health ministry there says has left more than 41,000 dead. The war has had far-reaching effects around the world and in Canada, including families grieving loved ones who were killed, hundreds of protests resulting in arrests, pro-Palestinian encampments at universities an

A Canadian man who is trapped in Lebanon with his family says they are anxiously waiting for seats on a flight out of the country, as a barrage of Israeli airstrikes continues. Jalal Tabaja, a father of four Canadian children, says he has moved his family to a hotel in a quieter area north of Beirut, but nowhere feels safe as explosions are heard across the capital city. Global Affairs Canada says it continues to help Canadians, permanent residents and their immediate family members to flee as the conflict between Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah intensifies. It says nearl