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BCJul 07, 2022

Delta police searching for a person after Pride Flag at a Church damaged

Delta police are searching for the person responsible for damaging a Pride Flag hung from a United Church entranceway. Police say the suspect, believed to be a man in his 50's, hid his face and tried to cover up the church surveillance camera before striking the flag multiple times with a pole early yesterday morning. They say they believe the pole had some form of a sharp edge at the tip because the flag was torn in multiple locations. Police say multiple City of Delta Pride Flags attached to light standards in the area suffered similar damage. Click the link to watch video: https://deltapol
BCJul 07, 2022

VPD investigates Downtown Eastside machete attack, video released

Vancouver Police are investigating after two people were slashed with a machete outside a Downtown Eastside hotel last month, and are asking anyone with information to call police. Multiple witnesses flagged down police on June 19 around 7 p.m., after a 49-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman were approached from behind by the suspect and allegedly slashed while loading their luggage into a taxi near Main and East Hastings streets."We don’t know if there was a motive for this attack," says Constable Tania Visintin. "Investigators believe it was completely random and unprovoked, and they want
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BCJul 06, 2022

Won't be running for the leadership of the BC New Democrats: Ravi Kahlon

Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon says he won't be running for the leadership of the BC New Democrats, but he says he would support David Eby, if the attorney general decided to seek the party's top job. Eby has not announced his leadership intentions, but in a social media message posted this morning, Kahlon says he admires Eby's integrity and passion. Kahlon says he and his family have decided now is not the time for him to seek the leadership, but he believes Eby is the right person to be BC's next premier. No one has yet declared plans to replace Premier John Horgan, who announced last month that
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BCJul 06, 2022

Someone who bought a lottery ticket in Vancouver is $15 million richer, but ticket set to expire soon

Someone who bought a Lotto Max lottery ticket in Vancouver is 15 million dollars richer, but they will have to act quickly if they hope to collect the windfall. The BC Lottery Corporation says the ticket was purchased in August last year and the prize winners have 52 weeks to come forward, or they will forfeit the cash. The ticket was for the August 13, 2021, Lotto Max draw and carried the winning numbers of 1-14-17-20-28-32 and 38. So far this year, BC players have redeemed more than 64-million dollars from Lotto Max payouts.
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BCJul 06, 2022

Three die in head-on crash along Trans-Canada Highway through B.C.'s Shuswap region

RCMP are investigating a head-on crash in British Columbia's Shuswap region that left three people dead. A statement from Chase RCMP says police were called to an area along the Trans-Canada Highway near Sorrento Tuesday afternoon. It says all the occupants of both vehicles died at the scene. Police say witnesses report a black sedan crossed into the path of an oncoming westbound SUV, hitting it head on. The RCMP say the crash killed a 51-year-old Sorrento man, a 67-year old woman and a 60-year-old man, both from Blind Bay. The BC Coroners Service and police continue to investigate.
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BCJul 06, 2022

Motorcyclist killed in B.C. after being hit by a flying tire

The BC Highway patrol says a motorcyclist was killed on the weekend after being hit by a flying trailer tire on the Trans-Canada Highway. Police say the 55 year old man from Sooke died at the scene of the incident about 34 kilometres west of Revelstoke on Sunday afternoon. They say the initial investigation determined that a pickup truck from Alberta was pulling a utility trailer that suddenly lost one of its tires -- which bounced into oncoming traffic and narrowly missed one motorcycle before hitting a second. A passenger on the second bike was injured and was taken to Royal Inland Hospital
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BCJul 05, 2022

United Truckers Association votes unanimously in favour of a strike at the Port of Vancouver

The more than 600 members of the United Truckers Association have voted unanimously in favour of a strike at the Port of Vancouver. The association says the vote was held on Canada Day to back demands for changes to a policy that would stop trucks older than 20-years from working at the port. A statement from the association says the policy will impose crippling costs on drivers, but the port has refused to discuss changes and intends to implement the plan in September. Association officials say no job action will happen in July, to give time for talks, but members will move forward with a sh
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BCJul 05, 2022

B.C. police officers recovering after bank shootout overwhelmed by support

An officer who was injured in a deadly shootout outside a bank in Saanich, B.C., last week remains in intensive care after three surgeries. Saanich Chief Const. Dean Duthie told a news conference that the officer, who has eight years of service with the department, has been showing signs of "improvement day by day."Three Saanich officers and three from the Victoria Police Department, all members of the emergency response team, were injured in the gunfight with two heavily armed robbers outside a Bank of Montreal.Duthie says another Saanich officer is stable and remains in hospital, while Victo
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BCJul 05, 2022

Visiting Quebec student has died, 5 days after being injured in a crash in B.C.

A visiting Quebec student has died, five days after being injured in a crash between a transit bus and a delivery truck near Castlegar. The unnamed teenager had been on life support at Kelowna General Hospital since shortly after the June 30th collision on Highway 3A. She was with a group from Quebec that was on a five-week language program at Selkirk College and the president of the college says the death is a tremendous loss. RCMP are still investigating why the delivery van veered into the oncoming lane last Thursday afternoon, side swiping the bus and hitting the window where the teen was

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BCFeb 06, 2026

Surrey driver loses Lamborghini after alleged 197 km/h speed on Alex Fraser Bridge

A Surrey man is facing steep fines, a vehicle impound, and long-term insurance penalties after police allege he was travelling at nearly three times the posted speed limit on the Alex Fraser Bridge earlier this week. BC Highway Patrol says officers observed a Lamborghini SUV moving significantly faster than surrounding traffic just after 8:00 p.m. on February 4. Using a laser speed reader, police clocked the vehicle at 197 kilometres per hour in a 70 kilometre per hour zone while it was heading northbound over the Delta span. Police say the 51-year-old driver was issued multiple violation tick
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CanadaFeb 06, 2026

Federal government tightens return-to-office rules for public servants

The federal government under Prime Minister Mark Carney has issued updated return-to-office requirements that will see most public servants spending more time working on-site each week. According to a notice from the Treasury Board, the changes will be introduced in phases. Executives will be required to work from the office five days a week starting May 4, while all other federal employees must report to the workplace at least four days per week beginning July 6. At present, most federal workers are required to be in the office three days a week under a hybrid work policy that came into effec
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CanadaFeb 06, 2026

Canada records job losses in January as labour market shows new signs of strain

Canada’s economy took a step backward in January as the country recorded a net loss of about 25,000 jobs, according to the latest Labour Force Survey released by Statistics Canada. The decline marks the first monthly drop in employment since late summer and signals renewed pressure in key sectors tied to trade and construction. The manufacturing and construction industries experienced the sharpest losses, with economists pointing to ongoing trade uncertainty and U.S. tariff pressures as contributing factors. Private-sector employment and part-time work were particularly affected, while women
AlbertaFeb 06, 2026

TSB sending investigators after CN train derailment west of Edmonton

Federal transportation investigators are heading to central Alberta to examine a Canadian National Railway derailment that sent dozens of rail cars off the tracks west of Edmonton. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada confirmed it is deploying a team after 37 loaded train cars derailed Thursday near the hamlet of Wildwood, roughly 110 kilometres west of the provincial capital. The site is along a CN main line that carries a mix of freight through rural communities in the region. CN spokesperson Ashley Michnowski said preliminary information indicates the cars were loaded, but the company
AlbertaFeb 06, 2026

Airdrie youth hockey team honours junior players killed in Alberta highway crash

A youth hockey team from Airdrie is paying tribute to three junior players who died in a highway collision in southern Alberta by wearing and sharing memorial stickers during an upcoming tournament. The under-13 AA Airdrie Lightning team will place the stickers on their helmets and hand them out to opposing teams while competing in Regina this week. The stickers feature the jersey numbers of the players and the logo of the Southern Alberta Mustangs, the junior team the victims played for. The initiative was organized by a Lightning parent who ordered close to 100 stickers with the goal of keep