Abbotsford Police Youth officers are investigating a suspicious incident that occurred today, Friday, May 7th, at 10:22 am on Mouat Drive. A 14-year-old high school student was waiting to be picked up when a vehicle pulled up to her, and the male driver stated, "your mom sent me. I am here to pick you up". The student knew this was not true, turned, and walked away. The driver parked nearby for a short time and then left, driving eastbound on Mouat Drive. The suspect is described as a South Asian male in his 40’s to 50s, short dark hair gelled back (with some grey), receding hairline, a r

Nanaimo RCMP hope someone has dashcam video of a collision between two transport trucks earlier this week that critically injured one driver. The big rigs crashed early Wednesday (near the intersection of Northfield Road and the Nanaimo Parkway) at a busy merge point on the city's west side. The 35 year old woman driving one of the trucks suffered potentially life-threatening injuries but police say she has since been upgraded to stable condition, while the 71 year old driver of the other rig was not badly hurt. A cause of the crash hasn't been determined and police hope dashcam video will he

Vancouver Police are looking for witnesses and dash cam footage as an investigation continues into a serious collision yesterday involving a cyclist and a motorist in East Vancouver. "Investigators do not believe speed, alcohol or drugs were factors in the collision," says Constable Tania Visintin, VPD. "The driver remained on scene and was cooperative with police."A cyclist was travelling north on Rupert Street on May 6 just after 12:30 a.m. when he was hit by the driver of a white Tesla that was travelling east on Grandview Highway. The 20-year-old cyclist was taken to hospital for serious,

Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Jobs, Economy Recovery and Innovation, has issued a statement on the release of Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey for April 2021. "The Labour Force Survey for the month of April showed B.C. lost 43,000 jobs as the impacts of the provincial health officer's temporary orders were felt by businesses and workers."The decline in April follows 11 consecutive months of job gains. B.C. currently leads all major provinces in job recovery."The vast majority of the job losses last month were part time and in accommodation and food services, as well as information, culture a

A new report from BC Hydro says a concerning trend is emerging as British Columbians seek relief from COVID-19 restrictions by sprucing up the yards around their homes. The Crown utility says electrical contact incidents involving weekend tree trimmers, gardeners and landscapers have soared 30 per cent since the pandemic hit last March. The report says tree trimming is the most common offence as novice pruners drop branches across power lines, frequently causing outages. More than 100 reports linked to what BC Hydro calls ``backyard logging'' have been received since March 2020, but the utili

Grocery workers aged 18 and up are now eligible to register for a Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine in British Columbia's largest health region. Fraser Health says all workers, whether they are unionized or not, will get information from their employers on how to register and book appointments online, as well as an access code. Staff must provide identification and proof of employment, such as a pay stub or work identification, when they arrive for an appointment. Supplies of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine were quickly snapped up last month when the province lowered the eligibility age for th

A woman in BC has been hospitalized with a rare blood clot associated with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the first such reaction reported in the province. Provincial health officer Doctor Bonnie Henry says the woman contacted her family doctor when she had symptoms five or six days after being vaccinated. Dr. Henry urged people to be alert to the symptoms, which range from a persistent and severe headache to difficulty moving parts of your body, and back, or chest or abdominal pain. However, she also defended the vaccine, saying AstraZeneca has played an important role in BC's immunization

At approximately 1 p.m. on May 5th, Richmond RCMP responded to a report of an industrial accident in the 3900 block of Boundary Road. A 25 year-old female employee was subsequently transported to hospital by Emergency Health Services, but she later succumbed to her injuries. Next-of-kin notification has been completed, however, the victim’s name is not being released at this time out of respect for the family. Investigators from the Richmond RCMP Serious Crime Unit and WorkSafeBC continue to investigate.The BC Coroners Service has also been notified.

The British Columbia government says it is looking into creating a law that would allow action against so-called revenge porn, the posting of intimate images without a person's consent. The publication of the images is already an offence under the Criminal Code, but the government says provincial legislation could help people better protect themselves or ask for recourse. The government says in a statement that a national hotline reported a 58 per cent increase in the non-consensual sharing of intimate images by the start of 2021, compared with the nine-month period before April 1 last year.