April 19, 2024

Developing story: VPD and Burnaby RCMP involved in a police chase

While details are sketchy at the moment both Vancouver police and Burnaby Mounties were involved in a chase this evening.  Police may have been pursuing a stolen pick up truck through the North Burnaby /Cassiar area.  A Vancouver police cruiser was also reportedly rammed in the pursuit.  Burnaby RCMP have confirmed they were involved … [Read more...]

Man in custody after police chase

One man is in custody after a car chase through Surrey, Burnaby and New Westminster. The chase apparently started after a vehicle backed into a police car and then took off over the Pattullo Bridge. During the chase, a second police vehicle was also struck along the Burnaby/Coquitlam border. The officers were not injured. The vehicle then crashed … [Read more...]

Chevy Chase Departing “Community”

Chevy Chase and the producers of NBC’s "Community" are parting ways effective immediately and by mutual agreement. Almost all thirteen episodes of the upcoming fourth season have already been filmed including the finale. Chase's character Pierce Hawthorne won’t appear in the remaining one or two episodes left to shoot. Chase has voiced his … [Read more...]

08/25/2012 – City Chase Powered by GoodLife Fitness

City Chase is the World’s Largest Urban Adventure Series, with 9 local events in Canada alone. City Chase requires teams of two to exhibit teamwork, resourcefulness, determination and the ability to make decisions on the fly as they search for physical, intellectual and wacky ChasePoint challenges scattered in unknown locations throughout the city. … [Read more...]

Chase leads to arrest in Surrey

A man known to police is in custody following a chase in Surrey Saturday night.Staff Sgt. Bob Pinkewycz says two officers were getting ready for foot patrol in the area of Whalley Beach about 11:45pm when they heard a shot that sounded like a gunshot.Pinkewycz says they encountered the man, who wasn't compliant. "That resulted a foot chase in which … [Read more...]

Officer loses handgun during chase

Vancouver Police are searching for a firearm lost by one of their own. The Sig Sauer P-226 pistol was dropped during a foot chase near Oppenheimer Park around three o' clock yesterday afternoon. Witnesses reported seeing a man pick up the gun in the park, but he hasn't returned it, and police have confirmed it may be loaded. The pistol belongs to … [Read more...]

A continuing story in Chase

RCMP in the interior town are involved in a standoff with a man who's holed up in a bank. Cpl. Dan Moskaluk says the man is armed with a gun and a knife but he says reports the suspect has an explosive device are un-confirmed, "With respect to who this individual is, this has not been concretely established. The motives for his actions or his … [Read more...]

Archeology students help restore Chase museum

BURNABY, B.C. - Smoke-damaged documents and flame-licked photographs could soon rise from the ashes of a fire ravaged museum in the Shuswap-area village of Chase, B.C.Fifteen Simon Fraser University archaeology students will travel to the community, 57 kilometres east of Kamloops, Feb. 17-19, to examine artifacts damaged in two separate fires last … [Read more...]