Police are looking for some young people after dozens of headstones and memorials were damaged at a cemetery in south Vancouver. A passerby called in the destruction shortly before 7 a.m. at the city's oldest cemetery, Mountain View. Officers arrived to find empty beer cans and bottles littered about the predominantly Jewish and Asian areas of the … [Read more...]
A downtown building has been damaged and workers sent home after a water pipe burst.
May 1, 2012 by
Massive flooding caused chaos at a downtown Vancouver highrise this morning. Some time overnight, a pipe burst on the 18th floor of the 32 storey Bentall Tower at Burrard and Dunsmuir, which houses several law firms and the Bank of Montreal. Several hundred workers were sent home because the power has been shut off below the 18th … [Read more...]
Pub patio damaged after police vehicle run off Surrey road
March 4, 2012 by
There were luckily no injuries, but the wall around a pub patio in Surrey is badly damaged after being hit by a police vehicle Friday. Sgt. Murray Hedderson says at about 3:30 in the afternoon, a Surrey RCMP vehicle was travelling east in the right lane in the 13400 block of 72nd Avenue. "When a silver Pontiac Sunfire which was travelling in the … [Read more...]
Hoarder house damaged by fire
February 11, 2012 by
Four people are homeless after an early morning fire in the 12600 block of Old Yale Road in Surrey. Battalion Chief Lorne West says Firefighters had trouble entering the house because there was so much junk piled up inside, "It was a three floor residential structure fire that had become a significant hoarding issue and that made it quite a … [Read more...]
B.C. ferry damaged after hard landing
November 19, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - A BC Ferry is out of commission after a hard landing at the Departure Bay terminal in Nanaimo, B.C.BC Ferries spokeswoman Deborah Marshall says there was damage to both the Queen of Coquitlam and a wing wall that guides the ferry into the dock.No one has reported being injured aboard the ferry because of the jolt.Marshall says the 3 … [Read more...]
Police talking to 16 year old prankster after school damaged
September 21, 2011 by
It looks like it was a school prank, but it caused a lot of damage at a West Vancouver high school however, and a 16 year old student will now be dealing with the police. The prank? Around noon Tuesday, water began pouring through three floors of the school. Assistant Fire Chief Martin Ernst says, "It was a sprinkler head that had … [Read more...]
Popular Vancouver restaurant damaged by fire for second time in two years
August 8, 2011 by
The owner of a venerable Mount Pleasant eatery destroyed in a massive 2009 fire says he’s stunned after its replacement was hit by a fire that will force it to close for several ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
