The BC Coroners Service has identified the man shot dead by police at a standoff at the Starlight Casino. He was 48-year-old Mehrdad Bayrami of Richmond. The standoff lasted five hours and backed up traffic during the morning commute back on November 8th. It ended when police shot the man in the abdomen. He was taken to hospital, where he died 10 … [Read more...]
Suspect in Starlight Casino shooting has died
November 19, 2012 by
The suspect involved in a standoff earlier this month with New Westminster Police has died in hospital. The Independent Investigations Office, which assumed control of the case after the man was shot November 8th, has confirmed he died Sunday night. The man believed to be armed with a handgun was shot in the parking lot of the Starlight casino … [Read more...]
Coroner identifies man who died after taser jolt
November 14, 2012 by
The BC Coroner's Service has identified the man who died after being jolted by a Vancouver Police taser. The victim is 33 year old Alton Bernard Cuyugan. Police were called out to the 13 hundred block of Renfew Street yesterday. A man armed with a knife had been threatening to hurt himself. He was jolted by the taser, … [Read more...]
German shepherd found injured in a Kits dumpster has died
July 19, 2012 by
A German shepherd has died after being found badly injured and nearly unconscious yesterday in a dumpster in Vancouver's west side. Marcie Moriarty with the BC SPCA says the animal went into cardiac arrest Thursday evening and could not be saved. Tests showed the dog suffered trauma to his spine and likely quadriplegic. She says … [Read more...]
Inquest into case of woman who died waiting for long-term care wraps up tomorrow
June 15, 2012 by
An inquest into the case of a Vancouver Island woman who died while waiting for a room in long-term care is expected to wrap up Friday. Joan Andrews, a 76-year-old client of Community Living BC, died in February 2011 from a head injury after crawling over a bed railing. At the time, she was living in the Langford home of a caregiver who believed … [Read more...]
Coast Guard volunteers died after boat capsizes off Sechelt Inlet
June 3, 2012 by
Two Coast Guard volunteers have died after their boat capsized off the Sunshine Coast. Officials with the Joint Rescue Communications Centre say a zodiac carrying four people flipped in the Skookumchuck Narrows at Sechelt Inlet. The men on board were rescued right away, but the women, members of the Coast Guard auxiliary, were found under the hull, … [Read more...]
Mountain biker who died on Cypress Mountain identified
May 13, 2012 by
A mountain biker who died last week on Cypress Mountain has been identified. West Vancouver police say he was Jonathan Tobias Pilley. The 43-year-old has been biking on a winding path along the Coiler Trail when he lost control and hit a tree. This is the first mountain biking-related death on the North Shore. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]
Memorial held for hang glider who died last weekend
May 5, 2012 by
A memorial was held Saturday for Lenami Godinez-Avila, the 27-year-old woman who plunged to her death from a hang-glider flight in Harrison Mills last weekend. Jason Warner, safety director of the Hang-gliding and Paragliding Association of Canada, says the tribute was organized by glider pilots. About 30 pilots gathered at the site where … [Read more...]
A woman has died after falling off a horse in Langley.
April 10, 2012 by
Langley RCMP say at this point, it appears to be just a tragic accident. A woman, said to be a trainer and experienced rider, is dead after falling off a horse this afternoon. It happened at a stable in the 300 block of 232nd street. RCMP Staff Sgt. David Brown said "this female rider, you know, was found injured. Nobody had … [Read more...]
Reports that woman may have died at Occupy Vancouver
November 5, 2011 by
A woman has died at the Occupy Vancouver site at the art gallery. Emergency crews were on scene around 5:15 p.m. and protesters were crying and hugging each other. Reporters were being told to move off the site and were yelled at. Capt Gabe Roder of Vancouver Fire has confirmed the death, but deferred any further details to Vancouver … [Read more...]
