A 3 alarm fire has all but levelled the Tandoori King Restuarant in southeast Vancouver. Captain Gabe Roder said the fire in the 8000-block Fraser Street, started just before 6 pm Wednesday. Firefighters gave up fighting the blaze when heat and flames drove them back to a defensive position. No injuries have been reported. The cause of the fire is … [Read more...]
Two dead, four injured, as flames tear through Vancouver Island home
January 25, 2012 by
Two youngsters have died as flames swept through a home on the Nanoose First Nation, north of Nanaimo. Const. Garry O'Brien confirms the seven and 10-year-old children died when the blaze broke out shortly after 5 a.m. He says the house in Lantzville, about 17 kilometres north of Nanaimo, was fully engulfed within minutes, Two adults and two … [Read more...]
Former Flames first-round pick retires
October 20, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Kris Chucko, a former Calgary Flames first-round pick, has decided to retire due to concussions.The 25-year-old winger, selected selected 24th overall by the Flames in 2004, suffered two concussions that he knows of."My decision was based on how I felt, how crappy I felt for and have felt for the last 11 to 12 months, and the six or … [Read more...]
