May 19, 2024

Man fined in HOV crash that killed two young brothers

The man responsible for an awful highway crash that killed two boys has learned his punishment in court. Saying the crash was caused by 31-year old Ryan Miller's "momentary lapse in judgement," the judge has handed him a 15 hundred dollar fine. The issue of a driving ban has been left up to the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles. The sentence comes … [Read more...]

Man charged in crash that killed two boys, goes to trial Monday

The trial of a man who left Canada after being charged in a Coquitlam crash that killed two children will get underway Monday. Almost four years after the crash that killed nine year old Andrew Moeller and his six year old brother Matthew, and left their eight year old brother Karl paralyzed -- the man accused of driving without due care and … [Read more...]

Trial set for man accused in Coquitlam crash that killed two children

The trial of a man who left Canada after being charged in a Coquitlam crash that killed two children will get underway on Monday. It’s been almost four years after a crash killed nine-year-old Andrew Moeller and his six-year-old brother Matthew, and left their eight-year-old brother Karl paralyzed.   Now, the man accused of driving … [Read more...]

14 Killed At “Knight Rises” Screening

Fourteen people are confirmed dead and up to fifty have been wounded at the Century 16 film theaters at the Aurora Mall in suburban Denver reports The Australian. A man wearing body armor and a gas mask apparently used teargas and then began shooting during a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises". Most of the dead in the cinema itself … [Read more...]

Updates: Gangster shot and killed in Port Moody

Vancouver Police are now confirming what we have been reporting. The victim of yesterday's shooting in Port Moody is 34-year-old Randynesh Raman Naicker,  a convicted kidnapper and founder of the Independent Soldiers gang. Naicker was gunned down in a parking lot on Queen's street at 445 p-m. It wasn't the first time he's had a target on his … [Read more...]

ID released of a man killed when a bridge swept away in the Kootenays

The man killed when a bridge was swept away by flooding near Nelson on Saturday has been identified.  Edward Posnikoff was 72 years old and from Crescent Valley.  A family member watched him fall into the water when the bridge collapsed over Goose creek.  His body was recovered Sunday. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]

Pedestrian struck and killed in Kitsilano

Vancouver's eighth traffic fatality of  2012 involved a woman struck by a car in Kitsilano during the noon hour. VPD Constable Lindsey Houghton says the 67-year old driver was trying to parallel park on the north side of the 28-hundred block of West Broadway. "Hhen for an unknown reason, the car accelerated, striking a 52-year old vancouver … [Read more...]

Edmonton man killed in Vernon golf cart accident

An update on the fatal golf cart crash in Vernon. RCMP have identified the victim as 51-year-old Glenn Thordarson of Edmonton. He and a passenger were riding in a golf cart at the Predator Ridge course when the cart struck a retaining wall and tumbled over an embankment to a road about six metres below. The 44-year-old passenger has since been … [Read more...]

Family of toddler killed by truck speaks out ahead of driver’s sentencing

A day before the driver of a truck that killed their daughter is sentenced, the two-year old girl's family is speaking out against the deal keeping him from having a criminal record. William Mah will plead guilty to a lesser charge Friday. Aoi Kazama was killed in August of 2009 when Mah's truck hit her and her mother as they were crossing a … [Read more...]

Family of man believed to have shot, killed two people offers statement

The family of Angus David Mitchell, the now-dead man suspected in three shootings – two of which were fatal – has released a statement through the Vancouver police. The 26-year-old’s family says they wish to express “their extreme sorrow and heartfelt sympathies” to the families of Vivien Diem Huynh and Andy Tran … [Read more...]