March 29, 2024

Another search for another out of bounds snowboarder

Search crews have still not been able to find a snowboarder stranded out of bounds on Cypress Bowl since Sunday. North Shore SAR leader Tim Jones, says they're confident the man's on the west side of Cypress. Field teams are out, as well as the RCMP's Air 2 helicopter, and a military Cormorant chopper, "We really, you know, involved a lot … [Read more...]

Avalanche risk causes difficulty for North Shore Search and Rescue trying to reach snowboarder stuck in Cypress backcountry

A man snowboarding out of bounds on Cypress Mountain has been stuck since early Sunday, and he may not be rescued until late Monday morning. North Shore Search and Rescue Team Leader Tim Jones says avalanche risk is too high for them to go up Cypress, so they may have to wait until they can use a helicopter during daylight, if the cloud cover is … [Read more...]

Two lost skiers found by North Shore Search and Rescue

North Shore Search and Rescue located two skiers Saturday who lost their way in the Mount Seymour backcountry. Rescue Team Leader Tim Jones says given avalanche warnings are high in the region, people need to be sensible. "The backcountry is very dangerous right now for avalanche hazards. It's going to get even worse in the coming days. Simply … [Read more...]

Windows Phone web store opens in 37 new countries, adds universal search, and supports installing apps via SD card

If you had any doubts about Microsoft's efforts to actually make an impact with Windows Phone 8, let this address them. After announcing that it'd be maintaining a full staff to certify apps through the holiday period, the outfit has just revealed that its web store for apps / games is now open in 37 new locations around the globe. (You can find … [Read more...]

Jury makes nine recommendations after inquest into death of search volunteer

A jury has made nine recommendations to Emergency Management BC and the BC Search and Rescue Association after an inquest into the death of search volunteer, Sheilah Sweatman. 29 year old Sweatman was performing a recovery operation with Nelson's Search and Rescue unit when she drowned in Creston in June 2011. She was trying to recover a body from … [Read more...]

Judge agrees to unseal search warrant

A provincial court judge in Surrey has agreed to unseal search warrant information obtained by the RCMP in an investigation linked to a Mountie accused of professional misconduct. Judge Peder Gulbransen's decision gives the public access to the warrant executed in August at the New Westminster home of Grant Wakefield, a man accused of defamation … [Read more...]

Search on for hit and run driver

The search continues for a hit and run driver who nearly killed a man in Surrey Saturday night. The RCMP have displayed evidence collected from the scene where 49 year old Jagdev Toor was run down behind a Sikh temple near 86th Avenue and 130th Street.  The victim remains in critical condition with a broken jaw and several other fractures. His … [Read more...]

Search warrant raises questions

Questions have been raised about ethical boundaries being crossed by the RCMP,  following a scandal involving one of their own. Parts of a search warrant involving allegations of defamation against Corporal Jim Brown have now been unsealed. The document allowed the seizure of three computers and a cell phone from a New Westminster man's … [Read more...]

Pike, Plummer Join A “Search For Happiness”

Oscar winner Christopher Plummer and former Bond girl Rosamund Pike have joined the cast of Peter Chelsom’s upcoming drama comedy "Hector and the Search For Happiness" at Egoli Tossell Film and Screen Siren Pictures. Based on François Lelord's novel, Simon Pegg plays an eccentric yet irresistible London psychiatrist in crisis: he’s going nowhere … [Read more...]

RCMP search home connected to blog critical of force

The RCMP have executed a search warrant at a home belonging to someone connected to a blog criticizing the force. The Re-Sergeance Alliance blog went up earlier this month, calling for change within the RCMP. Over the weekend, someone involved with it had their home searched, and computers seized. But in an email to CKNW,  the RCMP denies that … [Read more...]