April 24, 2024

Truck and dogs stolen from Vancouver found in Agassiz

Police have recovered two dogs reported missing yesterday when the vehicle they were riding in was stolen in Vancouver. RCMP Corporal Tammy Hollingsworth says both dogs and the vehicle were found in Agassiz around 10:30 this morning. "We have located the vehicle. we also have located the two dogs. The dogs have been transported to a local … [Read more...]

Surrey RCMP looking for pickup truck after alleged hit and run

Surrey RCMP want your help in finding a pickup truck they say was involved in a hit and run Saturday evening. They say the pickup collided with a grey Mazda 3 at 138th Street and 92nd Avenue. The Mazda 3 was driving eastbound on 92nd Avenue, when a newer dark coloured pickup turned off of 138th Street and headed westbound on 92nd Avenue. The … [Read more...]

Protest against truck traffic

They're calling on Translink to get rid of the truck route on 32nd Avenue. Some South Surrey residents are rallying today... claiming the trucks are poisoning children and families with their toxic fumes. Translink has to step up to the plate and the city of surrey has to step up to the plate and have these trucks removed from this section of the … [Read more...]

Truck fire closes Coquihalla

A truck has caught on fire closing Highawy 5 in both directions North of Hope. Emergency crews are on scene dealing with the blaze near exit 192. RCMP say no one has been injured but the road is expected to stay closed until 4 this morning. Drivers can detour via Highway 8 and 1, or Highway 5-a and Highway 3. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]

One man dead after motorcycle crashes into a truck

A 24 year old Abbotsford man is dead after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a 10-ton commercial truck while it was turning on Downes Road. Abbotsford Police Constable Ian MacDonald says the crash happened around noon Saturday. "The rider of the motorcycle collided with this turning truck. He was launched off of his motorcycle and … [Read more...]

Truck ends up in hospital ER

The emergency room at Royal Columbian Hospital had an un-welcome visitor overnight. Around 1:30 a.m., a pick-up truck smashed through the ER doors after its driver lost control. In addition to the doors, the truck damaged a wall next to the hospital Tim Hortons. New Westminster police are investigating. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]

Military truck first off the assembly line

The first unit has rolled off the assembly line at a manufacturing facility in Port Coquitlam. It's a military truck, one of several to be built under a 60-million-dollar defence contract. Ray Castelli, the CEO of the firm building the trucks, Weatherhaven, says the contract has created about 100 new jobs in the region, "One of the key things … [Read more...]

Truck driver accused of killing girlfriend

A California truck driver accused of murdering his former girlfriend more than a decade ago will spend the next three days hearing testimony at a preliminary court inquiry in Vancouver. Ninderjit Singh Soos has been in custody since he was arrested last summer  and quickly extradited to Canada. Police had been looking for him since January of … [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...]

Casting: Paranoia, Truck, 42, Slave

Paranoia Lucas Till ("X-Men: First Class") is in talks to join Robert Luketic's espionage thriller "Paranoia". Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman are in advanced negotiations. Till would portray a friend and co-worker of Liam Hemsworth's character in the film which is set in the world of dueling telco giants. [Source: Variety] Truck Stop Christine … [Read more...]