A devastating story from the Coquihalla Highway last night. RCMP say three vehicles were involved in a crash north of Hope around dinner time. An elderly couple in one vehicle were injured so two men and a woman from the other two vehicles came to their aid - then things went terribly wrong. Another vehicle smashed into one of the crashed cars … [Read more...]
Crews trying to put out huge fire at Delta barn
October 14, 2012 by
Emergency crews have closed some Delta streets as they try to get a large fire under control. A barn on 59th Avenue is fully involved, and firefighters are treating it as a defensive operation. Callers to CKNW say the fire is highly visible. "we've got cops blocking the road, transit is stopped there, and there's a huge column of black smoke and … [Read more...]
Police trying to identify North Shore victim
September 19, 2012 by
Homicide investigators are still trying to identify a body found badly decomposed in North Vancouver last month on a hiking trail. The remains were found behind a Denny's restaurant on Curling Road in mid-August. Police have now released a coroner's sketch of what they think the female victim might have looked like. "We also know that she had … [Read more...]
Trying to change the RCMP–from within
August 14, 2012 by
In the midst of growing tensions between RCMP brass and the rank-and-file, a new group has been formed to change the force from within. Calling themselves "the Re-sergeance Alliance," they claim to be 500-strong, made up of retired and current members of the RCMP in BC, with one goal: to "restore faith" in the force. The "re-sergeancy" takes … [Read more...]
Woman injured trying to catch Skytrain
June 11, 2012 by
A woman has head injuries after getting tangled up on Skytrain this morning. She was at New Westminster station, trying to catch a train heading downtown. Just as the Skytrain doors were about to close, the woman tossed her shopping bag, attached to her left wrist, through the closing doors. The bag was too small to prevent the doors from … [Read more...]
