Witnesses to Burnaby shooting not cooperating with police RCMP are asking for the public’s help after a Burnaby shooting involving about 10 people put one man in hospital with serious injuries. The incident happened early Friday morning on the front patio of a restaurant in the 7600 block of Edmonds Street in southeast Burnaby. Police say a [...]
High-end cars caught street racing in Lower Mainland impounded for seven days On Sunday evening, the RCMP Port Mann Traffic Services were called by a number of drivers on Highway 1 reporting three high-end cars street racing on the busy roadway. The cars were spotted driving recklessly between Mt Lehman Rd in Abbotsford and 264 [...]
UBC hospital patient may be in Alberta Lucie Brodeur, a 53-year old woman suffering from schizophrenia, has been missing from the Detweiller Pavilion at the UBC Hospital since Apr. 4. The UBC RCMP are hoping the public can assist with getting Lucie back to the hospital safe and sound. Lucie Brodeur was reported missing on Apr. 4 [...]
Two drunken women engaged in jail cell sex, officers accused of not intervening A seven-day preliminary hearing is underway in a Kamloops, B.C., courtroom for three RCMP officers and a jail guard who are accused of watching two women engage in jail cell sex. Cpl. Kenneth Brown and constables Evan Elgee and Stephen Zaharia are [...]
Survivor of Princeton shooting in serious condition Police have arrested a man in connection with a triple shooting in Princeton over the weekend. The suspect was arrested around 12:30 p.m. Sunday and remains in custody, according to RCMP spokesman Cpl. Dan Moskaluk. According to Moskaluk, a man and woman were killed, and a third man seriously injured, in [...]
Road rage suspect punched a senior several times through the window Burnaby RCMP are searching for a man involved in a violent road rage incident. Mounties say the incident began at about 8:30 Sunday night on the Lougheed Highway, just east of the Vancouver-Burnaby boundary. They say the driver of a silver Toyota Echo was [...]
B.C. Coroner says death of California skier not suspicious A 68-year old California skier is dead after falling head-first into a tree well while skiing on Ferguson Mountain near Trout Lake, B.C. last week. A tree well is an area of loose, deep snow around the trunk of a tree. They can be as deep [...]
More than 5,600 distracted driving tickets issued in B.C. during awareness month The number of distracted driving violations spiked in Coquitlam and remained high in other parts of B.C. during February, a month the RCMP and other police departments designated distracted driving awareness month. Coquitlam RCMP issued tickets to 514 drivers in February, compared to 314 [...]
BC police watchdog office has been open for five months now The fledgling BC police watchdog has praised the co-operation between his office and police forces around the province, saying his experience at the helm of the agency has been different than what has gone on elsewhere. “I almost want to say it’s remarkable, but [...]
Whitecourt sheriff shot through hand, expected to make full recovery By Bob Weber, Canadian Press Three men are in custody after a backroom scuffle in a small-town courthouse ended with a Whitecourt sheriff being shot in the hand and a short-lived escape in the officer’s vehicle. The shooting took place just before noon on [...]
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