Newborn wildlife not likely abandoned if found alone With fawning and calving season underway, the government of BC reminds anyone who comes across newborn wildlife without a mother in sight to not touch or move the animal. The baby animal may look abandoned, but the youngster is has only been left temporarily and its mother [...]
Jan Goro arrested after almost 37 years After nearly 37 years, police have arrested and charged a man in connection with the murder of 54-year old Donald McAvella of Burlington Ont. 66-year old Jan Goro was arrested in Banff on Tuesday and will face trial for the murder of Donald Ross McAvella. Sgt. Dave Cross [...]
Cst. Tad Milmine speaks in honour of Jamie Hubley, a 15-year old boy who killed himself because he was bullied Cst. Tad Milmine of the North Vancouver RCMP spoke with a group of North Van high school students recently, and offered a personal anti-bullying message to the 550 grade 10 and 11 students at Handsworth [...]
Register for BC Organ Donation online Alysa Samaratunga was 13-years old when the talented gymnast on Team Canada contracted a rare bacterium while wearing contact lenses in a hot tub. The bacterium damaged her cornea and left the girl who wanted to be on the Canadian Olympic gymnastics team blind in one eye. “I had [...]
Iceland app makes use of information from Book of Icelanders You meet someone, there’s chemistry, and then come the introductory questions: What’s your name? Come here often? Are you my cousin? In Iceland, a country with a population of 320,000 where most everyone is distantly related, inadvertently kissing cousins is a real risk. A new smartphone [...]
10 winners out of 5,000 entries to name that RCMP service dog Ten young Canadians from across the country have been chosen winners in a contest to name new RCMP service dogs from the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre in Innisfail, Alberta. Over 5,000 entries were received from all over Canada. This year, the [...]
State officials ask for assistance after Boston Marathon explosions The Navy has sent one of its bomb-disposal units to Boston to assist local authorities as needed in the aftermath of the two explosions near the Boston Marathon’s finish line. The blasts killed two and injured more than 100. The three-member explosive ordnance disposal team based [...]
Two people dead, over 50 injured in Boston Marathon explosions Two bombs exploded near the crowded finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people and injuring more than 50 others in a terrifying scene of broken glass, smoke and severed limbs at the world’s oldest and most prestigious race, authorities said. A [...]
Boston Marathon explosions force closure of Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House The Secret Service says it has expanded its security perimeter at the White House following the explosions at the Boston Marathon. Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan says the measure was taken “out of an abundance of caution.” He says it is not unusual [...]
Boston Marathon explosions at finish line Two bombs exploded near the finish of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people, injuring 23 others and sending authorities rushing to aid wounded spectators, race organizers and police said. One runner, a Rhode Island state trooper, said he saw at least two dozen people with very serious [...]