Surrey RCMP say they closed down a major intersection this afternoon to investigate a fatal crash involving a motorcycle.
Police say they were called mid-afternoon to reports of the crash between a vehicle and the motorbike and found a person with significant injuries who couldn’t be saved.
Police have shut down Fraser Highway between 176th and 168th streets.
They’re recommending avoiding the area because the closure is expected to cause significant congestion on all surrounding routes.
Horgan, who will step down as B.C. premier later this year, made the comment in an interview with C-FAX Radio in Victoria. Danielle Smith was sworn in yesterday as Alberta's new premier after the United Conservative Party elected her in a leadership race to replace Jason Kenney as leader and premier.
A preliminary report released by the service shows there were 247 deaths of people experiencing homelessness last year. Chief coroner Lisa Lapointe says many homeless people are facing significant health concerns, including physical disabilities, mental-health challenges and substance-use issues.
Coquitlam Front-line officers attended the area of Sunnyside Road and East Road in Anmore after a male suspect assaulted a taxi driver with a beer bottle. The male suspect hit the glass partition inside the taxi causing the glass to shattered.
Several witnesses reported seeing two people fighting near a bus stop at Dunbar and West 41st Avenue around 8:30 p.m. When VPD officers responded, they located a 17-year-old suffering from a number of life-threatening wounds. The victim was bleeding profusely, and a VPD officer applied pressure to the wounds to stem the bleeding.
The South Simcoe Police Service said police responded to a disturbance call in Innisfil, Ont., just before 8 p.m. Tuesday when the shooting took place. Ontario's police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit, said the two police officers who died were involved in a shooting with a 23-year-old man inside the home.
Statistics Canada data published last month confirmed that B.C. leads the country as the province with the highest rate of unaffordable homes, due largely to the number of people paying high rents to live in downtown Vancouver. The city's home price-income unaffordability is also routinely ranked among the worst in the world.