Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 24 Jan, 2024 03:21 PM
Kelowna R-C-M-P are asking residents to be on the lookout for a man suspected of trying to defraud multiple car dealerships.
Police say a dealership recently reported that the suspect had produced four driver's licences showing different names with the same identification photo.
They say the man has been linked to a number of other fraud attempts at dealerships in Kelowna and other jurisdictions dating back to 2022.
Investigators say he's a person of interest in several fraud cases in both the Kelowna and Castlegar areas.
Mounties in Burnaby are looking for witnesses or dash cam footage after a crash this weekend sent one person to the hospital. They say the crash happened around 3 a-m Sunday on Willingdon Avenue near Still Creek Drive, and involved a black Mercedes with three travellers and a red Hyundai SUV with two occupants.
Drivers are being warned that some mountain passes in southeastern British Columbia are expected to get the first snowfall of the season this week. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement, saying a slow-moving arctic front is expected in the Columbia and Kootenay region.
Vancouver's city council has approved bylaw amendments to allow the sale of wine on shelves in certain grocery stores. Mayor Ken Sim says in a statement the decision will make shopping more convenient and support British Columbia's wine industry.
VPD officers responded when two men were shot near Victoria Drive and East 28 Avenue on September 10 just after midnight. Both men were taken to hospital for serious injuries. Zuhoruddin Mansoori, 35, died on Monday morning from his injuries. The second victim is recovering. VPD homicide detectives arrested one man on October 18.
B-C is providing 3.5-million-dollars for a six-day fan festival during the 111th Grey Cup in Vancouver next year. Tourism Minister Lana Popham says hosting the Grey Cup will showcase B-C as a prime destination for tourism and sport hosting.
The Canadian Armed Forces said Friday it is getting ready for the possibility that it will need to help bring Canadians out of Lebanon, as Israel began evacuating a large town near its own northern border with that country. Lebanese militant organization Hezbollah, which has a massive arsenal of long-range rockets, has been trading fire with Israel along their shared border since the latest Israel-Hamas war began on Oct. 7.
