Friday, May 17, 2024
ADVT 
National

Dead Body Found On Property Of UBC President Arvind Gupta’s Campus Home

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 10 Apr, 2015 12:09 PM
  • Dead Body Found On Property Of UBC President Arvind Gupta’s Campus Home
VANCOUVER — Police say a body was found on the property of the official residence of the president of the University of British Columbia.
 
RCMP Cpl. Brenda Winpenny of the UBC detachment says officers arrived at the campus residence of Arvind Gupta on Thursday after someone on the property called police.
 
She says officers have not yet determined how the man died, and she had no information yet on his identity or age. She confirmed the man was not Gupta.
 
 
Winpenny says the president's property is located near trails that descend to several local beaches.
 
The home, in Vancouver's upscale Point Grey area, is officially known as Norman Mackenzie House, and it stands west of the Museum of Anthropology and next to Pacific Spirit Regional Park. 

MORE National ARTICLES

Four Arrested After Five People Shot In Toronto: Police

Four Arrested After Five People Shot In Toronto: Police
TORONTO — Four people have been arrested in a shooting in northwest Toronto that sent five people to hospital, one with life-threatening injuries, police said Thursday.

Four Arrested After Five People Shot In Toronto: Police

Rogers Extending Roaming Plan To Europe; Daily Rate To Be Double U.S. Offering

Rogers Extending Roaming Plan To Europe; Daily Rate To Be Double U.S. Offering
Like its U.S. plan, Rogers customers can opt into the program by texting the word "travel" to 222 before they leave or once they arrive in Europe to activate the discount, and will then be charged $10 per day to a maximum of $100 a month.

Rogers Extending Roaming Plan To Europe; Daily Rate To Be Double U.S. Offering

Ship That Spilled Bunker Fuel Into Vancouver's English Bay Was On First Voyage

VANCOUVER — A federal marine safety official says the MV Marathassa was on its maiden voyage when it leaked bunker fuel into Vancouver's pristine English Bay.

Ship That Spilled Bunker Fuel Into Vancouver's English Bay Was On First Voyage

Haz-Mat Team Responds To University Of B.C.; Patient Taken To Hospital

Haz-Mat Team Responds To University Of B.C.; Patient Taken To Hospital
VANCOUVER — Firefighters say Vancouver's full hazardous-materials team has responded to the University of British Columbia and one patient has been taken to hospital after an experiment likely went awry.

Haz-Mat Team Responds To University Of B.C.; Patient Taken To Hospital

B.C. Judge Asks Lawyers To Prove Fraudster Doesn't Deserve Prison Time

B.C. Judge Asks Lawyers To Prove Fraudster Doesn't Deserve Prison Time
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A B.C. Supreme Court justice has asked Crown and defence lawyers to prove that an admitted fraudster who bilked a senior out of more than $20,000 shouldn't be sent to prison.

B.C. Judge Asks Lawyers To Prove Fraudster Doesn't Deserve Prison Time

Unemployment Rate Stays At 6.8 Per Cent In March, 29,000 Jobs Added: Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada's latest labour market survey says the country's jobless rate remained at 6.8 per cent in March — unchanged from the previous month — and it registered a month-to-month net gain of nearly 29,000 jobs.

Unemployment Rate Stays At 6.8 Per Cent In March, 29,000 Jobs Added: Statistics Canada

PrevNext