Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 13 Aug, 2024 09:59 AM
The New Westminster Police Department has issued a pickpocketing warning after a woman had her debit card stolen and lost over two-thousand dollars.
Police say the victim’s card was stolen and then the card was used for 25 hundred dollars in purchases and withdrawals.
The investigation is still ongoing as police are warning the public to keep their valuable items close to them.
Andrew Leaver with the New Westminster Police Department says distraction tactics are common among thieves with some pretending to be helpful and offering assistance to help people with bags.
Surrey R-C-M-P say they were called to a residence in the 161-hundred block of 110 Avenue on Sunday. Officers found the deceased victim upon arrival and arrested one person, who has since been released.
An immigration agent, accused of cheating several Indian students of tens of thousands of dollars by issuing fake college admission letters to procure study permits to Canada, has denied charges against him. Brijesh Mishra, who has been under arrest in a British Columbia jail since June, said he has been scapegoated by dozens of international students from India, the Toronto Star reported.
This is the weekend most of the country goes back to standard time, and people wrestle with changing the clocks on their microwaves, cars and ovens. Happily, a lot of devices re-set themselves -- making it easier to know what time it really is when you wake up on Sunday morning.
Charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault have been laid against a 41-year-old man after a shooting earlier this year in downtown Vancouver. A statement from Vancouver police says the man is also facing a firearms offence and remains in custody, awaiting a court date early next week.
Statistics Canada says unemployment continues to nudge upward across the country, rising to 5.7 per cent last month -- up two-tenths of a point since September. The increase is the fourth in the last six months and comes despite the addition of 18-thousand jobs.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in the U.S. capital today to represent Canada at the inaugural Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity summit. The White House meeting, hosted by President Joe Biden, marks the first official gathering of all 12 countries in the hemispheric trade framework.
