Wednesday, June 24, 2026
ADVT 
National

Explosive Device Found In Vancouver Storage Locker: Police

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 25 Aug, 2016 12:59 PM
    Vancouver Police are continuing to investigate after explosives weres found inside a Vancouver storage locker.
     
    Around 11:30 yesterday morning, officers attended a storage facility at West 7th Avenue and Manitoba after someone reported what they believed were explosives inside a storage locker.
     
    The VPD’s Police explosive technicians were called in, who examined the contents of the storage locker. Out of an abundance of caution, the storage facility and associated residential and commercial units were evacuated.
     
    Following the evacuation, explosive technicians disabled the suspected explosive devices and turned the scene over to detectives from the Vancouver Police Major Crime Section.
     
    The investigation into how the explosives ended up at the storage facility remains ongoing.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Photo Of Halifax Cop Chatting With Panhandler Gets Much Love On Social Media

    Photo Of Halifax Cop Chatting With Panhandler Gets Much Love On Social Media
    The photo shows a uniformed officer sitting casually on the sidewalk with his legs outstretched, chatting with a panhandler on Spring Garden Road.

    Photo Of Halifax Cop Chatting With Panhandler Gets Much Love On Social Media

    Canadian Hurricane Forecasters Predict More Normal Storm Season In Atlantic

    Canadian Hurricane Forecasters Predict More Normal Storm Season In Atlantic
    HALIFAX — The Canadian Hurricane Centre says the 2016 hurricane season will see more normal storm activity as the effects of El Nino begin to dwindle.

    Canadian Hurricane Forecasters Predict More Normal Storm Season In Atlantic

    Ottawa Posts $2-Billion Deficit For Fiscal Year As Income Tax Revenue Falls In March

    Ottawa Posts $2-Billion Deficit For Fiscal Year As Income Tax Revenue Falls In March
    The spring budget had projected a $5.4 billion deficit for the year.

    Ottawa Posts $2-Billion Deficit For Fiscal Year As Income Tax Revenue Falls In March

    Health Concerns Behind Raid Of Dozens Of Pot Shops, Arrests: Toronto Police

    Health Concerns Behind Raid Of Dozens Of Pot Shops, Arrests: Toronto Police
    Police Chief Mark Saunders says 90 people have been arrested and 186 charges laid after officers — accompanied by city municipal licencing and standards officials — executed search warrants at 43 storefront pot shops on Thursday.

    Health Concerns Behind Raid Of Dozens Of Pot Shops, Arrests: Toronto Police

    Seed Funds For B.C. Chemist Aimed At Making Advances Against Zika Virus

    Seed Funds For B.C. Chemist Aimed At Making Advances Against Zika Virus
    VICTORIA — A researcher at the University of Victoria has received funding aimed at developing technology to help identify the Zika virus.

    Seed Funds For B.C. Chemist Aimed At Making Advances Against Zika Virus

    Stephen Harper Hails Conservatives' Achievements, Says Best Is Yet To Come

    Stephen Harper Hails Conservatives' Achievements, Says Best Is Yet To Come
    The party remains strong and united even in the face of last fall's election defeat, Harper said in his first public remarks since stepping down on election night.

    Stephen Harper Hails Conservatives' Achievements, Says Best Is Yet To Come