Float Plane Crashes In B.C. Gulf Island, Two People Picked Up By Life Boat

The Canadian Press, 09 Feb, 2015 04:13 PM

VANCOUVER — The Canadian Coast Guard says two occupants have been rescued from a float plane that crashed between two of B.C.'s Gulf Islands.

Spokesman Dan Bate says the commercial plane was taking off from Trincomali Channel, located between Galiano and Salt Spring Island, in the Salish Sea, when it crashed just before 2 p.m.

Bate says a coast guard lifeboat responded and was transporting the individuals to the Salt Spring Island community of Ganges.

He says the RCMP was towing the float plane to a nearby island.

Bate says he didn't know what type of injuries, if any, the occupants suffered.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

RCMP to respond to report out Friday on slaying of three Mounties in Moncton

MONCTON, N.B. — An independent review of shootings in Moncton, N.B., that killed three Mounties and wounded two others will be released Friday.

RCMP to respond to report out Friday on slaying of three Mounties in Moncton

Second man who pleaded guilty in Rehtaeh Parsons case gets year of probation

HALIFAX — A second young man who pleaded guilty in the Rehtaeh Parsons child pornography case in Halifax was sentenced Thursday to a year of probation.

Second man who pleaded guilty in Rehtaeh Parsons case gets year of probation

21-Year-Old Langford Man In Critical Condition After Being Stabbed In Leg: Police

RCMP in the southern Vancouver Island city say paramedics responded to the incident at about 5:15 p.m. Wednesday.

21-Year-Old Langford Man In Critical Condition After Being Stabbed In Leg: Police

Homicide-Suicide Behind Death Of B.C. Teens In Lake: RCMP Investigators

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Mounties are ruling the deaths of two teens in a central B.C. lake last May the result of a homicide-suicide.

Homicide-Suicide Behind Death Of B.C. Teens In Lake: RCMP Investigators

Ottawa Still Plans To Balance Budget, Fulfil Commitments, Despite Cheap Oil

VANCOVUER, B.C. — Federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver says the government still plans to balance the budget and keep its commitments despite the collapse of oil prices.

Ottawa Still Plans To Balance Budget, Fulfil Commitments, Despite Cheap Oil

B.C. Upholds Certificates For Controversial Prosperity, Tulsequah Mines

The New Prosperity mine has been granted a five-year extension of its certificate, while the Tulsequah Chief Mine has been determined to have "substantially started," allowing the certificate to remain in effect for the life of the project.