VANCOUVER — Worksafe BC and the BC Coroner's Service are investigating a fatal workplace accident on Wednesday afternoon in West Vancouver.
Police say a worker was thrown from an excavator when it accidentally overturned while working at the top of a steep slope.
It happened at a construction site (on Chippendale Road) shortly after 1:30 p.m.
Police say the 34-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.
His name has not been released.
Photo: CBC, Ryan Stelting
TORONTO — The Tenors member Remigio Pereira officially apologized Friday for altering the lyrics to O Canada prior to this week's Major League Baseball all-star game.
OTTAWA — Sen. Mike Duffy is saying No to a request from the Senate to repay about $17,000 in disputed expense claims detailed at his criminal trial.
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Bail has been granted to a former Alberta couple convicted of failing to get proper medical treatment for their son who died of meningitis.
Photoshopped image of Canadian Sikh surfaces again, now as Nice attacker
David Mitchell died two days after he was attacked in a home in October 2006, but it took eight years for charges to be approved against four accused men.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Environment says three venomous mountain pit vipers were inside a package destined for Manitoba