Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 01 Aug, 2024 09:41 AM
Police in New Westminster are looking for witnesses after a man was stabbed downtown on Monday night.
Police say a witness flagged down an officer outside the police station to report someone in distress and officers found the man bleeding from his abdomen.
They say it's believed that the altercation took place near the staircase from the Front Street parkade leading into Westminster Pier Park.
Sergeant Andrew Leaver says investigators believe there were a number of people who witnessed the event but have yet to speak to police.
The Canadian delegation sought a meeting with Modi during the annual meeting of the world's largest economies, but Sunday's 10-minute meeting wasn't confirmed until after Trudeau landed Friday in New Delhi. India, now the world's most populous country, is featured prominently in the Indo-Pacific, a region Canada is seeking to expand its trade reach and reduce the influence of China.
Fire has damaged a roughly 10 metre pleasure craft, one of the many small boats that moor long-term in Vancouver's False Creek. Vancouver Fire and Rescue asst. chief Ken Gemmill says a man may have been cooking when the fire broke out about 5:30 p.m., Thursday, in the waters off David Lam Park in Yaletown.
Shortly after 4 p.m. on September 1, Richmond RCMP, responded to the area of Blundell Road near Minoru Boulevard after reports of a downed motorcyclist. The motorcycle operator, a 63-year old male from Richmond was located some distance away from his blue Honda. He received emergency care at the scene and was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Jeff Arnie Lincoln, 41, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced on August 30th, following a Vancouver Police investigation that began more than two years earlier, when Lincoln assaulted 60-year-old Gilles Hebert in Grandview Park, near Commercial Drive and Charles Street. Hebert was taken to hospital and later died from his injuries.
Police say the explosion that destroyed a building in downtown Prince George, B.C., last month was likely caused by "unauthorized" people who broke into the property and were unaware of a natural-gas buildup inside. Prince George RCMP say fire investigators have determined there is evidence of copper pipe theft, causing damage to at least one natural gas line.
The Bank of Canada may have to raise interest rates further, given that inflation may stay high for some time, said governor Tiff Macklem Thursday. His speech at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce came one day after the central bank decided to hold its key interest rate steady at five per cent as signs of an economic slowdown grow.
