Burnaby RCMP is advising the public that Metrotown station is shut down due to an ongoing police incident. Burnaby RCMP is looking into the matter alongside Transit Police and to have the situation resovled at the earliest.
This ongoing incident is affecting transit. @TransLink is providing updates on Twitter. Thank you for your cooperation.
On Tuesday, at approximately 2:20 a.m., Surrey RCMP received multiple 911 calls that a man had been shot near a convenience store in the 13100-block of 104 Avenue. Police attended and located a 44-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds. The victim was transported to hospital with serious injuries.
Canada should make it so air travellers are automatically entitled to compensation from airlines when their flights are disrupted, rather than having to make claims on their own, a passenger advocate said Tuesday.
On January 4th at approximately 1:00 p.m. Officers responded to a road rage incident near Mount Seymour Parkway and Lillooet Road in North Vancouver. Bystanders called 911 after the occupants of two vehicles exiting the Superstore parking lot entered into an altercation.
The 70-year-old victim was injured when she tried to stop the would-be thief. The suspect, who was carrying a cup of instant noodles, allegedly threw the soup in the woman’s face and on her clothes. The suspect fled the store, but was arrested nearby after Vancouver Police responded to a 9-1-1 call from a witness.
The Nelson Police Board said the two were on snowmobiles about 70 kilometres north of the city when they were engulfed. The Avalanche Canada website rated the avalanche risk at a three on its five-point scale, meaning the danger was "considerable."
Premier David Eby told a news conference Monday that the province will also spend $1.3 million to set up a new pathway for internationally trained nurses and assess applications faster. Candidates are waiting up to three years now, but he said the government's goal is to cut that wait down to between four and nine months.
