Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 14 Jan, 2025 04:38 PM
One person suffered minor injuries in a mobile home fire in Prince George on Monday morning.
The fire rescue team responded to the blaze shortly before 11 a-m in the 5100 block of North Nechako Road and found a mobile home with moderate smoke coming from the structure.
Crews were able to douse the fire and damages are estimated at 75-thousand-dollars.
Police in Abbotsford are looking for a third suspect after a home was shot at this morning. Investigators say were no injuries reported and it's believed the incident to be targeted.
The move follows the May 2020 ban of 1,500 makes and models of firearms, a number that grew to more than 2,000 by November of this year as new variants were identified.
A Burnaby man has been sentenced to five years in prison for trying to smuggle a Glock-style handgun and two prohibited magazines into Canada. Canada Border Services Agency says Russell Major was stopped at the Peace Arch Border Crossing in Surrey and a secondary search found the items.
Police in Surrey are investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle yesterday. Police say the crash happened in the area of McBride Drive and King Road in north Surrey and the driver remained at the scene after the collision.
Avalanche Canada has raised the risk level for parts of B-C due to warming weather after recent heavy snowfalls. The organization says there is considerable avalanche risk in northwestern B-C from Kitimat to an area next to the Alaskan Panhandle, as "ongoing precipitation, wind, and warming" creates dangerous conditions.
Parents of children who died because of online sexual extortion are urging MPs to act on online harms legislation. The bill and other legislation have been blocked from moving forward for months due to a parliamentary privilege debate raging between the Liberals and Conservatives.