TERRACE, B.C. – A man’s desperate attempts to save his companion after their car rolled and burst into flames failed to save her life. RCMP said the single vehicle accident on Thursday occurred on Highway 16 near Kitwanga. The car left the road, rolled and burst into flames, police said. “The male occupant was able [...]
KELOWNA, B.C. – A two-year-investigation into a drug related shooting murder has resulted in charges against two people. Timothy Niven Tyler was shot dead on Sept. 2, 2008 in what police think was a killing related to his attempt to defend his marijuana crop from armed robbers. The death occurred in Beaverdell, which is located [...]
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A man is dead following a head-on collision between a large farm truck and a GMC Jimmy in the area of Wells Line Road and Inter Provincial Highway. Police said they were called to the scene of the gruesome accident at 3:30 p.m. “Abbotsford Police, Abbotsford Fire Rescue and BC Ambulance personnel [...]
PENTICTON, B.C. – All four people aboard a crashed aircraft have been found dead. RCMP and search and rescue officials had been scouring the Penticton area since Aug. 17 after the small aircraft disappeared following departure from Penticton Airport. The aircraft was located by the Canadian Forces search and rescue personnel on the side of [...]
CALGARY – Mitsubishi has entered in a mega joint venture with Penn West Energy Trust (TSX:PWT.UN)(NYSE:PWE) to develop shale gas assets in the Cordova Embayment area and Wildboy area of B.C. Penn West announced that as part of the agreement, Mitsubishi will commit approximately $850 million to the joint venture. “As part of the Agreement, [...]
LANGLEY, B.C. An RCMP officer on way to an emergency robbery call with cruiser lights flashing was involved in a crash with a civilian pickup at 56 Avenue and Langley bypass. The civilian driver of the other vehicle was not injured but the policeman had to be taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Cpl. [...]
VANCOUVER – A coalition of business interests that tried to stop the HST petition from going forward has been handed unequivocal defeat by the B.C. Supreme Court. The coalition had attempted to stop the anti-HST initiative signed by 700,000 voters by taking Bill Vander Zalm and the chief electoral officer to court. The coalition, including [...]
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A pedestrian who was taken to hospital in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle while walking on the shoulder of the road with a friend has succumbed to his injuries. The 30-year-old man was struck on Wednesday in the 5100-block of Gladwin Road. “The man was struck by a vehicle [...]
FORT NELSON, B.C. – An Ohio man is in critical condition after he lost control of his motorbike on the Alaska Highway. Fort Nelson RCMP were called to kilometre 670 on the highway near Toad River where the accident occurred. Raymond Dress was traveling south on the Alaska Highway and lost control of his motorcycle. [...]
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – (Update) A truck driver killed when his rig fell off the Vedder Canal Bridge and plunged into the water has been identified by authorities. Gregory Douglas Wright, 54, of Chilliwack, died in the crash, said police who have expressed serious concerns about increasing numbers of fatal commercial vehicle crashes. The 2 a.m. [...]
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