Surrey RCMP say they closed down a major intersection this afternoon to investigate a fatal crash involving a motorcycle.
Police say they were called mid-afternoon to reports of the crash between a vehicle and the motorbike and found a person with significant injuries who couldn’t be saved.
Police have shut down Fraser Highway between 176th and 168th streets.
They’re recommending avoiding the area because the closure is expected to cause significant congestion on all surrounding routes.
Federal workers are on strike at more than 250 locations across Canada as part of a job action by the Public Service Alliance of Canada. It's day two of the strike, which came after bargaining groups failed to come to an agreement over a few sticking points -- including wages.
In 2019, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the Saskatchewan crash that killed 16 people and injured 13 others.
The fire was fanned by gusty winds and spread quickly through the grass and sagebrush in the park but officials say it was controlled before any homes or structures were damaged.
A 4.5-magnitude earthquake shook off the west coast of Vancouver Island earlier today. Earthquakes Canada says there have been no reports of damage from the quake that was about 213 kilometres southwest of Port Alice.
Some unionized bus drivers and maintenance workers walked off the job on March 20th, cutting regular bus service. Contract bargaining is protected from interference under B-C’s Labour Relations Code and municipalities have a long-standing rule of not commenting on negotiations.
Police have identified the victim in a homicide in Pitt Meadows this week as 31-year-old Randy Semotiuk. Police say the unhoused man from Maple Ridge had not been seen for several days, prompting a search from the R-C-M-P.