An Abbotsford man has been found dead after going missing while rowing on the Sumas River earlier this week.
Police say the 65-year-old rower was found by dive teams this weekend in the area where he was last seen.
The man was reported missing on June 5th paddling in the river close to McDonald Park in the Sumas Prairie region of Abbotsford.
Police say no foul play is suspected in the death.
The Labour Relations Board has scheduled hearings today and tomorrow in the industrial dispute that paralyzed Metro Vancouver bus services this week. Bus and SeaBus services resumed this morning after the end of the 48-hour strike by more than 180 transit supervisors represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4500.
Police in New Westminster say a recent traffic stop led to the seizure of more than 111-thousand dollars in cash, and drugs with a street value of about 100-thousand dollars. They say officers with its Gang Suppression Unit pulled over a suspicious vehicle last Thursday and arrested the driver, who was prohibited from driving.
Officers in Victoria say they’ve arrested a man accused of randomly stabbing a cyclist outside police headquarters. Investigators say the victim was passing by this morning when they were approached by the suspect and slashed with a knife.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a plane that crashed near Fort Smith, N.W.T., was a British Aerospace Jetstream registered to Northwestern Air Lease. The airline's website says it has two of the planes in its fleet that can carry 19 passengers. There is no word on how many people were on the plane that crashed, or if there are any injuries or fatalities.
Police were investigating a shooting Tuesday at Edmonton City Hall, where a Molotov cocktail was also thrown from the building's second floor. Police said no injuries were reported. Officers arrested one person and were doing a sweep of the building.
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is making a pitch to Canadians that his party is a viable alternative to the Liberals or Conservatives when voters to the ballot box in the next federal election. Singh kicked off his party's caucus retreat in Edmonton today with the simple message that New Democrats can be trusted.