Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 19 Jul, 2023 09:57 AM
Police in Surrey are investigating multiple fires set in Green Timbers Park early yesterday.
Officers conducted foot patrols after a citizen reported a fire and they found several other blazes.
Surrey fire service attended and was able to put out all the fires.
Police say the fires in the park (at 146th Avenue and 100th Street) appear to be intentional and they're hoping anyone who might have video or who was in the area and has any information will call police.
A British Columbia judge has tossed out a lawsuit that accused the B.C. government of violating its own rules to account for greenhouse gas emission targets. In dismissing the lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club of British Columbia, Justice Jasvinder Basran finds the environment and climate change minister has "reasonably complied" with the Climate Change Accountability Act.
A British Columbia First Nation police service says RCMP are investigating allegations of criminal conduct involving one of its members. The service polices 10 member reserves in the southern Interior in Indigenous communities including Lillooet, Seton Lake, Lil'wat and Cayoose Creek.
The victim was standing on Granville near Nelson Street just after 10 p.m. Tuesday when the shooting occurred. The victim, 32, suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital.
The Canadian defence minister revealed the government’s plan to purchase 200 armoured vehicles for Ukraine’s military during a news conference in the capital Kyiv following a meeting with Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says it feels like Justin Trudeau's Liberal government is waging war against workers. Singh addressed his New Democrat caucus today in a speech that heavily focused on the struggles faced by the working class.
A release from the City of Campbell River says the slide happened about 7 p.m. Tuesday, affecting the Hillside Place and neighbouring Beechwood Manor condos. The city says no one was hurt, but evacuation of the buildings at 738 and 758 Island Highway South was ordered as a precaution.