CN Rail says at least 20 rail cars carrying potash derailed today near Hope, B.C.
The company says no injuries, fires or dangerous goods are involved.
The railway says preliminary information indicates the cars derailed off of a rail bridge.
The company has sent a team of environmental experts and an outside contractor to the site of the derailment because it says several of the cars derailed into a body of water.
It says the cause of the incident is under investigation.
Teck Resources Ltd. is reporting a second-quarter loss attributable to shareholders of $149 million on a big drop in revenues due to weaker demand and resource prices during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Councillors in Vancouver have voted unanimously to ban officers from conducting street checks, the process of arbitrarily demanding and recording identification, outside of a police investigation.
Surrey RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a man wanted on warrants of arrest. 22-year-old Naseem Mohammed is currently wanted on warrants for being unlawfully at large, resisting/obstructing police, breach of release order, and driving while prohibited.
Surrey RCMP say they arrested a dozen men who were filming a TikTok video Tuesday after witnesses reported seeing one of them with a weapon in the group. The police were called to Mud Bay Park around 7 in the evening after they heard a man with a gun had put another man in a headlock and dragged him into the bushes.
For-profit long-term care homes in Ontario saw significantly worse outbreaks of COVID-19 and more related deaths than their non-profit or municipally run counterparts, according to a new study released on Wednesday.
A look at what provincial police revealed Wednesday about the deaths of Norah and Romy Carpentier and their father.