Close X
Sunday, December 1, 2024
ADVT 
National

Expensive Cars Impounded, Drivers Ticketed For Speed On Lougheed Highway

The Canadian Press, 03 Aug, 2018 11:11 AM
    MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. — Two high-end sports cars have been impounded for a week and their drivers issued tickets after police in Metro Vancouver say they recorded the vehicles going almost 50 kilometres an hour over the posted speed limit.
     
     
    RCMP in Maple Ridge say officers doing routine traffic enforcement saw a 2017 Lamborghini Aventador and a 2016 McLaren 675 speeding down the Lougheed Highway on Thursday.
     
     
    Police laser equipment showed both vehicles were going 138 km/h in an 80 zone.
     
     
    The drivers were stopped, the vehicles impounded and they were issued $368 fines.
     
     
    Police say both drivers were 22 years old and the driver of the McLaren is a novice in the graduated licence program.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Nova Scotia To Launch Monthly Allowance For People Living In Shelters

    Nova Scotia To Launch Monthly Allowance For People Living In Shelters
    HALIFAX — Nova Scotians living in homeless shelters and transition houses will begin receiving a monthly allowance in October — part of an $11 million government investment for people living in poverty.

    Nova Scotia To Launch Monthly Allowance For People Living In Shelters

    NDP Wants Transport Minister To Spell Out Plan To Replace Greyhound Service

    The opposition New Democrats are calling on the Trudeau government to lay out its plan to help communities that will be affected by the shutdown of Greyhound bus services in western Canada.

    NDP Wants Transport Minister To Spell Out Plan To Replace Greyhound Service

    Your Canada Child Benefit Payments Just Got A Boost

    Your Canada Child Benefit Payments Just Got A Boost
    Starting Friday, the value of the means-tested benefit goes up to keep pace with inflation.

    Your Canada Child Benefit Payments Just Got A Boost

    Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of Five-Year-Old Boy In Brampton, Ont.

    A 28-year-old man is charged with attempted murder and a young boy is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after disappearing from his home northwest of Toronto overnight, police said Thursday.

    Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of Five-Year-Old Boy In Brampton, Ont.

    Calgary Woman Tamara Lovett Convicted In Son’s Strep Death Granted Day Parole

    Calgary Woman Tamara Lovett Convicted In Son’s Strep Death Granted Day Parole
      "When asked who you held responsible for the death of your son, you emphatically stated that only you were to blame," the Parole Board of Canada said in its June 14 decision.

    Calgary Woman Tamara Lovett Convicted In Son’s Strep Death Granted Day Parole

    Permanent Memorial Site At Broncos Crash Site Sought, But No Decision Yet

    Permanent Memorial Site At Broncos Crash Site Sought, But No Decision Yet
    REGINA — A community foundation set up after the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash is hoping for a permanent memorial at the site.

    Permanent Memorial Site At Broncos Crash Site Sought, But No Decision Yet