Mounties in Chilliwack say a man is dead after a hit-and-run collision last week.
Chilliwack R-C-M-P says officers found an unresponsive male lying on the side of the road on January 18th after receiving a report.
Police say paramedics also attended the scene and pronounced the man dead.
Mounties say two frontline officers later located and seized the vehicle involved in the crash and the vehicle remains in police custody for further forensic analysis.
A federal judge has dismissed applications from the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan and was fighting deportation back to India. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years for causing the 2018 crash that killed 16 people and injured 13 others.
B-C's anti-gang enforcement unit says charges have been laid against two men who were accused of manufacturing guns and trafficking them. Justin Bos, a 38-year-old from Langley, has been charged with one count of firearms manufacturing, while 36-year-old Delta resident Matthew Whitty has been charged with two counts of possession of a restricted firearm.
Vancouver's municipal council has passed a motion aimed at removing the city's elected Park Board. At a meeting last night, council passed a motion by Mayor Ken Sim to ask the province to amend the Vancouver Charter in order to abolish the Park Board.
B-C Transit and the federal and provincial governments have combined funding of just over 90-million dollars to improve transit infrastructure to four communities. The announcement by federal Infrastructure Minister Sean Fraser, B-C’s Transport Minister Rob Fleming and B-C Transit’s C-E-O Erinn Pinkerton will allow for preliminary work for a proposed new transit centre in Saanich.
Vancouver police say a 61-year-old man with a gun was arrested by a dog team after he robbed a bank in East Vancouver. They say the man was treated for a minor dog bite yesterday.
Mounties have released a photo of a suspect who stole about 20-thousand-dollars worth of jewelry from a Langford store. West Shore R-C-M-P say a man tried on several necklaces at West Shore Jewelry on Saturday then took off without paying.