Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 18 Jan, 2024 12:53 PM
A man is in critical condition after being hit by a vehicle in Abbotsford. Police say the pedestrian accident happened this morning on North Parallel Road.
North Parallel Rd has been closed in all directions between Whatcom Rd and Kilgard Rd due to a serious motor vehicle collision. Please avoid the area if possible. pic.twitter.com/GUtZK7AbZL
— Abbotsford Police Department (@AbbyPoliceDept) January 18, 2024
The driver stayed at the scene and is co-operating with the investigation.
Police say the recent heavy snowfall likely contributed to the crash.
Surrey RCMP is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing male. On Thursday, Nov 2nd, Balraj Dhanoa was reported missing. He was last seen at approximately 3pm on Thursday in the 14800 block of Fraser Highway, in Surrey.
Mounties in North Vancouver say officers arrested four people and seized large amounts of illicit marijuana and psilocybin -- also known as magic mushrooms --following a report of a kidnapping at a warehouse earlier this week. The R-C-M-P say they received a report that a man was being held at the warehouse after being kidnapped at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon.
An elementary school in the Metro Vancouver municipality of Surrey is set to reopen the day after an early-morning fire caused damage to an annex building. A message posted on the website of Cloverdale Traditional says the fire department and staff from the school district assessed the whole school and determined it could reopen and classes could resume on Friday.
Police have released new surveillance video of an alleged suspect in an unsolved murder in East Vancouver last year. They say 37-year-old Zhuowen Gong was fatally stabbed while walking near Renfrew and Graveley streets around 9:45 p-m on November 2nd last year, and police say the motive behind the attack is still unknown.
One of three magic mushroom stores that were raided by Vancouver police this week has already reopened, and the owner says his other two are restocking and will be back in business on Friday. The Vancouver Police Department says it executed search warrants at the stores on Wednesday in an investigation into the sale of illegal psychedelic drugs, with officers seizing "a variety of controlled substances."
R-C-M-P in Surrey say a 34-year-old man has been charged with multiple offences after an investigation that began with a traffic stop last week. The Mounties say two men were arrested after an officer from New Westminster stopped a vehicle that had been driving erratically just after 2 a-m last Thursday.
