Abbotsford police say speed is believed to have played a part in a fatal crash in that Fraser Valley city.
A car and motorcycle collided just before 6:30 last night, critically injuring the 58-year-old man on the motorcycle -- and he died later in hospital.
Police say the 21-year-old woman who was driving the car was not seriously hurt and is co-operating with the investigation.
Police are seeking witnesses or dashcam video taken in the Gladwin Road and Nanaimo Crescent area early last evening
The Calgary-based company has begun to park the bulk of its fleet — 105 narrow-body 737s and seven wide-body 787 Dreamliners — using a "measured, phased and safe approach," the statement read.
Officers flooded the area and used their vehicles to block the taxi in, arresting its driver, who was taken to hospital with minor injuries. Police say the investigation is in its early stages, but they believe the taxi was stolen in a carjacking incident.
Michael Mehta, a professor of geography and environmental studies at Thompson Rivers University, is encouraging people to wear face masks in smoky areas. He says the risks associated with wildfire smoke are numerous and serious, but they're not always understood by the public.
Officers were called to the David Avenue and Coast Meridian Road area around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. When they arrived, they found a man with life-threatening gunshot injuries, and he was rushed to hospital.
Police in Oak Bay, a suburban community outside Victoria, confirm the man employed by the district was pronounced dead at the scene Wednesday morning. Police released few details about the incident, but say it occurred in the 1700-block of Monterey Avenue, near the Oak Bay fire and police department headquarters.
Charlotte Wadell, Director of the Children's Health Policy Centre and Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University shares insights on heightened anxiety in children within the classroom post COVID19.