A motorcycle rider is dead after a crash in West Vancouver.
Police say it happened on a winding stretch of Marine Drive last night, while three motorcyclists were riding together.
They say the lead rider was involved in the crash and first responders helped the victim for about 45 minutes, but they died of their injuries.
The two other riders were also involved but weren't seriously hurt.
British Columbia New Democrat Leader David Eby says he was "wired" and had trouble falling asleep after the televised election debate, adding that he would see his performance as successful if those watching at home felt he was focused on their priorities. But Eby says he didn't think he spoke enough about all the ways his "team is committed to supporting British Columbians with the cost of daily life."
The visit on Thursday and Friday marks the third consecutive time Trudeau has attended the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit, and one year since Canada established a strategic partnership with the regional bloc. The association represents Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, Cambodia and Myanmar.
The 90-minute exchange of views involving NDP Leader David Eby, B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad and Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau, hosted by Angus Reid Institute president Shachi Kurl, sometimes made for grim listening.
A British Columbia provincial court judge has ruled that a Boston Bar man who shot a tea-cup Chihuahua named Bear claiming it was menacing his chickens was not justified in killing the animal. The court said in a ruling published online that Behrouz Rahmani Far had been in a bitter, years-long feud with the dog's owner, his neighbour Glenn Kurack.
27 year old Dilpreet Singh from Calgary been charged with assaulting a prominent Calgary radio host, who alleges he was targeted because of the station's news reporting. Police say they received a call on Sept. 29 about an assault near a banquet hall in the Horizon neighbourhood.
A U.S. District Court judge in Montana has sentenced a 27-year-old man from Kelowna, B.C., to 18 months in prison for using fake names to buy guns with the aim of selling them in Canada. A statement from the United States Attorney's Office in Montana says Haptei John Kozak pleaded guilty earlier this year to four counts of making false statements during a firearms transaction.