Police in Surrey say a crash early Sunday morning claimed one life and closed a portion of 144th Street.
R-C-M-P say the two-vehicle collision happened just before 5 A-M Sunday at the intersection of 144th and 62nd Avenue.
Police say a person was pronounced dead at the scene after attempts to save them failed.
The force's criminal collision investigation team and its analysis and reconstruction service were on scene to investigate the cause of the deadly crash.
The latest announcement, which also comes as Liberals face a major dip in the polls, puts the government on track to build about 29,200 homes on public lands by 2029. Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos also said on Tuesday the Canada Lands Corp. is setting a new target to include at least 20 per cent affordable housing across its projects.
A first group of 20-25 Canadians looking to flee Gaza was able to leave on Tuesday, Global Affairs Canada has confirmed, as the government works to evacuate the rest of its citizens from the besieged Palestinian enclave. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly had confirmed earlier in the day that some Canadians had successfully departed.
Surrey R-C-M-P say they were called to a residence in the 161-hundred block of 110 Avenue on Sunday. Officers found the deceased victim upon arrival and arrested one person, who has since been released.
An immigration agent, accused of cheating several Indian students of tens of thousands of dollars by issuing fake college admission letters to procure study permits to Canada, has denied charges against him. Brijesh Mishra, who has been under arrest in a British Columbia jail since June, said he has been scapegoated by dozens of international students from India, the Toronto Star reported.
This is the weekend most of the country goes back to standard time, and people wrestle with changing the clocks on their microwaves, cars and ovens. Happily, a lot of devices re-set themselves -- making it easier to know what time it really is when you wake up on Sunday morning.
Charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault have been laid against a 41-year-old man after a shooting earlier this year in downtown Vancouver. A statement from Vancouver police says the man is also facing a firearms offence and remains in custody, awaiting a court date early next week.