Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 14 Jan, 2025 04:38 PM
One person suffered minor injuries in a mobile home fire in Prince George on Monday morning.
The fire rescue team responded to the blaze shortly before 11 a-m in the 5100 block of North Nechako Road and found a mobile home with moderate smoke coming from the structure.
Crews were able to douse the fire and damages are estimated at 75-thousand-dollars.
A British Columbia doctor who treated a 13-year-old avian flu patient says the case has made him concerned about the potential for more human H5N1 infections. While the patient was recently discharged from hospital with her case deemed rare, the two-month ordeal is being examined to better understand the path of avian flu from wild birds and poultry to humans, who get very sick.
Two people have been arrested in Quesnel after a home invasion early Sunday morning. Police say two suspects broke into a home shortly after 2 a.m., sprayed a person inside with bear spray and damaged several items inside.
The federal government has settled a class-action lawsuit with military members who were subjected to racism during their time in the Armed Forces.
The settlement is worth up to $150 million, and individual payments will range from $5,000 to $35,000.
North Shore Rescue says its team helped a woman over the weekend who seriously injured her ankle while she was sliding down a slope on her backside.
The search and rescue group says the hiker was relatively well-equipped, but her foot became caught while she was sliding down a trail on Hollyburn Mountain.
Mounties in Langley are asking for the public's help identifying the vehicle and driver involved in a hit-and-run that injured a pedestrian last November.
Langley R-C-M-P say officers responded to a report of a pedestrian in medical distress along 16th Avenue shortly after 3:30 a-m on November 9th.
Police in Abbotsford say officers responded to two separate calls involving youth pointing B-B or airsoft guns at people Friday night.
The department shared a photo on social media showing two realistic-looking weapons and two bags of pellets.