A 60-year-old man is dead after being hit by a city bus in south Vancouver.
Police say it happened just after 6 a-m near Fleming Street and East 41st Avenue.
They say the man was taken to hospital, where he later died.
The driver stayed at the scene and police say speed and impairment are not considered factors
The Richmond RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating Jennine “Jenny” Chand. Jenny is a 25 year old man who identifies as a woman. Jenny is possibly in the West Vancouver / North Vancouver area.
Police in Vancouver say a man who was wanted Canada-wide after failing to report to his halfway house last week has been re-arrested. They say the 27-year-old Harjot Samra is a federal offender who has been charged for numerous drug and weapons offences.
Pascale Ferrier, 56, agreed to the sentence as part of a plea agreement back in January, but D.C. district court Judge Dabney Friedrich didn't sign off until today. The French-born Ferrier pleaded guilty to a total of nine biological weapons charges, each of which carries a potential maximum sentence of life in prison.
Most of the planet is covered by oceans, which have absorbed 90 per cenet of the recent warming caused by planet-warming gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. Global sea temperatures have been at record highs since April, meterologists report as climate change is linked to more extreme and deadly events.
Joly added that Ottawa's close political and economic ties to the U.S. means that "we must certainly prepare several scenarios." She suggested Canada has a game plan in mind but wouldn't get into details.
Immigration Minister Marc Miller said in a recent interview with The Canadian Press that the federal government is reconsidering international student flows, particularly since some students have been victims of fraud.