Close X
Friday, October 4, 2024
ADVT 
National

Police Investigate Apparent Murder Of 55-year-old Woman In Vancouver Island Home

The Canadian Press, 04 Feb, 2015 11:59 AM
    LADYSMITH, B.C. — Police in Ladysmith, B.C., are investigating the apparent murder of a 55-year-old woman.
     
    RCMP say a 911 caller reported that several people were involved in a fight at a home around midnight on Tuesday.
     
    An ambulance was dispatched, but the woman died at the scene.
     
    Police say a 50-year-old man is in custody but hasn't been charged.
     
    RCMP say the man knew the victim and that her death is being treated as a homicide.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Union, seniors, disabled plan legal challenge over end of home mail delivery

    Union, seniors, disabled plan legal challenge over end of home mail delivery
    OTTAWA - Seniors' groups and organizations for people with disabilities are joining the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in a planned legal challenge to preserve home mail delivery.

    Union, seniors, disabled plan legal challenge over end of home mail delivery

    B.C. Can't Get Away With Voiding Contract Clauses: Teachers' Union Lawyer

    B.C. Can't Get Away With Voiding Contract Clauses: Teachers' Union Lawyer
    VANCOUVER - A litany of consequences arise if the British Columbia government is allowed to get away with rubbing out hundreds of clauses from the teachers' union's collective agreement, warns a lawyer for the B.C. Teachers' Federation.

    B.C. Can't Get Away With Voiding Contract Clauses: Teachers' Union Lawyer

    Body Removed From Tent In Vancouver's Homeless Camp As Injunction Looms

    Body Removed From Tent In Vancouver's Homeless Camp As Injunction Looms
    A coroner wheeled a body out of a homeless camp on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside just hours before police were expected to enforce an injunction ejecting occupants from the tent city.

    Body Removed From Tent In Vancouver's Homeless Camp As Injunction Looms

    Slocan: Friends of Fugitive Gunman Shot By B.C. Police Say He Was Harmless

    Slocan: Friends of Fugitive Gunman Shot By B.C. Police Say He Was Harmless
    SLOCAN, B.C. - Friends of a fugitive gunman shot to death by police near the village of Slocan, B.C., are expressing their grief and anger over what they consider a tragic end to the man's life.

    Slocan: Friends of Fugitive Gunman Shot By B.C. Police Say He Was Harmless

    Cabinet Decision On Site C Project Should Come By End Of Year: Minister

    Cabinet Decision On Site C Project Should Come By End Of Year: Minister
    VICTORIA - British Columbia's growing economy will need plenty of power for both business and population growth, but provincial Energy Minister Bill Bennett says the Site C dam on the Peace River still is not a certainty.

    Cabinet Decision On Site C Project Should Come By End Of Year: Minister

    Vancouver-based Startup Mojio Aims To Make Every Car A 'Smart-Car'

    Vancouver-based Startup Mojio Aims To Make Every Car A 'Smart-Car'
    Vancouver-based startup company Mojio thinks every car should be a smart-car. Not a pint-sized Daimler AG-made Smart car, but a vehicle that's connected to the Internet and has functionality similar to a smartphone.

    Vancouver-based Startup Mojio Aims To Make Every Car A 'Smart-Car'