Close X
Saturday, November 16, 2024
ADVT 
National

Police On B.C. Island Investigate Discovery Of Human Foot On Beach

The Canadian Press, 08 May, 2018 10:43 PM
    GABRIOLA ISLAND, B.C. — Police on Gabriola Island, off the east coast of Vancouver Island, are investigating the discovery of a human foot.
     
     
    RCMP say in a news release that a male walking the beach on Sunday found what appeared to be a disarticulated foot inside a hiking boot.
     
     
    The foot was wedged in a logjam and police say the forensic identification service and the BC Coroners Service are investigating.
     
     
    Gabriola Island RCMP say they will work with the coroner in an effort to determine the identity of the remains.
     
     
    More than a dozen feet have washed up on B.C. shores since 2007.
     
     
    The BC Coroners Service says in the previous cases no foul play was involved. 
     
     

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Police probe double homicide after couple found dead in south Vancouver home

    Police probe double homicide after couple found dead in south Vancouver home
    Vancouver police say they are investigating a double homicide after the bodies of a man and a woman in their 60s were found in a home on Wednesday.

    Police probe double homicide after couple found dead in south Vancouver home

    Health systems often discriminate against Indigenous patients: Philpott

    Health systems often discriminate against Indigenous patients: Philpott
    Aboriginal physicians are praising Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott for acknowledging discrimination that unfolded at her Toronto-area practice prior to her political life — an issue doctors say is widespread.

    Health systems often discriminate against Indigenous patients: Philpott

    New citizenship oath to include reference to treaties with Indigenous Peoples

    New citizenship oath to include reference to treaties with Indigenous Peoples
    A citizenship oath that will require new Canadians to faithfully observe treaties with Indigenous Peoples is nearing completion.The oath has been in development since earlier this year and was road-tested in March during focus groups held by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

    New citizenship oath to include reference to treaties with Indigenous Peoples

    Canada kicked tires on used Kuwaiti jets: Defence Minister

    Canada kicked tires on used Kuwaiti jets: Defence Minister
    Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says Canada considered buying used fighter jets from Kuwait to temporarily augment the military's aging CF-18 fleet, but the planes won't be available in time.

    Canada kicked tires on used Kuwaiti jets: Defence Minister

    Many Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh without shelter, water: Oxfam Canada

    Many Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh without shelter, water: Oxfam Canada
      Oxfam Canada says hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims, who have been fleeing violence in Myanmar in recent weeks, are without shelter and clean water in flooded refugee camps.

    Many Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh without shelter, water: Oxfam Canada

    Proposed Ontario health care transparency changes

    Proposed Ontario health care transparency changes
    The Ontario government has introduced a new bill it says will improve transparency in the province's health care system. The wide-ranging changes would amend 10 existing pieces of legislation if passed. Here are the key changes:

    Proposed Ontario health care transparency changes