SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating a shooting in Surrey involving transit police.
The Independent Investigations Office says the incident took place just after 8 a.m. (near King George Boulevard and 104th Avenue).
The agency says there were reports of a man stabbing himself in a store.
It says the man took off when transit police approached, but officers tracked him down and shots were fired.
He was taken to hospital but his condition isn't known at this time.
CHARLOTTETOWN — Premier Robert Ghiz of Prince Edward Island says he plans to quit as premier, less than a year before the province's next election is scheduled, and he is not ruling out a possible federal run.
HALIFAX — The parents of a teenage girl victimized in a prominent child pornography case in Halifax have delivered victim impact statements at a sentencing hearing for a young man who pleaded guilty.
CHARLOTTETOWN — The RCMP in Prince Edward Island say their investigation into food tampering now includes 10 potatoes containing sewing needles.
TABUSINTAC, NEW BRUNSWICK, Canada — The Transportation Safety Board says a New Brunswick lobster boat that sank last year, killing three men, turned too close to a sandbar in stormy weather before it began taking on water.
Police were initially searching for the suspect after being called to a west side Vancouver apartment building around 6:30 a.m. on reports of a fight.
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — A Cape Breton man was dragged out to sea with a gaff and tied to an aluminum anchor after he was shot and his boat was rammed three times, the Crown said as a murder trial got underway Thursday.