Police in Richmond are looking for a suspect who allegedly tried to assault a woman with a knife.
Richmond R-C-M-P say the incident happened on June 7th just before midnight, when the victim got off a bus and was about to cross King Road.
Police say the male suspect then grabbed the woman from behind and brandished a knife, according to the victim.
The woman, who was unharmed, struggled with the suspect before a motorist stopped to check on the situation, leading to the suspect fleeing on foot.
Winds are expected to develop in the late afternoon and continue through the night before easing early tomorrow morning. The areas that could potentially be impacted by the high winds include Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Richmond, Delta, Burnaby and New Westminster.
Police in Surrey are looking for a suspected arsonist who set a fire at the front entrance of a building earlier this month. R-C-M-P say officers responded to a report of a fire in front of a building in the 139-hundred block of 100 Avenue on June 5th.
On Tuesday at approximately 3:08 a.m., Surrey RCMP received a report of shots heard in the 13000-block of Crescent Road. Crescent Road is closed in both directions between 130 Street and 132 Street while the scene is being processed.
It is alleged that during his tenure as a teacher at St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary School, Vesco sexually assaulted a student while he was teaching at the school from 2017 to 2019.
A statement from Eby's office says Indigenous people comprise about five per cent of B.C.'s population, but account for about 30 per cent of people in provincial jails, and justice centres are a key part of addressing that "over-incarceration."
Officers say the motorcycle was going northbound on Island Highway when a southbound truck tried to make a left turn and hit the motorcycle. The driver of the motorcycle was pronounced dead at a hospital.