Close X
Thursday, November 14, 2024
ADVT 
National

Woman Charged With Arson After Creston, B.C., Fire Causes Critical Injury

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 08 May, 2015 01:44 PM
    CRESTON, B.C. — RCMP say a 21-year-old woman has been charged with arson after a person suffered critical burns in an apartment fire in Creston, B.C.
     
    Police say several people were rescued from a basement suite when the blaze broke out last Thursday.
     
    They say one person was airlifted to hospital in Vancouver and is listed in critical condition.
     
    Investigators say the blaze was highly suspicious, and a woman was arrested on Monday.
     
    Elisha Jimmy is in custody pending a court appearance  scheduled for next week.
     
    No details have been released about the victim of the fire.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    It Was Safe To Land Plane That Crashed In Halifax During Snowstorm: Air Canada

    It Was Safe To Land Plane That Crashed In Halifax During Snowstorm: Air Canada
    The two pilots flying AC624 circled above Halifax Stanfield International Airport before concluding the conditions were suitable for landing, said chief operating officer Klaus Goersch.

    It Was Safe To Land Plane That Crashed In Halifax During Snowstorm: Air Canada

    Lawyer For Limo Driver Suing Justin Bieber Looking Forward To Cross-examination

    Lawyer For Limo Driver Suing Justin Bieber Looking Forward To Cross-examination
    Clayton Ruby, the lawyer for Abdul Mohar, has filed documents in an Ontario court that allege that Bieber assaulted his client during an incident in December, 2013.

    Lawyer For Limo Driver Suing Justin Bieber Looking Forward To Cross-examination

    Man, 58, Dead After Standoff At Walmart In Peterborough. Ontario's Police Watchdog Investigating

    Man, 58, Dead After Standoff At Walmart In Peterborough. Ontario's Police Watchdog Investigating
    PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating the death of a 58-year-old man after a standoff in a Peterborough parking lot that forced a lockdown at a Walmart on Saturday.

    Man, 58, Dead After Standoff At Walmart In Peterborough. Ontario's Police Watchdog Investigating

    Twenty Five In Hospital After Air Canada Flight Slides Off Halifax Runway

    Twenty Five In Hospital After Air Canada Flight Slides Off Halifax Runway
    Halifax airport says 25 passengers who were on board an Air Canada jet were taken to hospital after a flight from Toronto skidded off a runway as it landed early Sunday morning.

    Twenty Five In Hospital After Air Canada Flight Slides Off Halifax Runway

    How Is Native Healthcare Like Lunar Robots? Crowd-sourcing Might Help Both

    How Is Native Healthcare Like Lunar Robots? Crowd-sourcing Might Help Both
    VANCOUVER — A long and dark list materializes when tabulating the health problems plaguing First Nations communities across Canada: HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, nutritional deficits, alcohol and drug dependency, suicide.

    How Is Native Healthcare Like Lunar Robots? Crowd-sourcing Might Help Both

    Robert Earnshaw Scores Late As Vancouver Whitecaps Edge Portland Timbers 2-1

    Robert Earnshaw Scores Late As Vancouver Whitecaps Edge Portland Timbers 2-1
    The veteran forward scored minutes after making his Whitecaps debut as a substitute in the 87th minute Saturday to lift Vancouver to a 2-1 Cascadia Cup 

    Robert Earnshaw Scores Late As Vancouver Whitecaps Edge Portland Timbers 2-1