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Four killed in southern Alberta highway crash: RCMP

Mounties say four people have died following a highway crash in southern Alberta. RCMP say a pickup truck and a passenger van collided near Taber, about 260 kilometres southeast of Calgary. Both drivers and two passengers in the van were killed. Six other passengers in the van were assessed at the scene and transported to various hospitals. Police say they continue to investigate. ...

RCMP investigation leads to drug seizure and charges

RCMP say an extensive investigation into drug trafficking in the Campbell River area has led to charges being approved for 10 individuals, with charges recommended for 10 others. Mounties say they conducted the operation known as 'E-Parody' in November and December last year. They say drugs seized and tested as a result of the investigation included fentanyl, carfentanil, heroin, morphine, cocaine and methamphetamine. Constable Maury Tyre says the investigation shows people are knowingly requesting and distributing fentanyl. ...

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Ukraine investigates seven possible causes in the plane crash

The secretary of Ukraine's national security council says seven possible causes are under investigation in the plane crash in Iran earlier this week. Oleksiy Danilov tells a Swedish broadcaster that Ukrainian experts are working ...

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Jack Hundial in Sver Wala Show: Not adding more safety personnel to local police, a wrong move

Surrey councilors Jack Hundial and Brenda Locke responded to allegations laid on them by Mayor McCallum in Sver Wala Show yesterday. Hundial said Mayor's decision to not add more safety personnel to the local police will be a wrong move. Yesterday in Sver Wala Show, Mayor John McCallum had attacked Hundial and Locke for allegedly retracting from their pre-poll promises....

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Increase in overdose calls in BC

B-C Emergency Health says paramedics responded to more than 24-thousand overdose calls across the province last year, which amounts to an average of 66 calls each day. The health service says up until 2015, overdose calls in B-C fluctuated from 10 to 15-thousand each year, but by 2017 the number exceeded 23-thousand. It says this year's calls represent a two per cent increase ove 2018 and Vancouver, Surrey and Victoria continue to see the highest number of calls. There were nearly 86-hundred calls in Vancouver, an increase of eight per cent over the year before. ...

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Coroners inquest into police killing of Nanaimo man

An inquest will begin into the death of a 49-year-old Nanaimo man three years after he was fatally shot by police.Craig Ford was walking through a residential area of the city carrying a knife in June 2016 when officers arrived. The office that examines all cases of police-involved injury or death later ruled the shooting was justified because Ford repeatedly refused orders to drop the knife and advanced toward officers. The inquest into his death -- which is mandatory -- will begin on July 27th in Nanaimo. ...

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British Parliament clears Boris Johnson's Brexit deal

Paving the way for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union later this month, British Parliament has voted in favour of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal. Thursday's vote followed a third reading in the Parliamen...

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VPD officer ordered dismissed but can ask for a review

A senior Vancouver police officer has been ordered dismissed from the force for discreditable conduct after an inappropriate relationship with a junior constable who died by suicide. The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner says in a statement the order was made against Sgt. Dave Van Patten but he can request a review of the decision. It says Const. Nicole Chan killed herself last January and the police complaint commissioner ordered an investigation, which was conducted by the New Westminster police. The statement says the investigation revealed Van Patten was in an inappropriate rela...

Saskatchewan youth gets conditional sentence for throwing coffee at two men

A 14-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon for throwing coffee in the faces of two men in Regina last summer. The act caught media attention in July when a video was posted on Facebook. The men, who were not hurt, were in a parking lot near a Walmart and a Winners store. The Crown prosecutor described the attack as unprovoked and degrading. The youth was given a conditional discharge, eight months of probation and 20 hours of community service. He is also required to make written apologies to the men. ...

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