A summer celebration turned tragic in Lumby over the weekend. Two pedestrians were hit by a truck on a rural property Saturday shortly before 12 p.m. Despite immediate first aid provided by youth witnesses and efforts of paramedics when they arrived, a 15-year-old Lumby youth died. A second youth, who was also struck by the […]
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Police say the six people missing after a charter boat sank off the coast of Richmond are now presumed dead. Four men and two women remain unaccounted for Monday afternoon, more than a day after the vessel sank near Roberts Bank on Sunday (June 28). Police say they are presumed to have drowned. Richmond RCMP
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B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barbara Young will not allow the Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title case to be reopened for the private landowner Montrose Properties to be added as a defendant. Permitting the case to be relitigated in this way would be an “abuse of process,” the judge found. “Although Montrose did not have formal notice
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An inmate was taken to hospital after an assault at Mission Institution earlier this month. According to a news release from the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) on Monday (June 29), the inmate received treatment and has since returned to Mission Institution. The incident occurred in the prison’s medium security unit on June 20. Per
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An impaired driver was arrested after allegedly fleeing a hit-and-run and crashing into a front yard in Abbotsford on Sunday (June 28). According to Abbotsford Police Department’s weekend recap, the driver provided a breath sample more than 2.5 times the legal limit after he was arrested. Police say a criminal investigation is ongoing. Overall, the
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