17 h. ago B.C. crime news: Missing woman found dead in Dawson Creek | Victim of pedestrian crash on Haida Gwaii was 'targeted'

Here's a roundup of crime news from around Metro Vancouver and B.C. on Thursday, April 24, 2025

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17 h. ago B.C. crime news: Missing woman found dead in Dawson Creek | Victim of pedestrian crash on Haida Gwaii was 'targeted' | Cars torched, shots fired in Fort Nelson

Here's a roundup of crime news from around Metro Vancouver and B.C. on Thursday, April 24, 2025

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19 h. ago Etobicoke man accused of sexually assaulting girl, 13, faces more charges with different victim

Halton Regional Police has laid eight additional criminal offences against an Etobicoke man previously charged with the alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-girl in December. Police say, as a result of the original charges, they received information from an additional victim and began a separate investigation this month. Cops said Masoud Abdulla, 36, was arrested […]

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20 h. ago One dead after rural crash between passenger vehicle, big rig

One person is dead and one is in hospital after a two-vehicle collision involving a passenger vehicle and a transport truck northeast of Strathroy. Ontario Provincial Police said emergency crews were called shortly after 10:30 a.m. Thursday to the scene of the collision and had closed Egremont Drive between Hedley Drive and Ilderton Road. That’s […]

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24 h. ago Man charged after fake gun flashed at group in London parking lot

Charges have been laid after London police responded to a report of a man with a gun in the city’s north end early Tuesday, police say. At around 1 a.m., a group of men was in a parking garage in the 700 block of Kipps Lane, near the intersection of Adelaide Street North, when they […]

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40 h. ago Nearly half of vehicles stolen in Peel Region this year recovered: Cops

Peel Regional Police say they’ve recovered almost half of the vehicles stolen in the region since the beginning of the 2025, with a total value of $26 million. In addition, police said 479 auto theft-related charges have been laid against 257 individuals. In 2022, organized auto theft rates began to increase in the region, police […]

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68 h. ago Probe involving police in 3 provinces nets $800K worth of meth during Alberta traffic stop

Two people have been arrested in connection with the drug bust but as of Tuesday no charges had been laid.

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5 d. ago Grass fire east of Edmonton closes section of city’s ring road

The RCMP said officers were alerted to the fire just before 12:30 p.m.

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6 d. ago Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village on fire east of Edmonton

RCMP said several buildings were on fire at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village and evacuations were underway Friday in the rural area surrounding the museum east of Edmonton.

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6 d. ago Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village catches fire east of Edmonton

RCMP said several buildings caught fire Friday at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village and evacuations occurred briefly in the surrounding rural area east of Edmonton.

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6 d. ago Federal Election 2025: Edmonton Riverbend candidates offer competing visions

Edmonton Riverbend is a federal riding in southern Edmonton, stretching from part of the North Saskatchewan River in the east to Calgary Trail

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7 d. ago Drugs, firearms charges laid following search of Centretown home

Drug, firearms charges for Ottawa residents after search of Centretown home

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8 d. ago Toronto casino fined $120,000 for not detecting alleged cheating scheme

The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has issued a $120,000 fine against Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto for failing to to detect an alleged cheat-at-play and dealer collusion scheme. In March 2024, the OPP’s Investigation and Enforcement Bureau (IEB), embedded within the AGCO, laid charges against five individuals following allegations that two table […]

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8 d. ago Three dead, two injured in St. Paul crash between minivan and semi

Three people are dead and two are in hospital with severe injuries after a two-vehicle collision in St. Paul County on Tuesday night between a semi-truck and a minivan. Mounties responded to the collision after 5:15 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 29 and Highway 36 in St. Paul County, RCMP said in a news […]

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1 week ago CRIME SCENE: 1 dead, 1 critically hurt in suspected impaired driving crash

A 23-year-old from Brampton is facing impaired driving charges after a passenger in their vehicle was killed and another was critically injured during a single-vehicle crash in Caledon. Caledon OPP said emergency crews responded Sunday at about 1:30 a.m. in the Bramalea-Boston Mills Rds. area to find two people injured and one dead at the […]

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1 week ago Schumer seeks to halt flights for helicopter company after deadly Hudson River crash

NEW YORK — New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on federal authorities to revoke the operating permits of the helicopter tour company whose sightseeing chopper broke apart in midair and plunged into the Hudson River Thursday, killing a family of five visiting from Spain and the pilot, a Navy SEAL veteran. At a press […]

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1 week ago Woman, 24, dead after crash that led to wild police chase across region

A 24-year-old woman is dead, and two men are in custody, after a crash in a First Nations community southwest of London that resulted in a multi-county flight from police involving several stolen vehicles. Police were called to a crash on Jubilee Road, near Dodem Way, in Muncee-Delaware Nation at about 5:30 a.m. Saturday, Middlesex […]

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1 week ago What we know about the helicopter company in deadly New York City crash

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Helicopter plied the skies around New York City landmarks for decades. But the company had some difficulties before one of its sightseeing choppers plummeted into the Hudson River this week, killing all six people aboard. There was a close call in 2013, when another helicopter suddenly lost power in […]

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1 week ago Helicopter company in deadly NYC crash had faced debt lawsuits

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Helicopter has plied the skies around New York City landmarks for decades. But the company had some difficulties before one of its sightseeing choppers plummeted into the Hudson River this week, killing all six people aboard. There was a close call in 2013, when another helicopter suddenly lost power […]

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1 week ago B.C. crime briefs: Two arrested in Surrey after man's car stolen | Charges laid after pedestrians hit by car in Squamish

Here are some crime stories from around B.C. on Friday, April 11, 2025.

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