One worker is dead and one crane operator injured at Burnaby construction site

Tweet A 55-year-old Port Moody construction worker is dead, and a crane operator injured, following an accident at a residential construction site in Burnaby Friday afternoon. The crane operator was using a crane truck to deliver lumber, including a larger lumber beam, to a house on Dunlop Avenue near Charles Street around 4:15 p.m. when [...]

Two Vancouver officers injured in late night crash

Tweet Two Vancouver police officers were sent to hospital early Monday morning after their unmarked cruiser crashed into a downtown lamppost. The officers were responding to a 911 call around 12:30 a.m. when they swerved to avoid another car entering the intersection of Robson and Hornby Streets, and slammed into a light standard. The two [...]

Barricade Collapse in Vancouver Injures 19

Tweet A surging crowd of Olympic partygoers caused a barricade to collapse during a free concert, leaving “approximately” 19 people injured. Nine people were taken to the hospital for further evaluation, Vancouver officials added. The city said all those injured were treated at the scene in the onsite medical facility that includes emergency doctors, nurses [...]