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The Surrey Gang Police Unit arrested a known violent offender after a traffic stop on Tuesday night.

Mathew Porter, 24, of Vancouver, a man with known gang ties, was charged with two counts of badaulting a peace officer, a dangerous motor vehicle operator, and a police omission leader.

The 24-year-old man, who has a history of violence, was located and apprehended in the Surrey area of ​​Newton.

The incident occurred just after 18:00. November 27th. When Surrey SGET attempted to stop the vehicle in the 14400 block of 80th Avenue. At first, the driver stopped before putting the vehicle in reverse and fleeing the scene.

The police did not pursue the car, but drove it into a dead end near where two men were seen fleeing the scene.

One of the men was found and arrested in the 8300 block of 140th Street, the other is still on the run.

Police also found drugs during the investigation and other objects related to drug trafficking.

"Our anti-gang team continues to fight drug trafficking by intercepting and investigating criminals operating in our city," said Capt. Elenore Sturko. "A simple roadside check can often be the first step in a broader investigation and criminal prosecution."

The investigation is underway.

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The BC government is committed to sharing gaming revenues with Aboriginal communities in the province.

Prime Minister John Horgan made the announcement in Vancouver at the opening of the annual meeting between the BC cabinet and First Nations leaders, in keeping with the promise he has made. made more than 20 years ago.

Horgan and the First Nations Leadership Council also announced their willingness to work together on new legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The Prime Minister said the share of gambling revenue would be a key part of the 2019 budget, while work on the formulation of legislation related to the UN declaration was ongoing.

BC Regional Assembly Chief Terry Teegee said the two announcements were a "historic and progressive action" to address jurisdictional and gambling issues. .

Horgan says the share of gaming funds will improve health, education and housing throughout British Columbia. Aboriginal communities and although he does not have a dollar figure, he badured that the rally would go well, "between one and one heap".

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Const. Derek Gallamore was shocked when Delta police dismantled a woman who allegedly sold weed brownies with a single 40-fold dose that was recommended for THC.

The sweet treat seemed like an ordinary grocery store confectionery, but contained 400 milligrams of THC. He immediately imagined what could happen if a toddler encountered dessert.

"Being a parent, I looked at him and said:" Wait a second. " He said. "There were no warning labels for children."

Although cannabis was legalized on October 17th, edible products will not be legal until next year. But that did not stop entrepreneurs from cooking candies, cookies and other pot-infused items and selling them online or at clinics.

Gallamore said that the woman was arrested about 18 months ago and that the prosecution had decided not to lay charges because they did not know how the legalization of marijuana would affect the case. .

The photos show that the items seized were in professional packaging. A rice-grain treat carried the words "away from the kids" in small letters, but the blue raspberry jelly candies were in a clear bag and looked like any other candy.

After the incident, Gallamore began researching the edible cannabis market and learned that it was easy to buy powerful online weed delicacies. Most ask the buyer to register using a piece of government ID, but young people can still get the products, he said.

"It's pretty easy to get food from someone," Gallamore said.

The federal government should launch consultations in the coming months on regulations on food consumption and consider imposing the use of a standardized cannabis symbol on labels and prohibiting product forms, ingredients and attractive flavorings for children.

The effects of food products are delayed in relation to marijuana use, exposing users to over-consumption. These are often treats that attract children, said Dr. Mark Lysyshyn, Medical Officer of Health at Vancouver Coastal Health.

"People may feel nauseated, they may vomit, they may feel sweaty, they may feel anxious and paranoid and even suffer from psychosis if they consume enough of it," he said.

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A Surrey family, saddened by the death of his son, thinks it's the wrong place at the wrong time.

The body of Jason Jhutty, aged 16, was found in June on the edge of a street, next to that of his friend Jesse Bhangal.

Police believe the dead have been targeted, but grieving family members say that Jhutty is not involved in the gang world.

"You can find out if someone is involved in acts, and how he behaves, maybe he's interested in something." There was nothing like it, he said. his sister Pawan Jhutty at CTV News.

"I firmly believe that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, our whole family believes him, and the people who know Jason, they know that too."

Now, they say that they live in constant fear.

"Every time we hear another shootout, we come back immediately and we put ourselves in their place and say," Oh, great. Now, another family is going through what we had to go through, "said Pawan.

No arrests were made in the case and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team only indicates that the case remains active.

– with CTV Vancouver files

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The attempt of a Victoria boy to find a new word in the dictionary recently received support from Hollywood when William Shatner tweeted at the Jeopardy TV game show! use the term "levidrome".

What is a levidrome? This is the word coined by Levi Budd for other words that form a word when it is read normally and another when it is read backwards.

There is already a word for that, sort of – it's called a palindrome, but these must spell the same word back and forth, like a race car, for example. But that did not stop the young person, reports CTV News.

The idea became viral when Levi was five years old and his parents made a video that made the headlines.

But last week, Shatner, aka Captain Kirk of Star Trek, tweeted the famous TV game in which he used the "Front and Rear" category, saying, "You should change your category to Levidrome. fewer letters! "

"The whole process has been amazing from the beginning. We never thought that this little idea would go as far as it has, "Levi's father, Lucky, told CTV.

The game show tweeted back that host Alex Trebek "is trying to figure out how a six-year-old could find a word in the dictionary before him!"

Oxford dictionaries say that words are added only once they are commonly used. Last year, officials said the word was in the study.

– with CTV Vancouver files

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A quiet garden in Vancouver where an astute otter has devoured about 10 expensive koi will reopen this morning.

The Chinese clbadical garden Dr. Sun-Yat Sen closed last Friday after the river otter settled in a pond and began to feast on carp.

The city's park commission said garden staff lowered the water level on Tuesday and removed the remaining two adult koi and 344 juveniles.

The fish were transferred to the Vancouver Aquarium for preservation, joining a third adult koi that was removed on Saturday.

The park council said the otter was introduced into the garden on November 17, but that it has not been seen in a few days.

It was said that the staff would fill the pond with water and alter the entrance and exits of the garden to prevent future visits of otters.

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Drivers of commercial vehicles in British Columbia will have to ensure the application of the new stringent regulations, which were announced Wednesday by the provincial government.

This measure was intended to prevent the growing number of incidents that closed mountain highways in the past.

"Last winter, 33 of the 35 long-term closures at Coquihalla involved commercial vehicles, and in most cases this was caused by truck drivers who did not install the chains properly or use them at all," said Claire. Trevena, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, in a statement.

"While most drivers will go out during the winter, these new regulations and the tougher fines that follow will improve safety and hopefully reduce the number of closures."

For more information on this story, visit Okanagan Edge.

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Police opened an investigation after a man hit a teenager on a SkyTrain train last month.

The Vancouver Metropolitan Police reported that a man reportedly hit two teens on October 4 at approximately 12:15 pm on a train between Moody Center and Coquitlam Central Stations.

"The suspect became furious when he thought the two victims, boys of 14 and 16, had observed him," police said in a statement to CTV News.

One victim had a bruised eye while the other teenager's head hit the train wall.

The suspect is described as a white man with a slender figure, black hair and black hair on the face. He wore a black and gray hoodie, gray pants, sneakers and dark sunglbades.

-With CTV Vancouver files

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Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum is accused of distorting the truth by issuing a press release earlier this week denouncing the city's debt burden.

On Tuesday shortly after midnight, McCallum issued a press release in which he was "deeply dismayed and deeply shaken" by a debt of $ 514 million.

"The amount of the $ 514 million debt is simply unbearable and downright irresponsible," he said.

But according to the 2017 municipal budget, Surrey's debt is $ 267 million, reports CTV News.

In response to questions, the mayor's office clarified things on Wednesday.

"The amount of $ 514 million represents the projected debt that the City would commit under the current five-year financial plan 2018-2022, approved in December 2017, if it were allowed to go to the end," said the statement. .

McCallum declined to comment on the issue.

-With CTV Vancouver files

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A supervisor of an RCMP officer who committed suicide in 2013 broke down Wednesday as he read the latest emails exchanged between the two men during a coroner's inquest.

RCMP Superintendent Denis Boucher, who was the supervisor of Pierre Lemaitre when he was transferred to the traffic division, told him that they could meet for a coffee and chat in the office. one of the emails.

"I hope you are making progress in your recovery," Boucher said while reading one of his exchanges with Lemaitre. "I just wanted you to know that I will always help if I can."

Some people in the audience room also wiped their tears as they listened to their conversations.

Lemaitre was a Sergeant and RCMP media spokesperson when he leaked inaccurate information, which the investigation did not correct, according to which a man died as a result of a clash with the police at the Vancouver International Airport in 2007.

The former family doctor and psychologist Lemaitre said during the forensic investigation that he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder caused by the treatment of victims of acts criminals, but that the incident involving Robert Dziekanski had worsened his depression and anxiety.

A former police media strategist accused the ministry of betraying Lemaitre, saying he had been "neglected" by his superiors who did not allow him to clear things up. Atoya Montague said in the investigation that Lemaitre was in the habit of telling a false story about the death of Dziekanski, a Pole who did not speak English and had become restless after wandering in the arrivals area of the airport for 10 hours.

After the incident, Lemaitre told reporters that police had approached a fighting man and shook him twice with a Taser. But two days later, he watched a video of a witness who showed that Dziekanski was relatively calm when RCMP officers arrived and used the stun gun five times.

Sheila Lemaitre said that her husband was transferred after two days and finally transferred to the traffic division, which he compared to "being put in the trash". He felt belittled and disrespected by his colleagues. One of them called it "redundant," she testified earlier this week.

Boucher stated that Lemaitre was not redundant, but was "an integral part of the team".

The emails showed that the two men had a close relationship.

"We had a lot of trouble managing this depression," Lemaitre wrote in a response to his supervisor, adding that his doctors had modified some drugs as there appeared to be no progress.

Boucher said that he knew Lemaitre was suffering from PTSD and depression. He also described as someone who had a strong work ethic.

At the same time, the supervisor of Lemaitre's Media Division said Lemaitre did not seem too stressed about the misinformation he had given the media after Dziekanski's death.

John Ward, a retired staff sergeant, said that part of the job of a communications officer was to believe that the information provided to the media was largely correct.

A juror asked him if the RCMP was generally aware of the inaccurate information she was transmitting to him.

"I do not remember where we gave bad information," he said. "We paid attention to the information we gave."

Ward said that he would have spoken to Lemaitre after the Dziekanski incident, but that there was no discussion about correcting the information because once the media talked about it they could not do anything anymore.

Coroner's inquiries are held to hear evidence of recommendations that may be made to prevent similar deaths in the future and do not lead to a finding of blame.

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A humpback whale found dead in Tsawwbaden earlier this month was probably hit by a ship, a necropsy revealed.

The whale was found on November 16 near the BC Ferries terminal.

The autopsy results released on Wednesday indicate that his death is "consistent with a catastrophic ship strike with helix wounds," reported CTV News.

Meanwhile, tests on a dead orca calf found dead near Nootka Island two days ago show that he was born alive and was probably dead a few days later.

DNA revealed it was a transient whale and was not part of the endangered population of orcas in the south.

– with CTV Vancouver files

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A man from Surrey who attacked an autistic man at a bus terminal in the Toronto area was sentenced to a suspended sentence.

Ronjot Dhami was one of three men of Belgian origin. The men captured in video during the violent attack of March 13. He pleaded guilty Wednesday for serious badault, reports CTV News.

Dhami was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment, but was released with credit for the time spent in detention. He will also be on probation for two years.

"I'm sorry for what I did," Dhami told the court.

Parmvir Singh Chahil and Jaspaul Uppal were also indicted.

– with CTV Vancouver files