1. Man facing 31 charges after Surrey arrest
鈥淭he suspect has occupied the number one spot on Richmond RCMP鈥檚 most wanted list for well over a year,鈥� notes an RCMP release, 鈥渁nd was second most wanted person on the BAITCar/Integrated Municipal Police Auto Crime Team (IMPACT) Top Ten.鈥�
2. BNSF offers to discuss railway鈥檚 debris-clearing 鈥榩ractices鈥�
Nearby residents claimed that the railway had dumped debris including mud, boulders and trees onto the Semiahmoo foreshore.
| A BNSF train rolls north along the Semiahmoo Peninsula鈥檚 waterfront tracks Jan. 30, past one of the slides that reader Erik Seiz photographed that same day. (Erik Seiz photo) |
3. Chilliwack man who threatened to shoot up UFV released on bail
A former University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) student who allegedly threatened to 鈥済et a gun and shoot up a classroom鈥� also made a list of 10 historic mass shootings across North America.
4. Fail to pay child support in B.C? Lose your driver鈥檚 licence
People seriously behind on their child and spousal support payments could now have their driver鈥檚 licences taken away.
JUST IN: govt introducing legislation to allow to cancel the driver's licence of people not keeping up with child or spousal support. This applies immediately for those with > $3,000 in missed payments.
鈥� Kat Slepian (@katslepian)
5. Yale First Nation to build tiny homes for sale and rent
The idea is to build a dozen 280-square-foot homes on the Nation鈥檚 land about 10 minutes outside of Hope along Highway 7, for rent at affordable rates to any members of the community.
| The Yale First Nation housing team are housing intern Talon Coghill, left, housing manager Crystal Sedore and housing intern Austin Heino. The latest housing project is a dozen tiny homes, which will be rented out to the community, as an economic development project for the Nation. (Emelie Peacock/Hope Standard) |
