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CTV News
2 hours ago
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- CTV News
Man charged after allegedly exchanging gunfire with police in Prince George, B.C.
The Prince George RCMP detachment is seen in this photo from its Facebook page. (Facebook/PrinceGeorgeRCMP) Mounties in Prince George say a man has been charged after exchanging gunfire with officers earlier this week. Tyler Cavan Suel has been charged with four counts of discharging a firearm with intent and one count each of pointing a firearm, careless use of a firearm, possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle, possession of a weapon and flight from a peace officer while pursued, according to a news release from Prince George RCMP. Police say they attempted to stop Suel during 'proactive patrols' near East Perry Road around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. They allege Suel fired at police from his vehicle before fleeing the area. The 39-year-old was located a short time later, prompting 'a lengthy standoff wherein more gunfire was exchanged from both sides,' according to police. The incident shut down Highway 16 east for several hours before the suspect was taken into custody and transported to hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Online court records indicate Suel's next court appearance is scheduled for June 2 in Williams Lake. Police said he remains in custody. 'We are incredibly proud of the professional, co-ordinated and timely response our police officers had to this threatening and dynamic event,' said Insp. Chris Riddle, operations officer for Prince George RCMP, in the release. 'Even in the face of being shot at, all of those who responded to the call maintained their professionalism and saw the event through to a positive conclusion.' In a separate statement Friday, the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. – which investigates police use-of-force cases in the province – announced that it had completed its review of Suel's arrest. The IIO concluded that the suspect's injuries did not meet the threshold of 'serious harm,' as defined by B.C.'s Police Act, and closed its investigation.
News.com.au
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Lady Frederick Windsor spills ‘disgusting' detail about her royal wedding
'Disgusting'. That's not a word you hear too often when it comes to the royal family unless it's some anonymous Windsor source huffing down a Bakelite phone about Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's latest home shopping network juicer side-hustle. That or someone has left oat milk in the palace fridge again. But not today with a royal bride having come out and given a shockingly (and wonderfully) candid interview, revealing she didn't pick out her own wedding dress, knew very few people at the reception and even admitting that there was one detail she found 'disgusting'. Everyone say a polite hello to Sophie Winkleman who is also Lady Frederick Windsor and while she might not be a household name in Australia, she is very much between the royal bosom. Back before it was restricted to working members of the royal maily, she used to be able to be spotted the Buckingham Palace balcony, and these days you are likely to spy her having a jolly old time of it with 'dear friend' King Charles in the royal box at Ascot or doing her bit to support Kate, The Princess of Wales' annual Christmas concert. Extra points if you knew her daughter Maud Windsor used to be in the same London class as Prince George and was a bridesmaid at Princess Eugenie's wedding. Specifically, Sophie is married to Lord Frederick Windsor, the son of Prince and Princess Micahel of Kent and the King's second cousin, and while Freddie is so far down the line of succession you have to squint at number 54 but still, the couple are very much in the titled thick of it. (Lord Frederick was 17th in line when he was born.) This week Sophie, who also happens to be a working actress, has given a new interview and admitted some wonderfully indiscrete details about her own royal wedding. The year was 2009, long before the les Windosrs would 'welcome' another TV gal into their midst, and with Prince William yet to pop the question to long time squeeze Kate Middleton, what the UK needed was a royal wedding. A guest list was assembled about the length of an abridged copy of Burke & Peerage, Hampton Court Palace was rightfully booked for the affair and various HRHs were assembled (Princess Eugenie, the Duke and Duchess of Kent). However now Sophie has admitted that there was a part of the day she found 'disgusting'. Speaking to the Telegraph this week she said: 'It was such a blur because we had to move to Los Angeles the day after and I had to start a brand new job the day after that…I'd been so concentrating on the work that I hadn't thought about the wedding.' Enter unto the breach her future mother-in-law and longtime Buckingham Palace balcony stalwart Princess Michael of Kent who 'sort of took it all over,' said Sophie. 'I actually didn't mind at all. I thought, 'Great, do everything''. The end result, based on photos, is of a frou-frou-y affair that even diehard Cinderella-stans might have considered OTT; 'fairytale' was never going to be used as an adjective. In the cold light of 2025, Sophie does not sound exactly enamoured of all that bugle-beaded 'everything'. 'My hair was so disgusting and Freddy still gets upset about it. It was just disgusting. And my mother-in-law chose my dress, which was very sweet and puffy, but I looked barking,' she told the Telegraph. 'I look back on it and think I should have worn a simpler dress and I should have got my hair blow dried by someone who'd done it before'. This is not the first time that deliciously unfiltered Sophie has pulled back the curtain on her Windsor nuptials and what goes into planning a royal hitchin'. 'I didn't know anyone at my wedding. I had my best pals there but basically it was full of faces I'd never seen before,' she told Tatler in December last year. During that same interview she enthused about Princess Michael having 'brilliantly' 'taken full personal charge' of the 400-person event and said, 'I was so determined not to be a bridezilla, I didn't even work out my hairstyle and I cannot tell you how disgusting it looked.' Coming up the aisle, the first thing I said when I saw Freddie was, 'I'm so sorry about the hair.'' He said, 'Yes, what on earth have you done?'' While the Sussexes have hardly been tight-lipped about what a rough trot Meghan had joining Crown Inc, Sophie has only ever raved about her extended in-laws. She told Tatler last year: 'Behind the camera they're really fun, clever, kind people...I love Catherine and William, but they're so busy and don't live in London, so I don't see them much.' Meanwhile, Charles 'is a very dear friend'. 'I spend a bit of time with him,' she told the Times in 2020. 'You see how he works all day long, has a quick supper and then disappears until about 4am to write letters. 'He cares about so many things and he comes up with brilliant solutions. 'I've been incredibly welcomed with open arms by all of them. I haven't had a single negative experience. 'They'd never tell me off at all if I wanted to play some [racy] role. Everyone's looked after me.' And she means that quite literally. The late Queen and Charles both offered practical support after Sophie broke her back in a 2017 car crash during she thought she was 'a goner'. After the accident, Charles (then the Prince of Wales) tasked his Clarence House cook to provide Freddie and Sophie's family with twice-a-day meals, 'for weeks on end . . . It was life saving'. Then, during her recuperation, Queen Elizabeth suggested a solution to help her manage the pain of rehab. As Sophie told Tatler: 'She said, 'We can't have that. You have to go in the water.' She told us that when horses had broken backs, they swam, and so she let me use her pool at Buckingham Palace. 'That's the reason I got better. It was so typically thoughtful.' Blimey. The Palace pool. 'Disgusting' hair. Looking 'barking'. It would be remiss of me here to not play a quick game of Sussex Subbing. What if all of this had come out of Meghan's mouth instead? Imagine a lit match going off in a fireworks factory built on top of an oil refinery. Kablooey. There is a lesson in all of this for any Cinderella-ish aspirants. Don't overlook the very clear benefits to being wed to No. 54 rather than anyone in the single digits, of marrying far farther down the royal rung. Just think, all the invitations to Ascot and Westminster Abbey, none of wing-clipping self sacrifices of senior royaldom and the occasional chance to do a lap in the palace pool. Daniela Elser is a writer, editor and commentator with more than 15 years' experience working with a number of Australia's leading media titles.
CBC
3 days ago
- General
- CBC
Highway 16 East reopens after police incident near Prince George, B.C.
A stretch of Highway 16 about 30 kilometres east of Prince George, B.C., has reopened after it was shut down for several hours Tuesday due to a police incident. Around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Prince George RCMP said an active investigation was underway between Upper Fraser Road and the Willow River rest area. "This is an incredibly dynamic event that remains ongoing," said Cpl. Jennifer Cooper, media relations officer for the Prince George RCMP, in a statement. "We are requesting that everyone stay clear of the area to give our police officers room to work safely." Members of the North District Emergency Response Team and B.C.'s anti-gang unit, the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, responded to the incident along with police dogs and a helicopter, according to the statement. The stretch of the highway reopened at about 2 a.m. Wednesday, according to DriveBC. Police have not publicly released more information about the incident.
CBC
4 days ago
- General
- CBC
Police incident near Prince George, B.C., shuts down Highway 16 East
A police incident has shut down a stretch of Highway 16 about 30 kilometres east of Prince George, B.C., with no detour available on Tuesday night. Prince George RCMP say an active investigation is underway between Upper Fraser Road and the Willow River rest area. "This is an incredibly dynamic event that remains ongoing," said Cpl. Jennifer Cooper, media relations officer for the Prince George RCMP, in a statement. "We are requesting that everyone stay clear of the area to give our police officers room to work safely." Members of the North District Emergency Response Team and B.C.'s anti-gang unit, the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, are responding to the incident along with police dogs and helicopters, according to the statement.
CBC
4 days ago
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- CBC
Elections B.C. says 2024 election 'free and fair' but marred by 'false narratives'
Social Sharing Despite an uncounted ballot box in Prince George and allegations of voting irregularities, B.C.'s chief electoral officer says the 2024 provincial election was free and fair. He also pushed back against "false narratives" and "disinformation" peddled by those questioning the integrity of B.C.'s voting system. Anton Boegman, releasing the first Elections B.C. report into the Oct. 19 provincial election, says he's confident the new electronic tabulation model was a success, returning most polling results quicker than the old manual counting model. However, Boegman blamed "human error" for the situation in Prince George-Mackenzie, where election officials did not count a ballot box containing 861 advance votes on election night. The omission of the ballot box did not affect the result in the Prince George-Mackenzie electoral district. "As chief electoral officer, I take full accountability for the work of our election officials and for the mistakes that were made," he said. British Columbians had to wait weeks to find out that the NDP had won a narrow, one-seat majority. Premier David Eby's win was secured through a judicial recount, which handed the Surrey-Guildford riding to NDP MLA Garry Begg by a margin of 22 votes. Conservative Leader John Rustad calls for independent review of B.C. election 7 months ago Duration 6:21 "We can't control how close an election is. That's determined by the voters," Boegman said. Boegman expressed concern about the proliferation online of "false narratives" that questioned the legitimacy of the vote. That included claims, he said, that many non-Canadian citizens voted, that many people voted twice, that there was fraudulent use of mail-in voting, and that ballot boxes were not secure. Before Boegman's news conference, B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad repeated his concerns with the election result. "We had people who are not Canadian citizens voting. We had people who are not Canadian citizens receive invitations to vote, receive their voting cards." Rustad has previously admitted he doesn't have evidence to prove non-Canadians voted. Despite this, he said all B.C. driver's licences should be marked with a 'C' to indicate Canadian citizenship. "There is too much room for potential manipulation and potential errors, and Elections B.C. is not doing the work to catch this." CBC News asked Boegman if he is concerned about Rustad highlighting those so-called "false narratives." "I'll leave the political discussion to the politicians," he said. "I stand by my assertion that the election was free, fair and secure." He encouraged all legislators to read the report and said people should "make sure they verify their facts." Of the 2.1 million votes cast, there were formal complaints made about just 15 ballots, Boegman said. He says Elections B.C. has various safeguards to prevent voter fraud. For example, voters must confirm their eligibility to vote, including citizenship, before registering and voting. Multiple voting is prevented by checking people off the voters' list as they vote, which he said was done in real time thanks to the new electronic model. People casting a ballot by mail must also meet "identity and integrity standards" before their vote is counted, he said. The Surrey-Guildford riding is at the centre of a court challenge launched by Honveer Singh Randhawa, the Conservative candidate who lost to Begg. He alleges that 21 mail-in ballots from residents of a mental health and addiction home were compromised due to interference from a staff member. The allegations have not been proven in court. Elections B.C. did not address the allegations in the report because of the court's involvement. The elections agency also dealt with unforeseen challenges such as the atmospheric river that blanketed B.C. and shuttered some polling stations due to power outages or road closures. Boegman described some election officials filling up sandbags to stop water from pouring in or conducting the count by the light of their cellphones. The candidate nomination process was also upturned when B.C. United withdrew from the election in late August, less than a month before the official campaign period began.
