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CTV News
4 days ago
- CTV News
Cyclist fatally struck by pickup truck on Vancouver Island: RCMP
A bike tire is seen in this stock image. (Milada Vigerova/ A senior cyclist was struck and killed by a pickup truck in the Vancouver Island community of Nanoose Bay on Friday, according to police. The Oceanside RCMP says first responders were called to Marina Way near Carmel Place around 10:50 a.m. after a collision involving multiple cyclists and a Ford pickup truck. Two cyclists were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. A third died at the scene. Police say the deceased is a 79-year-old man from Qualicum Beach. 'While all of the contributing factors into this collision are still being determined, the initial investigation indicates that the pickup truck entered onto Marina Way from a side street and collided with the cyclists who were riding on Marina Way,' Mounties wrote in a news release Saturday. 'Drugs and alcohol on the part of the pickup truck driver and the cyclists have been excluded as contributing factors. The pickup driver remained on scene and is co-operating with the investigation.' RCMP collision analysts and the BC Coroners Service are investigating the crash, and police ask anyone with information or video to call 250-248-6111.
CBC
26-05-2025
- General
- CBC
Hear ye, hear ye: Qualicum Beach town crier hangs up bell after 26 years
Just north of Nanaimo, B.C., Qualicum Beach is the last town on Vancouver Island with a town crier. But now, after more than a quarter century, Leonard Mustard is set to retire from the largely ceremonial role. Claire Palmer reports.
CTV News
07-05-2025
- CTV News
Someone intentionally placing rocks on highway near Qualicum Beach, RCMP say
Oceanside RCMP believe someone has been intentionally placing rocks on Highway 19 near Qualicum Beach, which has already caused one vehicle to crash and damaged at least two others. Authorities have warned drivers to be cautious in the area as they investigate. The incidents happened in the early morning hours on Saturday and Sunday, between Little Qualicum River Bridge and the Corcan Road underpass. Mounties said the first happened shortly after midnight Saturday, when a northbound vehicle struck a large stack of rocks that had been left in the slow lane. The vehicle went off the right side of the road and crashed into an embankment, though no one was injured. Emergency crews responding to the crash located another pile of rocks stacked in the southbound lanes and remove them. The next incident happened around 2 a.m. Sunday, when three vehicles – two northbound and one southbound – drove into rocks on the highway. 'There was potential for serious harm to have occurred from these reckless acts but thankfully, nobody was injured in any of these incidents,' said Sgt. Shane Worth of the Oceanside RCMP. Mounties have since increased patrols in the area, and there have been no incidents reported since the weekend. Authorities asked anyone with information on who is responsible – or dash-cam video captured in the area around the time of the incidents – to call Oceanside RCMP at 250-248-6111 and quote file number 2025-4193. Andrew Garland, CTV News Vancouver Island
