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File: 26-8462

West Vancouver, B.C. – WVPD seeking witnesses and video footage

Today, August 12th, 2026, at 5:50 p.m., the West Vancouver Police Department responded to a call of a rider injured in an e-dirt bike collision in West Vancouver.

The rider, a youth, was transported to Lions Gate Hospital by Emergency Health Services. The Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS) is currently on scene conducting an investigation.

“The West Vancouver Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in establishing the events leading up to this collision, says Suzanne Birch, spokesperson for the West Vancouver Police Department. “Any witnesses to, or footage of, an e-dirt bike rider in the area surrounding 30th Street and Mathers Ave between 5 p.m. and 5: 20 p.m. is asked to call 604-925-7300 and quote file #26-8462”

Sea to Sky RCMP is seeking the public’s assistance and asking anyone with any information related to the fires, including anyone with video footage from the area of the house or vehicle fires, to contact the Sea to Sky RCMP General Investigation Section at (604) 892-6100. Anyone who wishes to provide information anonymously may contact Crime Stoppers at 1‑800‑222‑TIPS or go to the website www.solvecrime.ca.

Since 2010, B.C. property taxes on owner-occupied homeowners have climbed by 110 per cent—almost double the national increase of 62 per cent, and more than double the rise in B.C.'s overall consumer price index (CPI). By comparison, Alberta’s property taxes rose by 89 per cent, Ontario’s by 61 per cent, and Quebec’s by just 35 per cent.

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