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Tsawwassen First Nation mourns 'pillars' killed in Delta, B.C. crash
Police say the driver was in apparent medical distress, and two injured people remain in critical condition while investigators assess the crash.
- On Wednesday, Tsawwassen First Nation elders Barb Joe and Virginia Splockton died after a pickup truck struck pedestrians outside Tsawwassen Mills shopping centre in Delta, leaving two others in critical condition.
- Police are investigating whether medical distress caused the driver of an Alpine Building Maintenance vehicle to strike the pedestrians, confirming there is no evidence the collision was intentional.
- Family members described the elders as "cultural pillars," with Joe a knowledge keeper who revived the nation's language and Splockton a great-grandmother who "touched countless lives."
- Prime Minister Mark Carney, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, David Eby, Emily Lowan, and Lorne Doerkson offered condolences, joining the Indian Residential School Survivors Society and Huu-ay-aht First Nations in mourning.
- Tsawwassen First Nation was hosting a walk and unveiling traditional house posts for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation nearby; Police clarified the collision was unrelated to these events.
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DELTA - Family members of two Tsawwassen First Nation elders killed in a collision outside a shopping centre in Delta, B.C., on Wednesday say the women were "cultural pillars" of
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