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Four arrested after stolen truck rams police cars in Quesnel

Police located a stolen vehicle and attempted to apprehend occupants, leading to a collision.

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Four arrested after stolen truck rams police cars in Quesnel

What this story says

  • Four individuals were arrested in Quesnel, British Columbia, following an incident where a stolen vehicle rammed police cars.
  • The event took place around 5 a.m. on September 10, when police located a white Ford F-350 reported stolen from Hixon.
  • Three police vehicles and the stolen truck sustained damage, though no injuries were reported.
  • The driver, a 31-year-old man, was held in custody, while three female passengers were released pending further investigation.

Who covered it

Left 81%(13)Centre 19%(3)Right 0%(0)

Percentages are shares of the 16 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 1 of the 17 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

70/100

Craft

75/100

Hype

15/100

17 sources · methodology

Four people were arrested in Quesnel, British Columbia, after a stolen pickup truck rammed police vehicles. The incident occurred around 5 a.m. on September 10 when Quesnel RCMP located a white Ford F-350 that had been reported stolen earlier that morning from Hixon, B.C. Police approached the vehicle in the parking lot of the Quesnel Recreation Centre in an attempt to apprehend the occupants. The driver then rammed police vehicles while attempting to flee. Three police vehicles and the stolen truck were damaged, but no injuries were reported.

Disagreement on police vehicle damage

The Sicamous Eagle Valley News and Williams Lake Tribune reported that three police vehicles were damaged. Castanet stated that three police cars were rammed. CTV News and Ckpg Today did not specify the number of police vehicles damaged.

What the coverage left out

None of the reports printed below mention the specific location of the Hixon theft, only that the vehicle was reported stolen from there. The digests from Ckpg Today and Castanet do not specify the number of police vehicles damaged, unlike the full reports from Sicamous Eagle Valley News and CTV News.

Tags:#Quesnel#RCMP#StolenVehicle#PoliceChase#BC

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 10 Sept 2026, 17:30, and will add the sides that appear.

How other outlets pictured it

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An RCMP epaulette is seen in Edmonton, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

13 rated outlets

  • The left-rated reports from Sicamous Eagle Valley News and Williams Lake Tribune both led with the headline "4 arrested after stolen vehicle rams police cars in Quesnel." Both outlets reported that four people were arrested after a stolen pickup truck rammed police vehicles while attempting to flee. They detailed that the incident occurred around 5 a.m. on September 10, when Quesnel RCMP located a white Ford F350 reported stolen from Hixon, B.C. Both reports noted that police approached the vehicle in the Quesnel Recreation Centre parking lot. They stated that the driver rammed police vehicles while trying to flee, leading to the arrest of four people: a 31-year-old man driving, and a 29-year-old woman and two 15-year-old girls as passengers. Both outlets reported that no injuries were sustained, but three police vehicles and the stolen Ford F350 were damaged. Sgt. Clay Kronebusch was quoted in both reports, stating that the three female passengers were released pending further investigation and the driver was being held in custody to appear before the courts later that day.

Centre

3 rated outlets

  • The centre-rated reports from CTV News, Ckpg Today, and Castanet all focused on the arrest of four people following the ramming of police vehicles. CTV News reported that four people, including two teenage girls, were arrested after a stolen vehicle rammed police vehicles in an attempt to flee. The report stated the incident occurred around 5 a.m. Thursday when Quesnel RCMP located a white Ford F-350 stolen hours earlier in Hixon. It noted officers approached the suspect vehicle in the Quesnel Arts and Recreation Centre parking lot, but the driver rammed police vehicles and tried to flee. CTV News also mentioned that no injuries were reported but three police vehicles and the stolen truck were damaged. Ckpg Today's digest stated four people were arrested after a stolen vehicle reportedly rammed police cars in Quesnel. Castanet's digest reported four people were arrested after a stolen truck rammed multiple police vehicles during an early morning incident in Quesnel, and that Quesnel RCMP located a white Ford F-350, reported stolen earlier Thursday from Hixon, in the parking lot of the Quesnel Recreation Centre at about 5 a.m.

Right

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Four arrested after stolen truck rams police cars in Quesnel?
Of the 16 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 81% are rated left, 19% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 17. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Four arrested after stolen truck rams police cars in Quesnel left or right?
The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 81% of the 16 rated outlets on it are rated left — so far this is a story carried mostly by the left. Coverage is still arriving and that can change, which is why the figure is dated rather than fixed.
Is the coverage of Four arrested after stolen truck rams police cars in Quesnel biased?
Four arrested after stolen truck rams police cars in Quesnel is one event reported by 17 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which outlets covered Four arrested after stolen truck rams police cars in Quesnel?
17 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What happened in Quesnel on September 10?
Around 5 a.m. on September 10, Quesnel RCMP located a stolen white Ford F-350. When police attempted to apprehend the occupants, the driver rammed police vehicles and tried to flee. Four people were arrested, and three police cars and the truck were damaged.
Were there any injuries in the Quesnel incident?
No injuries were reported in the incident involving the stolen vehicle ramming police cars in Quesnel. Three police vehicles and the stolen truck sustained damage.
Who was arrested in connection with the Quesnel incident?
Four people were arrested: a 31-year-old man who was driving, a 29-year-old woman, and two 15-year-old girls. The driver was held in custody, while the three female passengers were released pending further investigation.

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17 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

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Right

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

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