Canadian border guard shot at US border

A female Canadian border guard was in serious condition Wednesday, a day after being shot by a man at the British Columbia-Washington state border. Lori Bowcock was hit in the neck by the same bullet the man used to fatally shoot himself in the head, border patrol sources told CTV News. The man was trying to enter Canada in a white van with Washington license plates, the QMI Agency reported. Bowcock was airlifted to a hospital in Vancouver, 30 miles to the north, reports said. The incident happened around 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Douglas crossing between Surrey, British Columbia, and Blaine, Washington. The border was still closed Wednesday morning, but was expected to reopen later in the day. B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire spoke on the telephone after the shooting and agreed police on both sides of the border will collaborate, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. said. On an average day, some 3,500 vehicles traverse the border at the Douglas crossing, the CBC said.