May 30th, 2008 by R.J.

SHIPPAGAN, NEW BRUNSWICK - Luc Bourdon, a rookie defenseman with the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, was killed yesterday when his motorcycle struck a tractor-trailer in a crash near Shippagan, New Brunswick. He was 21.

Bourdon was the Canucks’ first-round draft pick and 10th overall in 2005.

May 28th, 2008 by R.J.

CONNORS SUMMIT, NV - A encounter with an elk proved fatal for a motorcycle rider on U.S. Highway 6 Friday. Gregory Evan Pinchon, 55, of Carson City, was traveling eastbound on Connors Summit at approixmately 8:15 p.m. when he crashed his motorcycle into a cow elk that had wandered into the road.

Pinchon was ejected from his 2003 Ducati sportbike and killed. The elk was also killed.