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Ian Mulgrew: Feds rub salt in wound of wrongfully convicted man
A man thrown out of Canada after a wrongful sexual assault conviction must pay $1,500 for his improper deportation and fight for the right to return so he can seek redress. “It is obscene,” Vancouver...
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Suicide Squad memes featuring Amanda Todd 'another form of victimization,'...
Not much surprises Carol Todd these days. So when a concerned friend sent her an Internet meme referencing the new Suicide Squad movie that included a photo of her daughter Amanda alongside several...
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German researcher investigates violence in Downtown Eastside drug-dealing
Dr. Anke Stallwitz, a professor of social and community psychology from the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Freiburg in Germany, came to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in March to conduct a...
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Young immigrants to Canada passionate about spirituality
Boh-Ryung Kim and her parents rarely attended religious events in their native South Korea. But, since Kim arrived in Canada in 2000, Roman Catholicism has become a big part of her inner and outer...
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Climber with broken leg rescued from Chilliwack mountain
A Fraser Valley mountain climber is lucky to be alive after free-falling 20 metres onto a narrow ledge that stopped him from tumbling to his death in the valley below. Chilliwack search-and-rescue...
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Child critical after falling off cliff at Lighthouse Park
A seven-year-old child is in critical condition after falling off a cliff in Lighthouse Park. The child was hiking in the popular West Vancouver park when he fell about 15 metres down a rocky...
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Police investigate stabbing death in Port Coquitlam
One man is dead after a brawl outside a Port Coquitlam pub. Mounties were called to the 2000-block Lougheed Highway just after 3:15 p.m. on Sunday after reports of an altercation outside a pub....
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Profile: Justice Catherine Bruce oversaw Canada Day terror trial
When Justice Catherine Bruce ruled last month that Mounties had entrapped two marginalized people in a homegrown terrorism sting, it felt like Canada’s men and women in red were being put on notice....
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REAL SCOOP: Arrests and charges in Surrey gang conflict
Several young men have been arrested and charged in connection with the on-going violence in Surrey. As I said, I am out of town on vacation, but thought I would at least post the news release for you...
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Police seek suspects in Kelowna machete assault
Kelowna RCMP are searching for two suspects following a serious assault early Monday involving machetes. Police said that at 12:11 a.m. officers responded to a report of an assault in Ben Lee Park in...
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Point Grey cube house 'will be stunning' when finished, realtor promises
When you go into a restaurant, there’s chicken, there’s beef, there’s fish. “It’s a good thing we don’t all like the same thing.” That’s the take of Loren Dunsworth, the Los Angeles-based realtor...
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Police identify victim of fatal stabbing outside Port Coquitlam pub
Metro Vancouver — Police have identified the man who was fatally stabbed outside a pub in Port Coquitlam over the weekend. He was Robert Vidovich, a 55-year-old resident of Coquitlam. The Integrated...
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Surrey RCMP arrest six males allegedly linked to gun violence
Metro Vancouver — It was with “a joyful heart” that Surrey’s mayor joined the officer in charge of the Surrey RCMP on Monday to announce that police had made more headway in the fight against...
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'Grim' Fraser River salmon runs even worse than forecast
This year’s Fraser River sockeye return, already forecast to be below average, has turned out to be even worse. One First Nation leader described the return as going from poor to grim. The forecast run...
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Metro Vancouver realtor pair criticized for mixing business with condolences
A 73-year-old man who lost his wife less than three weeks earlier was crushed to get a pitch for his business attached to a sympathy card from two Metro Vancouver real estate agents, his outraged...
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Anonymous donor posts 25K reward for info on Abbotsford cold case
The mother of a missing Abbotsford teen hopes a $25,000 reward helps solve the 20-year-old cold case. Elzbieta Mikszan on Monday said an anonymous donor has come forward and offered $25,000 to anyone...
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Weekend in Winnipeg full of gems
It is 37 years since I lived and worked in Winnipeg but the city still occupies a special place in my heart. Loraine and I were just newlyweds when we started our life together in a little eighth-floor...
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Federal government acts on 2012 report examining decline of B.C. salmon returns
Federal Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc delivered Tuesday the first official progress report on the 2012 Cohen Commission recommendations for protecting salmon in B.C., an effort to paint a picture...
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Daphne Bramham: Winston Blackmore opposes polygamy's legalization, says it...
So, Canada’s most notorious and prolific polygamist doesn’t think polygamy should be legalized because the practise exploits women. Isn’t that rich? The next thing you know Winston Blackmore, who has...
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PM Trudeau's non-partisan Senate plan tested by B.C. applicant
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau chose a former top federal bureaucrat, a respected aboriginal judge and a Paralympian in his first round of Senate appointments earlier this year. Now, Trudeau’s...
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