RCMP drug-lab unit investigating Burnaby home after Friday night blaze
Police are investigating a suspected drug lab following a blaze Friday inside a Burnaby home. At 9 p.m., fire crews received calls from a resident of the upstairs level of a home at 5329 Manor St.,...
View ArticleBlanket champion Angel finally takes flight for dream Disneyland trip
Angel Magnussen is off to recruit a couple of Disney princesses to join Team Hugginz, after a local North Vancouver company stepped up to send Angel and her family to Disneyland. “We needed this so...
View Article'World is watching': Missing, murdered women inquiry setting up shop in...
OTTAWA — The chief commissioner for the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women knows the world is watching her team — and she wants to assure Canadians much is happening behind the...
View ArticleIsland driver who critically injured motorcyclist appeals conviction
VICTORIA — A driver who struck and critically injured a motorcyclist at Ogden Point three years ago is appealing his conviction for dangerous driving causing bodily harm. On April 14, after a 10-day...
View ArticleSurrey RCMP seek help locating missing female
A 54-year-old woman has been missing since early October and Surrey RCMP is requesting the public’s assistance in locating her. Kyonghee Kim was last contacted on October 4th at her home and her...
View Article'28-year rule' catches hundreds who had Canadian citizenship revoked
VANCOUVER — The Canadian government was aware and warned repeatedly years before an arcane law began stripping longtime Canadians of their citizenship, says a man who spent decades lobbying for change....
View ArticleWoman dead after scuba diving accident Sunday
A 43-year-old Surrey woman died while diving in West Vancouver Sunday. In a press release, West Vancouver Police said they are investigating the fatal accident along with the B.C. Coroners Service....
View ArticleSeveral businesses burned in Port Coquitlam fire
A strip mall in Port Coquitlam was badly damaged by fire early Monday morning. The fire broke out at about 4:20 a.m. at Martha’s Bakery & Cafe at Shaughnessy Street and McAlllister Avenue. It took...
View ArticleIHIT investigating discovery of body in Burnaby ravine
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is taking over an investigation into a body found in Burnaby. The body of 56-year-old Kevin William Knuff was found in a wooded ravine on the west side of...
View ArticleMan struck and killed by freight train in Chilliwack
Chilliwack RCMP have confirmed that a man was struck and killed by a freight train at 10:30 a.m. Sunday near Eagle Landing Parkway in Chilliwack. A spokesman said further details will be released...
View ArticleThe hungry and homeless offered Thanksgiving meal Monday
One year ago, Jenna Woytiuk was living in the bush outside of Squamish and consuming 40 ounces of vodka a day. Fast forward to this Thanksgiving weekend and Woytiuk, 30, is quick to point out life can...
View ArticleSemiahmoo must spend millions to connect with Surrey water system
The Semiahmoo First Nation will have to spend millions of dollars on infrastructure upgrades if it is to connect to the City of Surrey’s water system. The First Nation has appealed to Surrey for water,...
View Article43% of kindergarteners in West Vancouver's British Properties 'vulnerable':...
West Vancouver may be one of the most affluent communities in Canada but a recent report shows that are some “hidden” issues like poverty among single parent families and seniors and a high percentage...
View ArticleIsland patient falls ill after eating deadly Amanita mushroom
VICTORIA — Island Health is warning foragers to know their fungi, after someone was sent to hospital after eating what is believed to be one of the world’s deadliest mushrooms. The mushroom was...
View ArticleKiller's 'LMAO' texts shock friends, family of victim in B.C. courtroom
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Friends and family of a Lower Mainland man killed in downtown Kamloops more than five years ago after being caught in the crossfire of a violent gang war gasped in court on Tuesday...
View ArticleRichmond Mounties investigating alleged sex assault of young woman
Richmond Mounties are investigating the alleged sexual assault of a young woman. Mounties say the 18-year-old woman was walking northbound along Ash Street toward General Currie Road on the evening of...
View ArticleCoyotes disrupt takeoffs, landings at B.C. airports
If coyotes could fly, well, maybe they would pose fewer problems on the ground. Coyotes were involved in at least 28 aviation incidents at four airports around B.C. over the last 12 months, according...
View ArticleB.C. aims to improve addiction treatment
As fentanyl overdoses continue to dominate headlines, the head of a newly announced B.C. Centre on Substance Use says finding the best addiction treatment in B.C. is notoriously difficult because...
View ArticleOcean-based salmon farms targeted in B.C. MP's private member's bill
A B.C. MP’s private member’s bill would see this province’s ocean-based salmon farms move to land-based facilities within five years. “Since I’ve been an MP, we’ve had the second worst return of...
View ArticleFormer Mountie appeals his perjury conviction in Dziekanski case
Lawyers for a former RCMP officer found guilty of perjuring himself in connection with the Robert Dziekanski case were in court Tuesday seeking to overturn the conviction. Benjamin “Monty” Robinson was...
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