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Glenn Sheck indicted in Washington state on money laundering charges
A Surrey man awaiting sentencing for a firearms conviction has been indicted in Washington state on charges of laundering more than $5 million in drug profits. U.S. court documents allege Glenn Harley...
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UN gangsters plead guilty to Bacon murder plot
Five men linked to the United Nations gang pleaded guilty Monday in B.C. Supreme Court to their role in a 14-month hunt to kill the notorious Bacon brothers. Yong Sung John Lee, Dilun Heng, Barzan...
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“Agreed” facts lay out murderous conspiracy by UN Gang
United Nations gang leader Clay Roueche was so obsessed with wiping out the competition in the Lower Mainland drug trade that he offered up to $300,000 to have rival Jamie Bacon executed. Roueche...
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School district expenses: Comox Valley
In B.C., school districts are required to report total expenses for employees in their annual statement of financial information (SOFI) but there are no details. Former Vancouver Sun education reporter...
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Crown calls for sentences of 11-14 years in UN conspiracy case
Five men linked to the United Nations terrorized Metro Vancouver residents by “participating in human safaris” as they hunted the Bacon brothers on city streets, Crown Ralph Keefer told B.C. Supreme...
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Kamloops parents say no to year-round schooling
Parents in Kamloops-North Thompson have rejected the idea of year-round schooling, but like the idea of a two-week spring break, Kamloops Daily News reporter Mike Youds reported today. Last year, the...
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Evergreen Line means faster Internet for Port Moody schools, businesses
Port Moody schools will get access to faster Internet, thanks to the Evergreen Line, the Tri-City News reported today. New infrastructure, including a 25 kV power line and fibre optic for high-speed...
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Interactive map shows where different occupations live in Metro Vancouver
UPDATE: I’ve now added links to the raw data that powered this map and story. See the end of this post for details. In case you missed it, I had a story earlier this week looking at where people of...
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Judge accepts sentence recommendation for Bacon murder conspirators
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has accepted a joint Crown-defence agreement in the high-profile Bacon murder conspiracy that will see five men linked to the United Nations gang sentenced to between 11 and...
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School districts resistant to international student changes: report
The provincial government aims to increase the number of foreign students studying in B.C. by half in the next few years, but there is resistance from school districts over standardizing tuition fees,...
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Ruling upheld against City of Vancouver for diesel soot that coated woman’s home
The soot was so pervasive in Alison Fraser Robinson’s condo near Granville Island that she found it inside her fridge. It was all over her walls, ceiling, furniture, electrical plugs, thermostat and...
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Hells Angel John Punko released from prison
The last East End Hells Angel serving time for convictions stemming from the massive E-Pandora investigation has been paroled. John Virgil Punko, 47, was let out on statutory release last month,...
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UN Gang had close links to Calgary’s Fresh Off the Boat Killers: Police
After Jonathan Barber was shot to death in May 2008, alleged killer Troy Tran admitted to an associate that he mistakenly believed he hit Jamie Bacon because all “white guys” look the same. Tran, a...
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Another man pleads guilty in Dudley-McKay murder
Accused killer Bruce Ian Main pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter Friday in New Westminster Supreme Court and was sentenced to eight years. Main had been charged with two counts of first...
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Unrepentant pedophile gets 12 years for repeated rape of two-year-old,...
A man who maintains that there’s nothing harmful about having sex with small children has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for raping his live-in girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter every night for...
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RCMP search for suspects who shot at cop in Maple Ridge
Ridge Meadows RCMP officers are searching for two men involved in shooting at another cop about 3:30 am Saturday morning. The Mountie was in the area of the 25800 block of Spilsbury Road when he saw...
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The Real Scoop is on vacation until July 20th
I am heading out of town for a few days and will not have internet access so can’t keep the blog operating. Sorry about that. That means I am shutting off comments as of right now, so your comments...
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Driver who struck 10-year-old girl tries to lay blame on victim’s mother
It’s a pretty common complaint among those bemoaning the loss of freedom for children in the age of helicopter parenting: Things have gotten so bad that kids aren’t even allowed to walk home from...
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Five school projects in Surrey total $59 million, government says
Most school districts in the Lower Mainland are seeing enrolment drop, but Surrey schools are booming. The fast-growing city south of Vancouver is anticipating growth of 600 students in 2014-15, with...
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Nanaimo residents unhappy with proposed school closure
Nanaimo-North Cowichan MLA Doug Routley will take a petition from residents opposed to a school closure in Nanaimo to the provincial legislature Thursday, Spencer Anderson from the Nanaimo Daily News...
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