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Is B.C. brave enough to follow Quebec’s world religions curriculum?
When is ignorance bliss? For some it’s when the subject is religion. How many times have you heard someone remark, almost proudly, they know virtually nothing about religion? As if the deep convictions...
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Updates: Hells Angels gather in Langley, Appeal in Nanaimo biker case
I just got back into town and thought I would update you on a number of news stories from the past week. The Hells Angels are celebrating 30 years in the province this weekend with a gathering at the...
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Saskatoon biker injured after leaving anniversary party
A Saskatoon Hells Angel was in hospital with serious head injury Sunday after riding his motorcycle off the highway and into a rock wall near Hope Sunday while driving home from three chapters’ 30th...
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Vancouver police investigate suspicious death
Vancouver Police are investigating a suspicious death after a woman in her twenties fell from the 13th floor of an apartment building in the 1400 block of Howe Street. Sgt. Randy Fincham said in a news...
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Some jerk stole my bike and there’s nothing I can do about it
It was hard not to cry when I left work at the Sun late last night to discover my bike had vanished. I dumbly searched the area around the building, imagining that somehow I had gotten mixed up on my...
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Woman wins appeal of drug convictions after Charter violations
A Surrey woman has won an appeal of drug trafficking and production convictions almost five years after RCMP found 413 marijuana plants inside her home. Francoise Yvonne Jones called 911 on Aug. 1,...
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HA ruling details intimidation tactics of Kelowna full-patch
A B.C. Supreme Court ruling released this week demonstrates the viciousness with which some Hells Angels attempt to intimidate members of the community. We learned last month that Kelowna full-patch...
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B.C. man who tried to nurse emaciated horse back to health acquitted of...
The thin, underfed horse named Jake came to 75-year-old Jim Fountain as a rescue animal. Jake had been living with neglectful owners, and Fountain had asked his son to find him a horse that he could...
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Special Prosecutor appointed in the case of home invasion targeting MLA’s son
The B.C. justice ministry has appointed a special prosecutor to oversee the case of four people charged after a home invasion last Saturday at the Abbotsford apartment of an MLA’s son. Crown spokesman...
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Top Canadian spy agency aiming to double aboriginal recruits
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) is trying to increase its number of aboriginal staff members by attending cultural events, and allegedly spying on First Nations in order to “collect...
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See how crime has changed in your city over the past decade
Had a story in today’s paper about how Kelowna has the highest crime rate in Canada among major cities. The story ran online with four interactive graphics that let you dig into Statistics Canada’s...
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New software for schools chosen by education ministry
The B.C. Ministry of Education has chosen the Aspen student information system as the new software for B.C. schools, but the Vancouver School Board chair is concerned the government might not pay for...
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How academics can use Freedom of Information requests
There’s an interesting new book out by Kwantlen criminology instructor Mike Larsen on how academics can use Freedom of Information and Access to Information requests in their academic research. The...
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Hyper-vigilance about abuse can hurt children – and everyone
I recently walked by a red-brick Vancouver elementary school at recess time. About 20 young children were meandering around the playground. The youngsters were being supervised by seven adults. They...
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Drive-by shooting targeted passengers in Surrey taxi
A Surrey taxi driver was lucky to escape injury after a drive by shooting targeted four passengers in his cab Saturday night. Surrey RCMP said the incident happened about 10:50 pm on 102 A Avenue near...
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Hells Angel associate denied bail in cocaine conspiracy case
A Hells Angels associate charged in a massive cocaine smuggling case has been denied bail in B.C. Supreme Court. Justice Gregory Bowden read his decision Monday morning, denying Kevin Van Kalkeren his...
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B.C. man charged in U.S. with gun smuggling
A Metro Vancouver man is facing gun smuggling charges in Washington state after being arrested last week with four firearms hidden in his vehicle as he tried to re-enter Canada. U.S. agents were...
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Surrey bookkeeper bilked $2.9 million from bosses, spent it on clothes and...
Most bookkeepers can’t afford to spend more than $12,000 on clothing in a single week, but Ellen Norris managed it in October of 2001 on a shopping spree in Toronto. Of course, most bookkeepers aren’t...
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Young woman shot in south Vancouver Tuesday evening
A young woman escaped serious injury when she was shot in a targeted attack near 52nd Avenue and St. George in south Vancouver Tuesday. Vancouver Police Const. Brian Montague said a 911 call came in...
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Burnaby man wanted for money laundering for cross-border drug gang
A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a Burnaby man facing money laundering charges after a cross-border investigation into a Vietnamese organized crime group trafficking cocaine and ecstasy across...
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