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Teen charged with attempted murder in Tuesday night shooting
An 18 year old Vancouver man has been charged with attempted murder using a firearm after a shooting that left a young woman injured Tuesday night. Hartej Singh Kang was arrested by Vancouver Police...
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Children today are over-protected – Letters
Here are four revealing and helpful letters I received in response to the Saturday column, Hyper-vigilance about abuse can hurt children – and everyone. Among other things, the column looked at the...
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Margison still unfit to stand trial, B.C. Review Board says
A long-time gangster severely brain-damaged during an attack at North Fraser pre-trial jail last year remains unfit to stand trial in a kidnapping case, the B.C. Review Board has ruled. Jesse John...
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Double shooting in Surrey Friday afternoon
Surrey RCMP is investigating a brazen shooting in a residential neighbourhood that left two young men wounded Friday afternoon. Sgt. Drew Grainger said witnesses reported a shoot-out between two...
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Shooting victim linked to slain gangster Sandip Duhre
A young man critically wounded in Surrey shooting Friday afternoon is the step-son of murdered gangster Sandip Duhre, The Vancouver Sun has learned. The 21-year-old and his 19-year-old friend were...
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Happy B.C. Day Real Scoop Readers
Now that we have our summer weather back, I am heading out of town for a couple of days and closing comments while I am away, as I won’t have internet access to moderate them. So enjoy the sun and The...
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Ex-GTS member gets three year sentence for loaded guns
Three years ago, Jacobi Farrell was bragging to the Gang Task Force about being a gangster in Prince George and warning cops to steer clear of him On Tuesday, the former member of the Game Tight...
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Gangster Donnie Lyons has parole revoked after new charges
A high-ranking member of the Independent Soldiers gang recently had his parole revoked after he allegedly assaulted and threatened his common-law spouse. Donald Bryce Lyons, now 40, is due to appear in...
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B.C. Chiefs to stand against New Prosperity Mine
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs will take a stand against Taseko’s New Prosperity Mine at a federal review panel site visit in Teztan Biny (a.k.a Fish Lake) tomorrow, warning that “First Nations are...
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‘Freeloading’, tax-dodging accountant denied second discharge from bankruptcy
If you’re looking for a capable, law-abiding accountant, you might want to avoid Kazimierz Czeslaw Crischuk. Not only has Crischuk spent time in jail on tax-related convictions for making false...
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Where in B.C. is smart-meter opposition the highest?
I’ve got a story about how BC Hydro customers on the Gulf Islands are 15 times more likely to refuse a smart meter than those in Vancouver. Accompanying the story was an interactive map and interactive...
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Judge overturns racial discrimination decision over alleged victim’s...
When the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal heard Austin Francis’s complaint that he had been discriminated against by his fellow workers at Victoria Shipyards, tribunal member Marlene Tyshynski admitted that...
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Teacher suspended for labour dispute letters
Victoria elementary school teacher Andrea Joan Skinner was suspended for five days after encouraging her Grade 1 students to write letters in 2012 to the government during class time about overcrowding...
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Nanaimo man convicted on gun charge after deadly shooting
A Nanaimo man originally charged with murder in a deadly 2010 shooting has been convicted of possessing a restricted firearm instead. Simon Philip Dockerill, 34, claimed he was only defending himself...
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Vancouver Island University waives tuition for kids in care
Kids who have grown up in government care will be able to attend Vancouver Island University without paying tuition, the university announced Thursday. “VIU is proud to be the first university in B.C....
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Some gang-linked inmates can’t get into halfway house
Some gang-linked inmates in B.C. prisons have been unable to find placements at halfway houses — even when granted day parole, The Vancouver Sun has learned. On Thursday, the Parole Board of Canada...
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Deadly stabbings in Vancouver and Surrey
Young men are dead in both Surrey and Vancouver after deadly stabbings overnight. Both of the incidents occurred about 1 a.m. In Vancouver, a 17-year-old was critically wounded at the Japan House...
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Woman paralyzed in Kelowna shooting sues gangster trio
A young woman paralyzed in a Kelowna shooting two years ago is suing three gangsters charged in the case. Leah Hadden-Watts filed the suit against Jujhar Singh Khun-Khun, Michael Kerry Jones and Jason...
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Cranbrook murder conspirators sentenced in Kamloops
Three Cranbrook men convicted in a complex murder plot were sentenced in Kamloops Friday to terms ranging from five and a half to 12 years. Lonnie Adams, Colin Correia, and Lorne Carry were all...
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It’s that time of year again….
I make my annual summer pilgrimage with family to beautiful Hornby Island. So the blog is now closed to comments for two weeks as there is no one to review them. If you do post something, it will be...
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