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B.C. doctor salaries: See how much your doctor gets from MSP
My colleague Pamela Fayerman has a story up on our website about how much B.C. doctors get paid from the B.C. government compared to their counterparts across the country. To accompany her story, I...
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Interactive B.C. map shows you where cars are stolen near you
We launched a major series on auto crime today and the heart of the project are two cool interactive maps that allow you to see precisely how bad auto crime is in your neighbourhood. The first map...
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Round up: School boards and CUPE’s contract
Now that CUPE reached a tentative agreement with the government for a 3.5-per-cent wage increase, boards of education across the province will need to figure out how to pay for it. CUPE members still...
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Surrey schools superintendent Mike McKay to retire
Surrey school district superintendent and CEO Mike McKay will retire Dec. 31, the Surrey school district said in a news release. Deputy superintendent Jordan Tinney will become the new superintendent...
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Judge puts ‘bastard’ son back in bitter mom’s will
When Dorothy “Dee” Drummond cut her son Bruce out of her will, she implied that he hadn’t been an attentive son. The Smithers woman signed everything over to her neighbours instead, saying that Casey...
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New student information software coming to B.C. schools
The B.C. Ministry of Education has finalized the contract for a new student information system for B.C. schools, called ConnectEdBC. Schools now use the British Columbia enterprise Student Information...
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Roueche applies for prisoner transfer to Canada
United Nations gang founder Clay Roueche has applied to serve the rest of his 30-year U.S. prison term for drug smuggling and money laundering in a Canadian jail, The Vancouver Sun has learned. Roueche...
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Surrey Six judge releases reasons rejecting Bacon’s ban application
A B.C. Supreme Court judge said she dismissed an application for a publication ban from accused killer Jamie Bacon because if imposed, it would have hampered the media’s ability to cover the Surrey Six...
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Police searched for burned evidence at King George property
The former girlfriend of accused Surrey Six killer Cody Haevischer told police about a property on King George Highway that she said was used to burn evidence after the Oct. 19, 2007 murders. Const....
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IIO investigating shooting by CFSEU officer in Surrey
The uniformed gang unit of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit was checking the occupants of a silver Toyota near 148th and 108th when an officer fired a shot. A male in the vehicle was struck...
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Surrey Six live tweets for Nov. 12, 2013
The Surrey Six trial is now in its seventh week and will not be sitting next week. I am live tweeting today and will keep you up to date throughout the week: Follow my live tweets today:Filed under:...
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VPD seizes 54 kilos of cocaine in Quebec Street condo
Vancouver Police arrested a man and seized 54 kilos of cocaine Saturday in an apartment in the 1100-block of Quebec Street across from Science World. The man, 40, was picked up Friday about 3:30 p.m....
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Police following Bacon in days before Surrey Six murder, trial hears
The Integrated Gang Task Force was following accused killer Jamie Bacon in the days before and after the Surrey Six murders on Oct. 19, 2007. Abbotsford Police Det. Corrie Haines, a member of the IGTF...
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Record Surrey murder rate linked to gangs, drug trade
Surrey’s record 2013 murder rate comes in part from gangsters and organized crime groups setting up shop in the booming city, RCMP Chief Supt. Bill Fordy said Wednesday. Fordy said the majority of the...
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Bacon was under police surveillance on day of Surrey Six murders
Nine officers from the Integrated Gang Task Force were following accused killer Jamie Bacon on the day of the Surrey Six murders “to gather intelligence” about the notorious gangster. The cops started...
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Surrey Six live tweets for Nov. 15, 2013
Here are my live tweets for the Surrey Six trial today – the last day of evidence before a week-long break:Filed under: The Real Scoop Tagged: Breaking News, Kim Bolan, Real Scoop, Surrey Six....
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Surveillance team lost Bacon hours before Surrey Six murders
Gang cops watching accused killer Jamie Bacon lost his vehicle just hours before the Surrey Six murders on Oct. 19, 2007. Two officers who were with the Integrated Gang Task Force at the time testified...
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Slain journalist Tara Hayer remembered Sunday
KIM BOLAN VANCOUVER SUN Assassinated journalist Tara Singh Hayer was remembered Sunday as a man who stood up to violent extremists and paid the ultimate price. Hundreds gathered at Surrey’s Brookside...
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IHIT on another possible murder scene in Surrey
Surrey may have just hit a record 22 murders for 2013. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team was called out to a residence in the 12000 block of 99 Avenue after a 911 call just after 8 a.m....
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Government presents closing argument in court
The government presented their closing argument in a long-running court battle with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation on Wednesday morning in B.C. Supreme Court. Government counsel Karen Horsman made the...
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