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VPD arrests members of violent drug gang
The leader of a violent drug gang that preyed on vulnerable addicts in the downtown eastside is facing firearms and trafficking charges after a lengthy Vancouver Police investigation dubbed Project...
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Surrey Six defence suggest KM made police her new “gang”
A defence lawyer at the Surrey Six trial suggested Thursday that a key Crown witness dubbed KM “partied with the police” and used her handlers as a substitute for her former gang-mates. Mike Tammem,...
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Man found murdered in south Vancouver Thursday
Vancouver police homicide investigators are probing the fatal targeted shooting of a man, who was found in the 2400-block of Ancaster Crescent on the city’s south slope. Const. Brian Montague said the...
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Person X banned as witness after secret hearing last summer
An admitted killer who was to be a key Crown witness at the Surrey Six murder trial has been banned from testifying by the judge in the case. The man, who can only be identified as Person X due to a...
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KM testifies that murder of innocents raised the profile of Surrey Six
The former girlfriend of accused Surrey Six killer Cody Haevischer testified Friday that if bystanders weren’t caught in the 2007 slaughter, there wouldn’t have been so much public outrage. The woman,...
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Michael Le to be sentenced this morning, Live Tweets
Surrey Six accused Michael Le will be sentenced this morning in B.C. Supreme Court by Associate Chief Justice Austin Cullen for his role in the Surrey Six slaughter. Le pleaded guilty on Nov. 27 to one...
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Judge sentences Red Scorpion founder to 12 years for Surrey Six conspiracy
A B.C. Supreme Court judge heard heartbreaking statements read by relatives of two Surrey Six victims Tuesday before sentencing Michael Le, the founder of the violent Red Scorpion gang, to 12 years in...
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These 47 B.C. agencies deserve kudos for speed and transparency
Every year around this time, I get to work updating The Vancouver Sun’s popular public-sector salary database – a time-consuming process that involves requesting salary data in spreadsheet format from...
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School enrolment drops in Vancouver, Richmond
The number of students in Vancouver public schools continues to drop as the number of kids in Surrey public schools rises. B.C. Ministry of Education enrolment numbers for this school year show that...
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Former stripper gets conditional sentence for tipping UN boyfriend before...
A former Surrey stripper pleaded guilty to assault Wednesday for tipping her United Nations boyfriend as to the whereabouts of an enemy during a deadly 2009 gang war. Nicola Cottrell texted and called...
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Steve Dotto to speak at Learning and the Brain
Technology show host Steve Dotto is the keynote speaker at this year’s Learning and the Brain conference in Richmond. Dotto will delve into technology and social media, discussing how they affect us...
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See 700+ Christmas Instagram photos on our interactive Vancouver map
Last year around this time, I made an interactive map, based on data from Flickr, showing where people in Vancouver take the most Christmas photos. I thought it would be fun to do something similar...
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Merry Christmas to Real Scoop readers
As is now a holiday tradition, The Real Scoop comments section is closing until after Christmas so that both you and I can have a break and enjoy the holiday season. I am working on a project for a...
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Burnaby MLA will oversee establishment of new Chinese medicine school
Burnaby North MLA Richard T. Lee was appointed parliamentary secretary for traditional Chinese medicine on Friday. Lee will be involved in preparation for the new public school of traditional Chinese...
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Report road conditions in your area on our interactive map
With snow falling across Metro Vancouver, The Vancouver Sun has launched an interactive map that shows you road conditions across the region — and lets you report how the roads are in your area. The...
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400+ Vancouver snow photos on one interactive map
After using ScraperWiki.com earlier this week to make a map of all the Christmas photos Vancouverites have uploaded to Instagram this year, I thought it might be fun to see how many snow photos local...
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Get the raw data for our bike theft and auto crime series right here
Over the past few months, The Sun has published a couple of related data journalism projects on auto crime and bike theft. As the two series explained, one (auto theft) is become a lot less frequent in...
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Parents want more information about alternative programs
I’ve had quite a few emails today about my story today about Thea Luchak, a young girl who was struggling with anxiety but who went on to achieve great success at school when she entered an alternative...
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See how property values are changing in your city on this chart
My colleague Derrick Penner has a story on our website about this year’s property assessments from BC Assessment. To help readers explore the data, I made this interactive chart which lets you see how...
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Red Scorpion Matt Campbell slain in Abbotsford Thursday
A man fatally attacked near the Abbotsford Auto Mall Thursday was Red Scorpion gang leader Matt Campbell, The Vancouver Sun has learned. Sources confirmed that Campbell was the victim of the attack...
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