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Wounded Mountie in critical condition; suspect arrested – UPDATED
Kamloops RCMP have arrested a suspect after an officer was shot during a traffic stop early Wednesday morning. Supt. Brad Mueller said the 36-year-old man has not yet been charged and therefore police...
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Vancouver PD adds insult to impounding
The Lamborghini Huracán can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 3.2 seconds. That was about the same speed a Vancouver driver went from feeling on top of the world driving the hottest sports car...
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Original Canuck Tallon remembers Howe’s Vancouver visit with Red Wings
While friends and family were saying goodbye to one hockey legend in Vancouver, another was dying in Montreal. Dale Tallon, an original Canuck and current general manager of the Florida Panthers, was...
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Kenny Knutson charged in Kamloops Mountie shooting
A 36-year old convicted killer has been charged with the attempted murder of Kamloops Mountie Cpl. Jean Rene Michaud during a traffic stop Wednesday. Kenneth Michael Knutson, who’s well-known to police...
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VSB gets two-month reprieve in superintendent search
The Vancouver school board’s search to replace outgoing superintendent Steve Cardwell got a two-month reprieve this week because Cardwell has agreed to stay on a bit longer, VSB chairwoman Patti...
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Who is the new VSB chairperson?
Newly elected NPA trustee Christopher Richardson has been voted chairman of the Vancouver school board. Richardson is a chartered accountant who has served three times as a Vancouver Park Board...
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Why did Green trustee back NPA for VSB chair?
First-time Green party trustee Janet Fraser holds the deciding vote with the split on the Vancouver school board. Last night, she backed the NPA’s Christopher Richardson for chairperson, which removed...
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Storm watch: High tide passes with no major breaches in Metro Vancouver
Metro Vancouver has yet to be hit by the 90 km/h gusts that Environment Canada called for in a wind warning issued this morning. Vancouver Sun reporter Jeff Lee, who is at Locarno Beach along English...
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IHIT now investigating after body found in south Surrey car
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been called in after a body was found inside a vehicle in Surrey Wednesday. Surrey RCMP attended the 13900-block of 35A Avenue about 12:15 p.m. after a...
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Video: Stormy weather has Shannon Falls raging in Squamish
Ihor Zalubniak has seen Shannon Falls roar before but the long-time Squamish resident says the sheer volume of water that is currently pouring down the 335 metre drop is awe-inspiring. “I remember a...
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Supreme Court of Canada says police can search cell phones
In a split ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that police will be allowed to search a suspect’s cell phone after an arrest, but only for limited purposes. Canada’s highest court was split...
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Notorious Mexican cartels have set up shop in Vancouver
Infamous Mexican cartels like Sinaloa and La Familia have sent representatives to the Lower Mainland to broker drug deals with local gangs, The Vancouver Sun has learned. A Sun investigation has...
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No apologies or remorse from Surrey Six killers as they’re sentenced to life
The gangland murder conspiracy that led to the Surrey Six slaughter was “so dangerous, so callous and so fraught with risk that it in fact resulted in six deaths rather than one,” a B.C. Supreme Court...
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Meet Vancouver’s electronic web radio station: Radio Toxic (with video)
A few weeks ago, I received my first “nerdy tip” via email from Ace Le, the program director of electronic web radio station Radio Toxic Vancouver. The tone of the well written email included a brief...
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To earn scholarships, it pays to start young, expert says
Metro Vancouver entrepreneur Doug Beech says he paid for his university education with $30,000 he won in scholarships. And he was not an elite athlete or a straight-A student. In fact, while growing up...
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Cartel Connection part 2: Dirty money and a successful sting
Ariel Julian Savein would drive to classes at Vancouver’s Point Grey secondary a decade ago in his father’s green BMW. In his 2003 graduation yearbook, Savein thanked his parents and teachers for...
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Siavash Askari turns himself in on outstanding warrant
Gangster Siavash Askari turned himself in at the Vancouver Provincial Court house last week. He was wanted for allegedly violating a court-ordered condition not to travel to B.C. after arriving in the...
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Mounties still looking for suspects in stabbing of HA associates
Surrey RCMP is hoping someone will recognize three “persons of interest” in the stabbing of two Hells Angels associates inside a nightclub earlier this month. Police released video of the suspect trio...
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Green trustee voted vice-chair of VSB
Janet Fraser, the lone Green party school trustee on the Vancouver school board, was elected as the new vice-chair of the board on Monday night. The school board is now split with four NPA trustees,...
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La Familia gang members arrested in Edmonton – UPDATED
Just two days after The Vancouver Sun finished a two-part series on Mexican cartels setting up shop in Vancouver and other parts of Canada, police in Alberta have announced the arrest of members of La...
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