Gangster death investigated by coroner
The B.C. Coroners Service is investigating the death of a longtime Lower Mainland gangster who was found unresponsive in a Pitt Meadows house early Friday morning. Just over a year ago, Jeffrey Chang...
View ArticleAbbotsford Police using humour memes in safe driving campaign
The Abbotsford PD is calling it Driving Excuses Week. You can call it ‘Sh*t Drivers Say.’ Humour memes are being used by the Abbotsford Police Department as part of a social media campaign to raise...
View ArticleWhistler remains identified as missing Australian teen
Human remains discovered last month in Whistler have been identified as belonging to a missing Australian teen. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the death of 19-year-old Jake Brian...
View ArticleVancouver Island conservation officer suspended for refusing to kill bear cubs
A Vancouver Island conservation officer has been suspended for refusing to put down a pair of bear cubs near Port Hardy last weekend. The Campbell River Mirror reported Tuesday that Bryce Casavant has...
View ArticleMurder charge laid in death of Vancouver woman
A Vancouver man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend earlier this year. Vancouver Police announced the murder charge against Daniel Alphonse Paul, who fled an East...
View ArticleIIO investigating fatal police shooting in Port Hardy
The Independent Investigations Office is headed to the scene of a fatal police shooting on Vancouver Island. Port Hardy RCMP said officers were called out to a report of a man making threats towards...
View ArticleGangster loses appeal of firearms convictions
A south Vancouver gangster has lost his bid to have several firearms convictions against him thrown out. Boby Sanghera, 37, had argued to the B.C. Court of Appeal that the evidence used against him at...
View ArticleB.C. man arrested on terrorism charges
A Fort St. John man has been arrested on terrorism charges after allegedly posting pro-Islamic State (ISIS) propaganda advocating murder online. Othman Ayed Hamdan, 33, was arrested Friday by the...
View ArticleTerror suspect a mystery to people in Fort St. John
FORT ST. JOHN – When terror suspect Othman Hamdan moved in next door to Owen Higdon three years ago, he asked if he could pay his neighbor $20 a month to use his wireless connection. “I’m glad I didn’t...
View ArticleSurrey man killed trying to stop an intruder
A 42-year old Surrey man was shot to death late Sunday as he tried to prevent an intruder from robbing his house. The random attack in the 16500-block of 64th Avenue that left Colin Hill dead has...
View ArticleHarper Lee novel creates big buzz at Vancouver bookstores
Go Set A Watchman, author Harper Lee’s first novel in 55 years and a sequel of sorts to the classic To Kill A Mockingbird, is being greeted with equal parts excitement, skepticism and curiosity by...
View ArticleAerosmith’s Steven Tyler plays public piano in Kelowna
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler gave a free, albeit very brief, public concert in a Kelowna park on Monday. The 67-year-old rocker, who was in town for a concert at Kelowna’s Prospera Place last night,...
View ArticleVancouver MP compares federal Conservatives to Jesus; Twitter hilarity ensues
What would Jesus do? According to Vancouver South MP Wai Young, he would probably be tough on crime and support Bill C-51, the federal Conservatives’ controversial anti-terrorism act. Wai Young As...
View ArticleVideo: One day of transit activity in Metro Vancouver
STL Transit is a YouTube channel that provides data visualizations of transit systems around the world. For this Metro Vancouver video, STL Transit used data provided by TransLink to show every vehicle...
View ArticleTerror suspect to appear for bail hearing this afternoon
FORT ST. JOHN – Terror suspect Othman Hamdan stood inside an RCMP jail cell here as he addressed a B.C. Provincial Court judge via video-link for the first time Monday. Hamdan, who is facing six...
View ArticlePolice making progress against Surrey gun violence: Mayor
Gangsters with guns, a window shot out at a bakery, now a home invader prepared to shoot to kill. Surrey residents are on edge with reports of frequent public gunplay. The shocking murder of realtor...
View ArticleBurnaby man dies after targeted shooting; maybe related to City of Vancouver...
A Burnaby man is dead after a fatal shooting in the 7900-block of Wickham Place Wednesday afternoon. Burnaby RCMP confirmed they were called to a report of shots fired just after 12 noon. “When members...
View ArticleHow safe is your child’s daycare? Search our database to see
The Vancouver Sun has just updated its searchable online database of “risk ratings” for more than 3,000 Lower Mainland daycares. Just type in the name of your child’s daycare and you can quickly see if...
View ArticleConfusion over threats that led to Vancouver Police security after murder
There were more questions than answers by police Thursday after the fatal shooting of a City of Vancouver outside his Burnaby home a day earlier. Vancouver Police said they had taken extraordinary...
View ArticleAerosmith’s Steven Tyler turns tourist on tour through B.C.
Steven Tyler soaked up Supernatural British Columbia™ between tour stops on Aerosmith’s Blue Army Tour. Between Monday’s gig in Kelowna and Thursday’s show in Victoria, the veteran rocker posed with...
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