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Fraser Valley gangster charged after CFSEU investigation
A well-known Fraser Valley gangster and two associates are facing drug trafficking charges after an investigation that spanned months by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit. Chilliwack...
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Port Metro Vancouver cuts funding to integrated policing unit
A specialized police unit that investigates crime on the waterfront will be cut by almost a third after Port Metro Vancouver axed $400,000 a year of its funding. The cut takes effect Jan. 1, meaning...
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Longshore worker fights to get security clearance back
A Metro Vancouver longshoreman says the federal Transport Minister unfairly revoked his security clearance over unsubstantiated allegations of criminal associations including a handshake with a Hells...
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Lessons in education, from overseas
In Finland, nearly every family puts their child in the neighbourhood school and the government doesn’t like it when schools are compared, a Finnish journalist says. “We’re dead set against comparing...
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What’s the PISA test like?
I got to try out the PISA test at the Education Writers Association event about reporting on education in a global context Friday in Washington, D.C. The test is given to 15-year-olds around the world...
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Sean Doak pleads guilty in Seattle
A B.C. man who fought his extradition to the U.S. for years has pleaded guilty to having a leadership role in a massive helicopter drug smuggling operation. Sean William Doak, 41, appeared in a Seattle...
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Greek gang killers lose round in B.C. appeal court
Three members of the Greeks gangs trying to overturn their 2012 murder convictions have lost a round in the B.C. Court of Appeal. The trio of Peter Manolakos, Leslie Podolski and Sheldon O’Donnell had...
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More arrests in Surrey gang conflict
Six more men believed to be involved in the Surrey gang conflict are facing charges after a violent attack earlier this month. Surrey RCMP said they were notified Dec. 5 that a man was being assaulted,...
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School closures battle heats up
The battle over the future of Vancouver’s schools is heating up, just as students and teachers are set to start their winter break. Trustees in Vancouver are faced with tough decisions after a...
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New university appoints chancellor
Pacific Coast University installed its first chancellor, Wayne G. Wouters, a now-retired former clerk of the privy council of Canada, on Thursday in Vancouver. Pacific Coast University for Workplace...
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Shakiel Basra arrested after 3 months on the run
Since September, Delta resident Shakiel Basra has been one of Metro Vancouver’s most wanted men, facing a series of charges for two violent attacks. And he’s alleged to have a role in the raging gang...
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UN gang associate sentenced to 8.5 years for T-Barz shooting
United Nations gang associate Aram Ali was like a mercenary for hire when shot up a rival’s vehicle outside a crowded strip club almost seven years ago, a B.C. Supreme Court judge said Friday. Justice...
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Sophon Sek gets less than a year for Surrey Six role
A drug trafficker who helped the Surrey Six killers access the apartment where the slaughter took place was handed less than a year in jail Friday. Sophon Sek was originally facing a manslaughter...
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Surrey suspect Karanjit Randhawa arrested Friday
Surrey RCMP Cpl. Scotty Schumann says a man wanted in connection with a violent incident Dec. 5 has now been arrested. Karanjit Randhawa, 27, who is facing a series of charges with several other men,...
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High school graduation still elusive for foster children: report
Children in Care are still not graduating from high school at anywhere near the rate of kids who are not in care, government statistics show. Just 27 per cent of children in care turned 19 with a...
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Groups ask for education funding
Five major B.C. education organizations have joined together to ask the government to provide adequate and stable funding to school districts, as the government’s own budget committee has recommended....
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VSB asks minister to rethink funding snub
After being shut out of a $35-million funding stream to upgrade schools, the Vancouver School Board is now asking the Minister of Education to reconsider his decision. “It is our understanding that of...
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Homicide investigators busy in 2015
From a gangland execution in North Delta Jan. 2 to the slaying of a man in Maple Ridge on Dec. 19, the year has been a busy one for Lower Mainland homicide investigators. Sixty people were murdered or...
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Gang suspects charged in Pouyan shooting: UPDATE JAN. 5th
UPDATE Jan. 5th: A Canada-wide warrant has now been issued for Sahand Askari on charges of attempted murder and discharging a firearm with intent in connection to the August 2015 shooting in Richmond...
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Three arrested after high-speed chase and shooting in Surrey
Surrey RCMP wants the public’s help in its investigation of a shooting followed by a high-speed chase through Surrey and Delta Monday night. Sgt. Paul Hayes said in a release that investigators believe...
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