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Conservative deputy calls MP 'unhinged' for linking Poilievre and Winnipeg killings

Conservative deputy calls MP 'unhinged' for linking Poilievre and Winnipeg killings

Surrey Nov 27, 2023 / 6:17 pm

Federal Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman is calling a Metro Vancouver MP "unhinged" for a social media post that questioned if there was a...

AG blames B.C. Conservatives after SOGI protest tractor crash, IIO investigates

AG blames B.C. Conservatives after SOGI protest tractor crash, IIO investigates

Surrey Nov 27, 2023 / 5:09 pm

The police watchdog is investigating a B.C. highway chase involving a tractor flying a protest banner against sexual orientation and gender identity programs in...

Hiker rescued after nine hours stranded on B.C.'s Mount Seymour

Hiker rescued after nine hours stranded on B.C.'s Mount Seymour

North Vancouver Nov 27, 2023 / 4:28 pm

Search and rescue crews in British Columbia found a hiker who was stranded for nine hours after sliding down the side of Mount Seymour in North Vancouver....

Vancouver police deny 'exclusion zone' existed during decampment on East Hastings

Vancouver police deny 'exclusion zone' existed during decampment on East Hastings

Vancouver Nov 27, 2023 / 2:33 pm

The Vancouver Police Department says officers did not set up an “exclusion zone” in April to prevent journalists from covering stepped up action in...

B.C. Place Stadium renamed to Christine Sinclair Place for one night only

B.C. Place Stadium renamed to Christine Sinclair Place for one night only

Vancouver Nov 27, 2023 / 1:10 pm

B.C. Place Stadium is being renamed "'Christine Sinclair Place" for one night only, in honour of the Canada captain's final international...

'Thought it was a glitch': Lower Mainland woman retiring after $1M lotto win

'Thought it was a glitch': Lower Mainland woman retiring after $1M lotto win

Abbotsford Nov 27, 2023 / 9:35 am

Susan Hoce thought she'd won $1,000, maybe $10,000, when she checked her recent Lotto 6/49 ticket. It turns out she was missing a couple of zeros. "I...

Domestic violence climbs in Delta as financial pressures grow

Domestic violence climbs in Delta as financial pressures grow

Delta Nov 27, 2023 / 9:26 am

Growing financial pressures are being reflected in rising rates of violent crime in Delta, with the number of incidents of intimate partner violence up by 48...

Large tractor rolls in police chase in Surrey, B.C.

Large tractor rolls in police chase in Surrey, B.C.

Surrey Nov 25, 2023 / 8:31 pm

A police chase involving a tractor in Surrey, B.C. on Saturday afternoon ended with the farm vehicle rolling. Videos posted to social media show police chasing...

Former Richmond RCMP officer charged with impersonating a cop in North Vancouver

Former Richmond RCMP officer charged with impersonating a cop in North Vancouver

North Vancouver Nov 25, 2023 / 8:15 pm

A former Richmond police officer who was previously sentenced to jail time for exposing himself to Vancouver private schoolgirls has been charged for an...

B.C lawyer caught in $78M fraud case, disbarred for money laundering

B.C lawyer caught in $78M fraud case, disbarred for money laundering

Vancouver Nov 25, 2023 / 7:00 am

A Vancouver lawyer has been disbarred from practicing law in B.C. after he received $900,000 in “legal fees” for his role in helping clients hide...

Vancouver police questioned Christian Brother about B.C. sex abuse allegations

Vancouver police questioned Christian Brother about B.C. sex abuse allegations

Vancouver Nov 24, 2023 / 6:15 pm

Vancouver police this week questioned a former Christian Brother sentenced to 10 years for abusing boys at a Newfoundland orphanage, sources tell Glacier Media....

Union says deal with Vancouver police would make officers highest paid in Canada

Union says deal with Vancouver police would make officers highest paid in Canada

Vancouver Nov 24, 2023 / 1:49 pm

The union representing Vancouver's police officers says it has reached a tentative labour agreement that, if passed, will see its members become...

B.C. lawyer disbarred for misappropriating $62K from client

B.C. lawyer disbarred for misappropriating $62K from client

Vancouver Nov 24, 2023 / 12:33 pm

A Vancouver lawyer has been disbarred from the Law Society of BC after he was found to have misappropriated more than $62,000 of a client’s trust funds in...

Surrey RCMP hoping public can identify pair of stabbing suspects

Surrey RCMP hoping public can identify pair of stabbing suspects

Surrey Nov 24, 2023 / 12:06 pm

Police are hoping the public can help them locate two suspects involved in a stabbing. On Aug. 17, 2023, about 5:47 p.m., Surrey RCMP received a report of a...

B.C. sex offender Randall Hopley stays in custody after skipping court date

B.C. sex offender Randall Hopley stays in custody after skipping court date

Vancouver Nov 24, 2023 / 11:58 am

A high-risk sex offender arrested by Vancouver police after a 10-day manhunt earlier this month remains in custody awaiting his next court date. Randall Hopley...

Delta K-9 officer cleared in May 2021 chase in Surrey

Delta K-9 officer cleared in May 2021 chase in Surrey

Surrey Nov 24, 2023 / 9:50 am

A Delta police officer won’t be charged, after an off-duty cop was injured by an on-duty police dog, during a night-time chase in Surrey, back in 2021....

Vancouver police budget heading towards $500 million by 2028

Vancouver police budget heading towards $500 million by 2028

Vancouver Nov 24, 2023 / 9:34 am

The Vancouver Police Department — which is operating this year with a $373.5-million budget — predicts it will need an operating budget of close to...

Shopper sues Costco over fractured ribs, vertebrae from Burnaby store fall

Shopper sues Costco over fractured ribs, vertebrae from Burnaby store fall

Burnaby Nov 24, 2023 / 9:27 am

A Vancouver woman is suing Costco after allegedly fracturing two ribs and two vertebrae during a fall at a Burnaby store. Anna Rosa De Mitri was shopping at the...

Rogers Sugar asks for mediation to help bring end to refinery strike

Rogers Sugar asks for mediation to help bring end to refinery strike

Vancouver Nov 24, 2023 / 8:48 am

Rogers Sugar Inc. says it has asked for mediation to help bring an end to an eight-week long strike at its Vancouver refinery. The company says it has applied...

Mayor says release of child sex offender Brian Abrosimo in Surrey is 'outrageous'

Mayor says release of child sex offender Brian Abrosimo in Surrey is 'outrageous'

Surrey Nov 24, 2023 / 6:41 am

Surrey’s mayor says it’s "outrageous" that a sex offender who abducted and assaulted an 11-year-old girl in 2004 has been released in the...