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Ex-RCMP officer gets conditional discharge for assaulting woman

Ex-RCMP officer gets conditional discharge for assaulting woman

Vancouver Mar 7, 2024 / 5:57 am

A former B.C. RCMP sergeant has been given a conditional discharge and a year’s probation after pleading guilty to assaulting a woman he met online. In...

Reissuing business licence to Vancouver mushroom dispensary 'rather bizarre,' says minister

Reissuing business licence to Vancouver mushroom dispensary 'rather bizarre,' says minister

Vancouver Mar 6, 2024 / 6:49 pm

B.C. Solicitor General and Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth made it clear Wednesday that he wasn’t happy with the decision of two Vancouver Green...

Port Moody, B.C., police get digital crisis tool for mental health, addiction calls

Port Moody, B.C., police get digital crisis tool for mental health, addiction calls

Port Moody Mar 6, 2024 / 2:17 pm

Police in Port Moody, British Columbia, are about to start using a digital public safety system that aims to improve emergency responses in mental health and...

Major tunnel projects secure Metro Vancouver's water supply

Major tunnel projects secure Metro Vancouver's water supply

Vancouver Mar 6, 2024 / 11:35 am

When most people in Metro Vancouver think about major tunnelling projects in the region, they probably think of transportation corridors and not water...

Vancouver police, First Nation ties have 'broken down' since settlement: review

Vancouver police, First Nation ties have 'broken down' since settlement: review

Vancouver Mar 6, 2024 / 11:03 am

A review of a "landmark" agreement between Vancouver Police and a B.C. First Nation says the relationship has "broken down" and the way to...

Drug site idea for Richmond, B.C., was ditched. Why are critics still so furious?

Drug site idea for Richmond, B.C., was ditched. Why are critics still so furious?

Richmond Mar 6, 2024 / 5:34 am

Tony Li was unequivocal when asked if he had ever discussed drugs with his university-age daughter. "It has never even crossed my mind," said Li, a...

B.C. judge calls lawyer's use of fake AI cases 'alarming'

B.C. judge calls lawyer's use of fake AI cases 'alarming'

Vancouver Mar 5, 2024 / 10:00 pm

Vancouver family lawyer Chong Ke has been ordered to pay court expenses to opposing counsel for what B.C. Supreme Court Justice David Masuhara called an...

Eight years in prison for man involved in B.C. home invasion

Eight years in prison for man involved in B.C. home invasion

Vancouver Mar 5, 2024 / 4:39 pm

A Vancouver man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of multiple charges relating to a break-in purportedly part of a drug debt...

Drugs, handgun, revenge porn net ex-Burnaby man years in prison

Drugs, handgun, revenge porn net ex-Burnaby man years in prison

Burnaby Mar 5, 2024 / 2:46 pm

A 34-year-old man who published graphic sexual images of his ex-wife after an organized crime investigation ended their relationship has been sentenced to more...

WorkSafeBC says no injuries in fourth crane accident in Metro Vancouver

WorkSafeBC says no injuries in fourth crane accident in Metro Vancouver

Vancouver Mar 5, 2024 / 11:06 am

There has been another crane accident in Metro Vancouver, in what B.C.'s workers' safety agency says is the fourth such incident this year. WorkSafeBC...

Social media stunt closes boat ramp in Port Moody

Social media stunt closes boat ramp in Port Moody

Port Moody Mar 5, 2024 / 8:10 am

The boat ramp at Port Moody’s Rocky Point Park is partially closed and a man could be facing several charges — all because of a social media stunt....

High-risk sex offender rearrested in Vancouver days after public warning

High-risk sex offender rearrested in Vancouver days after public warning

Vancouver Mar 4, 2024 / 3:36 pm

Less than a week after alerting the public that a high-risk sex offender would be moving into the city, the police rearrested the man. The Vancouver Police...

Special prosecutor appointed to campaign finance investigation of West Van mayor

Special prosecutor appointed to campaign finance investigation of West Van mayor

West Vancouver Mar 4, 2024 / 12:55 pm

A special prosecutor has been appointed to oversee a police investigation into allegations of campaign finance irregularities by West Vancouver Mayor Mark Sager...

Lost skier found hypothermic, dehydrated on Cypress Mountain

Lost skier found hypothermic, dehydrated on Cypress Mountain

North Vancouver Mar 4, 2024 / 10:14 am

A lost skier is lucky to have survived after search and rescue members found him on Cypress Mountain. At 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, North Shore Rescue (NSR) was...

New listings rose in Vancouver last month, easing pressure: real estate board

New listings rose in Vancouver last month, easing pressure: real estate board

Vancouver Mar 4, 2024 / 9:42 am

Greater Vancouver's real estate board says new listings were up in February as home sellers shed some of their hesitance and home sales also rose. The...

North Van inventor brings home Oscar for science and technology

North Van inventor brings home Oscar for science and technology

North Vancouver Mar 3, 2024 / 10:45 am

On Sunday, March 10, all eyes will be on Hollywood for the 96th Academy Awards. But a North Vancouver man has already brought home some 2024 Oscar glory. Lynn...

Richmond police appeal for info, dash-cam footage in pedestrian fatality

Richmond police appeal for info, dash-cam footage in pedestrian fatality

Richmond Mar 2, 2024 / 5:10 pm

Richmond RCMP are appealing to the public for information about a collision a month ago that resulted in a pedestrian fatality. Shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Feb....

First robot bubble tea shop in B.C. to open in Richmond

First robot bubble tea shop in B.C. to open in Richmond

Richmond Mar 1, 2024 / 7:50 pm

Yet another shop will enter Richmond's busy bubble tea scene, but this time the drinks will be made by a "robot." Tea Industries is set to open...

Owners of Richmond vault company sued for almost $300K in missing gold, metals

Owners of Richmond vault company sued for almost $300K in missing gold, metals

Richmond Mar 1, 2024 / 6:35 pm

Two customers of a Richmond safety deposit box business have been given the green light to pursue claims against its owners for allegedly removing gold and...

Alleged B.C. drug traffickers, conspiring killers' court cases underway

Alleged B.C. drug traffickers, conspiring killers' court cases underway

Vancouver Mar 1, 2024 / 6:27 pm

Court proceedings have begun in Vancouver and Abbotsford for eight men connected to alleged drug trafficking conspiracy, the investigation into which also...