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More injection sites needed

More injection sites needed

Vancouver Jun 8, 2016 / 1:51 pm

Members of two British Columbia drug users' advocacy groups are calling on the government to open more safe injection sites in an accelerated effort to stop...

$8M for wrongfully jailed

$8M for wrongfully jailed

Vancouver Jun 8, 2016 / 12:18 pm

UPDATE: 12:20 p.m. A British Columbia man wrongfully convicted of sexual assault has been awarded $8 million by a court after spending 27 years behind bars....

Look good in cop shades

Look good in cop shades

Vancouver Jun 8, 2016 / 11:31 am

Cool shades dude. If you've ever wanted to look like a cop behind a unique pair of sunglasses, here's your chance. The Vancouver Police Foundation is...

Cops looking for taxi robber

Cops looking for taxi robber

Surrey Jun 8, 2016 / 11:00 am

Surrey RCMP is hoping the public can help identify a suspect in a taxi cab robbery that occurred more than two weeks ago. On May 16 at about 1:10 a.m., police...

Killer dad like other patients

Killer dad like other patients

Port Coquitlam Jun 7, 2016 / 10:20 pm

A mentally ill British Columbia man who killed his three children behaves in similar ways to other patients in a Port Coquitlam psychiatric hospital, a court...

A brazen Teddy Bear heist

A brazen Teddy Bear heist

Vancouver Jun 7, 2016 / 8:56 pm

Leroy, a five-foot-tall stuffed teddy bear, is missing. The stuffed bear has watched over its owner’s Coal Harbour neighbourhood for 11 years, posing for...

Just say 'no' to pipeline

Just say 'no' to pipeline

Vancouver Jun 7, 2016 / 2:19 pm

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and three local First Nation representatives are in Ottawa urging the federal Liberals to pronounce a "definitive no"...

Snaps of internment camp

Snaps of internment camp

Vancouver Jun 7, 2016 / 11:01 am

The black and white picture shows teenage girls posing for the camera with their clothes neatly pressed, their hair in perfect movie star pin curls, but the...

Surrey cops target drug trade

Surrey cops target drug trade

Surrey Jun 6, 2016 / 6:26 pm

Surrey RCMP say eight people have been arrested over the past week as they continue efforts to disrupt the drug trade. Police say the eight are believed to be...

Body found by river

Body found by river

Vancouver Jun 6, 2016 / 4:13 pm

UPDATE: 5:22 p.m. Vancouver police officers continue to probe the circumstances around a body wrapped in a sleeping bag found at the foot of Bentley Street, on...

Betrayed over assisted dying

Betrayed over assisted dying

Vancouver Jun 6, 2016 / 12:55 pm

One of the key plaintiffs in the court battle for physician-assisted death is celebrating the historic decision coming into effect, but says the...

Risky sex offender busted

Risky sex offender busted

Vancouver Jun 6, 2016 / 11:55 am

Police have a high-risk sex offender in custody after he fled a Vancouver halfway house. James Patrick Benson, 36, was granted statutory release on June 2 and...

Brazen daylight shooting

Brazen daylight shooting

Richmond Jun 5, 2016 / 1:03 pm

UPDATE: 1 p.m. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team have now taken over the investigation of brazen shooting in Richmond last night. On June 4, just after...

Jobs that make a difference

Jobs that make a difference

Vancouver Jun 5, 2016 / 6:56 am

As Michelle Reid watches Vancouver house prices soar while preparing for the arrival of her first baby, she sometimes kicks herself for not buying property 10...

Hunt for violent offender

Hunt for violent offender

Vancouver Jun 3, 2016 / 2:28 pm

Police are searching for a man they say is a high-risk offender who fled a Vancouver halfway home just a day after he was released from custody. Const. Brian...

2 new casinos in works

2 new casinos in works

Vancouver Jun 2, 2016 / 10:49 pm

Two new casinos are being considered for the Metro Vancouver region. BC Lotteries officials aren't yet sure where the casinos will be built, but the...

Pedestrian killed

Pedestrian killed

Surrey Jun 2, 2016 / 2:40 pm

Surrey RCMP is investigating a fatal pedestrian collision that happened Thursday morning in the City Centre area. Police received a report on June 2 at about...

Care facilities planned

Care facilities planned

Vancouver Jun 2, 2016 / 2:34 pm

Vancouver's health authority has signed agreements for six new and expanded residential care facilities, which will provide about 225 new beds across...

Driver rear-ends Mountie

Driver rear-ends Mountie

Burnaby Jun 2, 2016 / 1:50 pm

An RCMP member is recovering after suffering minor injuries when his cruiser was hit from behind during a traffic stop. Sgt. Annie Linteau said two vehicles had...

A real pizza work

A real pizza work

Coquitlam Jun 2, 2016 / 1:46 pm

A man who ordered pizza from two different businesses was actually just interested in the dough. Coquitlam RCMP are looking for a suspect who confronted two...