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Shock as sisters die days apart

Shock as sisters die days apart

Coquitlam Feb 27, 2015 / 6:31 am

After 20-year-old Keziah Johnston died suddenly in early February, her devastated sister Shiloh wrote an email to their mother. "You never know when your...

Blockade damages overturned

Blockade damages overturned

Vancouver Feb 26, 2015 / 10:29 pm

British Columbia's top court says the province isn't liable for nearly $2 million in damages suffered by a logging company as a result of a First...

Tragedy strikes twice

Tragedy strikes twice

Vancouver Feb 26, 2015 / 3:15 pm

When 20-year-old Keziah Johnston of Coquitlam, B.C., died suddenly earlier this month, her sister Shiloh wrote an email to their mother about cherishing every...

Mr. Big case back in court

Mr. Big case back in court

Vancouver Feb 26, 2015 / 12:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Canada is telling the British Columbia Court of Appeal to take another look at a murder case that involved a so-called Mr. Big sting by...

Family fears Schoenborn release

Family fears Schoenborn release

Coquitlam Feb 26, 2015 / 10:53 am

The family of three murdered B.C. children whose father stabbed and smothered them fears he will unleash harm in the community if he is granted limited release,...

Witnesses sought in fatal crash

Witnesses sought in fatal crash

Burnaby Feb 26, 2015 / 6:37 am

​ Police are looking for the drivers of a red car and black pickup who may have witnessed a fatal crash last week. The Feb. 17. collision killed a...

War ship could sink

War ship could sink

Vancouver Feb 25, 2015 / 7:12 pm

A deteriorating former warship from the 1960s is on "borrowed time," with only months to go before it could sink accidentally, a Federal Court has...

Body found in Richmond

Body found in Richmond

Richmond Feb 25, 2015 / 12:45 pm

Update – 12:30 p.m. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has identified the man found dead in Richmond earlier this week. He was 20-year-old...

Mom fights playground ban

Mom fights playground ban

North Vancouver Feb 25, 2015 / 6:36 am

A North Vancouver mom is peeved that her kids were kicked off a private school playground she helped raise money to build. Anne Fisher was with her children at...

Guilty plea in dog kicking

Guilty plea in dog kicking

Vancouver Feb 24, 2015 / 5:22 pm

The former CEO of a company that provides catering services to sports venues across North America has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges after he was...

Siblings sue funeral home

Siblings sue funeral home

Vancouver Feb 24, 2015 / 5:18 pm

A brother and sister are taking a B.C. hospital and funeral home to court over allegations that their 95-year-old mother's body was transferred without...

Hit-and-run car sought

Hit-and-run car sought

Vancouver Feb 24, 2015 / 11:05 am

The Vancouver Police collision investigation unit has released photos of a car believed to be involved in a serious hit and run two weeks ago. At 8:30 a.m. Feb....

Teen assaulted at UBC

Teen assaulted at UBC

Vancouver Feb 24, 2015 / 6:34 am

Police are warning the public to be vigilant after an 18-year-old was assaulted on campus at the University of British Columbia. Mounties say the woman was...

Gas back to 121.9 in Vancouver

Gas back to 121.9 in Vancouver

Vancouver Feb 24, 2015 / 5:51 am

Gas prices around Metro Vancouver rose to $121.9 per litre on Monday, and experts predict prices will keep climbing through the week. Motorists in the region...

Sex assault suspect caught

Sex assault suspect caught

Vancouver Feb 23, 2015 / 3:17 pm

Update -- Feb 25 Vancouver police say Mark Spelrem was arrested shortly before 8 p.m. last night in the 300 block of Powell Street. He was the subject of a...

Medical pot rules challenged

Medical pot rules challenged

Vancouver Feb 23, 2015 / 11:18 am

A lawyer representing four patients has told a Federal Court judge that Canada's new rules governing medical marijuana are forcing them to choose between...

Wanted sex offender found

Wanted sex offender found

Vancouver Feb 23, 2015 / 9:11 am

Vancouver police have located a high-risk sex offender who failed to return to his halfway house. Thirty-nine-year-old Jason Bresnahan was wanted on a...

Arrest in stabbing death

Arrest in stabbing death

Abbotsford Feb 23, 2015 / 8:20 am

Update – Feb. 23 An arrest has been made in the stabbing death of an Abbotsford man late last week. Thavone Junior Carlson, 30, has been charged with...

Man forced into SUV

Man forced into SUV

West Vancouver Feb 23, 2015 / 7:30 am

Update – Feb. 23 Police in West Vancouver have confirmed that a possible abduction that took place in broad daylight Saturday was a prank. Reports came...

Halfway house safety concerns

Halfway house safety concerns

Vancouver Feb 22, 2015 / 6:39 pm

Safety concerns are being raised after Vancouver police said on Sunday they were searching for a high-risk sex offender who failed to return to his halfway...