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Predator jailed indefinitely

Predator jailed indefinitely

Vancouver Dec 1, 2015 / 3:43 pm

A British Columbia man who plied two teenage girls with drugs and alcohol and failed to intervene as they died has been declared a dangerous offender. Martin...

Women still say he did it

Women still say he did it

Vancouver Dec 1, 2015 / 2:08 pm

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has rejected an attempt by Vancouver Rape Relief to argue that a man acquitted of sexual assault after nearly three...

Groping suspect sought

Groping suspect sought

Langley Nov 30, 2015 / 4:50 pm

Langley RCMP are seeking the public’s help to identify a "person of interest" following a recent incident at the local Value Village. A young...

Cars making us fat

Cars making us fat

Vancouver Nov 30, 2015 / 10:12 am

Metro Vancouver residents living in the region's most walkable neighbourhoods are about a third less likely to be overweight or obese than those living in...

Holdouts in trucking strike

Holdouts in trucking strike

Vancouver Nov 30, 2015 / 9:55 am

Drivers at two Metro Vancouver trucking companies remain on strike as Unifor finalizes collective agreements with several other shipping businesses. Days of...

Thousands rally for climate

Thousands rally for climate

Vancouver Nov 29, 2015 / 5:59 pm

Demonstrators in Vancouver are adding their voices to a crescendo around the world demanding swift and concrete climate-change action from world leaders...

Hit-and-run driver sought

Hit-and-run driver sought

New Westminster Nov 29, 2015 / 5:02 pm

New Westminster police are looking for a hit-and-run driver. On Nov. 28 at approximately 11:15 p.m. a driver called police to report a male laying on the road...

UBC harassment reporting

UBC harassment reporting

Vancouver Nov 28, 2015 / 1:35 pm

Graduate students who have faced harassment and discrimination at the University of British Columbia can now tell their stories confidentially to the society...

Charges in one-punch death

Charges in one-punch death

Vancouver Nov 27, 2015 / 2:53 pm

A manslaughter charge has been recommended for a 26-year-old man in the death of a Vancouver resident who was punched in the head. Vancouver police say the...

Fatal motorhome fire

Fatal motorhome fire

Surrey Nov 27, 2015 / 11:04 am

One person is dead following a motorhome fire in Surrey, Friday morning. The RV was fully involved when fire crews got to the scene, at a motel/RV park on the...

Relatives wait anxiously

Relatives wait anxiously

Vancouver Nov 27, 2015 / 11:03 am

The aunt of a Syrian boy whose lifeless body was photographed on a Turkish beach says she hopes her brother's family will be in Canada by Christmas. Tima...

SkyTrain line delayed, again

SkyTrain line delayed, again

Coquitlam Nov 27, 2015 / 10:04 am

The opening of a Evergreen SkyTrain transit line linking Coquitlam to Vancouver has been delayed. The Ministry of Transportation says that tunnel boring for the...

One-punch trend alarming

One-punch trend alarming

Vancouver Nov 26, 2015 / 4:02 pm

Alcohol and bravado appear to be fuelling a disturbing trend of one-punch attacks that have left three people dead, Vancouver police say. At least 10 people...

Furlong 'moving on'

Furlong 'moving on'

Vancouver Nov 26, 2015 / 6:52 am

John Furlong felt accused of letting Canada down when a newspaper published allegations that he abused First Nations children, the former Vancouver Olympics...

Victim dies of injuries

Victim dies of injuries

Richmond Nov 25, 2015 / 5:04 pm

A 68-year-old pedestrian struck by a car in Richmond on Saturday has died from her injuries. The woman was hit near No. 3 Road and Granville Avenue. She was...

Refugee sues over solitary

Refugee sues over solitary

Vancouver Nov 25, 2015 / 3:33 pm

A teenage refugee from South Sudan is suing the Children's Ministry in British Columbia over allegations he was held in solitary confinement for four...

Police justified in gunfight

Police justified in gunfight

Vancouver Nov 25, 2015 / 2:48 pm

B.C.'s Criminal Justice Branch says no charges will be laid against Vancouver police officers after a running gun battle resulted in numerous shots hitting...

Refugees: who will pay?

Refugees: who will pay?

Burnaby Nov 25, 2015 / 2:29 pm

British Columbia is ready to welcome Syrian refugees but still needs to work out funding details with the federal government, Premier Christy Clark says....

Hydro's biggest deal ever

Hydro's biggest deal ever

Burnaby Nov 25, 2015 / 2:15 pm

BC Hydro is poised to sign off on the largest construction contract involved in building the $8.3-billion Site C hydroelectric dam in the province's...

Feds sue UBC, dentist

Feds sue UBC, dentist

Vancouver Nov 25, 2015 / 11:51 am

The federal government is suing the University of British Columbia and a former associate dean of the faculty of dentistry alleging the misuse of millions in...