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VANCOUVER - Police are promising a crackdown of dangerous towing practices after a CBC News investigation found some tow truck drivers are towing vehicles that are not adequately secured, in violation of the province's safety regulations. (CBC)
VANCOUVER - A 64-year-old BC man who already faces 13 counts of fraud has been arrested again as police allege he has continued to masquerade as an army vet suffering from cancer. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Scam bilked donors of $1M
VANCOUVER - Anna Nguyen, the 13-year-old girl shot in the back in Surrey, BC, says her assailant was a family friend who she had let into her home. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Man dies after shooting girl
VANCOUVER - A man in a wheelchair is being hailed as a hero after he wrestled a would-be thief to the ground for threatening a Vancouver convenience store clerk. (CTV) MORE: Wheelchair hero
VANCOUVER - A Richmond man is facing 15 criminal charges after allegedly threatening a woman with a gun after she threw a potato chip at his truck. (CTV) |
VANCOUVER - A man who smashed another man's head in with a golf club, leaving him brain damaged and disabled has been ordered to pay almost $3.2M in damages. Steven Saether sued Robert Irvine after confrontation in Maple Ridge, BC in July, 2001. (CTV) MORE: Ability to pay questioned
VANCOUVER - Brian Goldstone of Griffin Security uses infrared cameras to detect unusual amounts of heat inside a home from the outside, and he wants landlords to hire him to search for marijuana operations on their properties. (CTV) PREVIOUS: SCC rules police can use infrared devices on homes Infrared camera
VANCOUVER - Mounties say an early morning explosion at a Burnaby community centre was caused by an unidentified "explosive item," and not by a natural gas leak. The blast occurred at around 3:30am, jolting awake residents living near the Westburn Community Centre on Parkwood Ave. (CTV)
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Police Department announced a $10,000 reward in an effort to determine how and why a 22-year-old woman fell to her death in September from the window of a Downtown Eastside hotel. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Guardian Project |
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VANCOUVER - The names and ages of 24 suspected Stanley Cup rioters have been made public after Crown counsel approved the first wave of charges associated with the violent mayhem of June 15. (CTV) City of Vancouver internal review report Huge crowds left no options for cops Police budgeted less money for crowds Backlash hits ‘shaming websites’ |
Mayor's request for cash rejected by premier 2 years to 'fully' investigate ICBC's facial recognition eyed Delay in Vancouver a contrast to UK Memo from chief Constable Jim Chu |
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Bylaw rewritten VANCOUVER - Vancouver’s controversial draft protest bylaw has been rewritten to allow street structures, such as the Falun Gong meditation hut, outside consulates that conduct business in residential areas. |
City staff consulted Chinese government City passes bylaw aimed at protesters City Hall passes controversial bylaw SECU MPs call on CSIS head to quit for suggesting foreign interference |
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VANCOUVER - High school students worried about online threats by an 18-year-old prompted police to arrest the teen, who investigators say had a gun, ammunition and 117 names on what police termed a "hit list." (CTV) |
VANCOUVER - Charged with extortion and uttering threats are Amit Kumar Khera, 27 of Abbotsford; Shane Bradley Werner, 19 of Surrey; and Casey Sean Corbett, 18, of Surrey. (CBC) |
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VANCOUVER - A teenager who tricked hotel guests and restaurant employees to set off fire alarms and sprinkler systems has been convicted under the rarely-used charge of conveying false messages. (CBC) MORE: Teen called 19 in North Vancouver |
VANCOUVER - A police crackdown on gang violence has paid off with a big reduction in the number of murders being committed during the first six months of 2010, say Vancouver Police. REPORT: VPD mid year crime stats .pdf DEFINITIONS: Vancouver Metro Vancouver |
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VANCOUVER - Liza Joylene Belcourt, 32, of Surrey; Jordan Joseph Doiron, 23, of Port Coquitlam; and David Dean Laidlaw, 39, of Langley have each been charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Richard Noniewicz, the ex-husband, told ctvbc.ca that he was shocked to learn about the alleged plot. (CTV) MORE: Custody battle |
VANCOUVER - Three people have been burned, one seriously, after an apartment on Dundas Street in East Vancouver was blown apart by an explosion. All three injured were found in the alley behind the building and rushed to Vancouver General Hospital. (CTV) MORE: Explosion rips apartment building Apartment explosion |
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VANCOUVER - Vancouver provincial court judge has fined a businessman $4,000 for attempting to bribe a driving examiner after failing his test for the second time for “dangerous actions.” (Vancouver Sun) RELATED: Fraud scheme launched while scamming immigration |
PORT HARDY - A high school principal in BC tried a novel, but in the end illegal, mechanism for cutting down on cellphone use that was proving to be disruptive in the classroom: a signal jammer. (CTV) MORE: Cellphone backlash |
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VANCOUVER - Charges have been laid in a downtown jewelry store robbery earlier this week that was connected to a security scare for Premier Gordon Campbell. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Premier evacuated Major jewellery heist |
VANCOUVER - Police investigating an attempted armed robbery of a Vancouver jewelry store are also probing the circumstances behind the store owner firing a shot at the would-be robbers. (Vancouver Province) |
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VANCOUVER - Three girls, one wielding a knife, carried out a string of robberies last week on the streets of Vancouver. During one incident, on April 22, the victim called 911 with a description of the robbers. As a result, two girls, ages 11 and 13, were arrested on a SkyTrain. " Police are still looking for the third suspect in the robberies. (CBC) MORE: Girls arrested |
VANCOUVER - BC's booziest drivers will soon have to blow if they want to go. An estimated 4,000 high-risk drunk drivers will be forced to provide breath samples every time they turn on the ignition under the mandatory ignition interlock program that starts Feb. 1. The devices will be installed in vehicles - at a cost of $1,560, payable by the driver - and stay in place for a whole year. (Vancouver Province) |
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VANCOUVER - A Vancouver billionaire who pleaded guilty Thursday to forcibly confining a sex worker and possessing an unlicensed firearm has been sentenced to one year of probation and a $5,000 fine. The charges stemmed from a night in December, 2008 when police were called to a mansion owned by David Ho, a former member of the Vancouver police board. Ho, 60, had picked up the 20-year-old woman in Delta, and the two returned to his home in an upscale neighbourhood to have sex and allegedly smoke cocaine. (CTV) |
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Vancouver police report the City of Vancouver alone has 379 known “super chronic” criminals on the loose with more than 12 convictions in the past 12 months and seven who have more than a hundred convictions - one with 190 convictions who is not in jail. (Vancouver Board of Trade) RELATED: Gang war drains police budget |
VANCOUVER - Surrey RCMP are looking for a male suspect following a shooting incident at 67th Ave & 127A St that left one man paralyzed from the waist down after he was hit in the back. The suspect they are seeking is 22-year-old Jaspal "Jessie" Dhinsda of Surrey. (CTV) MORE: Charge laid Residents refusing to cooperate |
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VANCOUVER - Two major cruise lines - Princess Cruises and Holland America Line - announced they will reduce the number of their sailings from Vancouver in 2010, just weeks after Carnival Cruise Lines announced they would be slashing their sailings. (CBC) |
DERA boss made threatening comment VANCOUVER - A judge has ruled the head of the Downtown Eastside Residents Association (DERA) told former Vancouver city councillor Elizabeth Ball she would "look good lying in an alley ... with that red scarf tied tight around your neck." (Vancouver Province) |
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VANCOUVER - A judge has found that UBC has been unlawfully issuing parking tickets since 1990 and has ordered that more than $4M in fines be paid back to thousands of violators. (Vancouver Province) |
Drug trafficker gets house arrest VANCOUVER - Tiffany Ann Bryan, a convicted drug trafficker and one of Coquitlam's most prolific offenders, has been sentenced to 21 months of house arrest for drug-related offences. (Vancouver Province) |
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VANCOUVER - The provincial government will now finance the $3.3-billion Port Mann Bridge project after it announced it was unable to reach a funding deal with the private consortium that was supposed to build the span. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Financing falls through BC Gateway project |
VANCOUVER - A transit police officer was in hospital with severe head wounds and injuries to his knees and hands following a confrontation with a fare evader who was Tasered into submission. The man, who was carrying a knife, was Tasered twice by police, said transit police spokesman Tom Seaman. (Vancouver Sun) |
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VANCOUVER - Vancouver police Const. Tim Fanning said two 18-year-olds and one man aged 19 were arrested in West Vancouver by the VPD with the assistance of the WVPD, shortly after witnesses reported seeing them smash the front window of AuBar on Seymour Street at 10am. (North Shore Outlook) PREVIOUS: 3 torch nightclub |
VANCOUVER - Police have arrested five kidnapping suspects after a dramatic morning rescue of a teenaged hostage. The 18-year-old student from China was uninjured as strike force members pulled over a vehicle in which he was riding at about 7:30am Thursday in Burnaby. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Victim rescued Arrests in kidnapping |
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VANCOUVER - Ka Wai "Gary" Chong will get out on statutory release after being convicted of unlawful confinement, extortion and administering a stupefying or overpowering drug in an attempt to extort $500,000 US from the teen's wealthy Asian family. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Kidnapper soon to walk free Kidnapper escapes after winning case |
CHILLIWACK - A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the arson attack on the Chilliwack home of BC’s Lt Gov Steven Point. The teen was charged with arson, break and enter, and theft when he appeared in a Chilliwack court Thursday afternoon. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Boy arrested 'Clearly arson' Lt Gov's home set on fire Arson blamed |
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VICTORIA - Controversial technology that collects bar patrons’ personal information will remain in use after BC’s privacy commissioner worked out a compromise with the technology’s owner. (Vancouver Sun) Order P09-01 .pdf 1PR Order P09-01 .pdf 2PR Order P09-01 .pdf |
Setback for Bar watch doesn’t mean end Nanaimo bar program effective, RCMP says Bars swipe patron IDs, collect data |
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CABO SAN LUCAS - Two Vancouver men shot in a Cabo San Lucas strip club Tuesday are “no strangers to police,” according to BC’s Integrated Gang Task Force. Task force spokesman Sgt. Shinder Kirk said the two men - identified by Foreign Affairs in Ottawa as Brendhan Stowe, 28, and Nguyen Minh Trung Do, 26 - are not known to be members of any specific gang. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: 2 Canadians shot 2 Canadians injured in strip-club shooting |
VANCOUVER - A 13-year-old boy with a long history of run-ins with the law is facing charges after slashing a man on a SkyTrain car after he refused to give the teen a cigarette. The boy has been involved with police 75 times in the past year and has had numerous convictions for violent offences involving weapons such as knives, said Const. Tom Seaman of the transit police. (Vancouver Province) MORE: Another BC Ministry failure Evidence of failing system |
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VANCOUVER - For most Canadians and American visitors, the Peace Arch Park straddling the border is a symbol of the trust underlying the longest unguarded border in the world. For Jas and Jagdeep Binning, a Surrey husband and wife, the park's washroom was a convenient place from which to smuggle people illegally into the US. By their own admission, they smuggled at least two to three people a month into the US, starting at $5,000 US each. (Vancouver Province) |
VANCOUVER - Anton Josip Ivanic, 24, was charged with two counts each of firing a gun with intent to wound and aggravated assault after a confrontation with three men intent on robbing him of $25,000 in October 2006. After getting into an argument in a stairwell, Ivanic shot Wyatt Renshaw and Amin Khajehnouri but claimed at trial he feared for his life and was acting in self-defence. The third man at the meeting, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban, escaped without injury. (Vancouver Province) |
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VANCOUVER - A young man wanted in connection with a double-shooting at a North Surrey gas station last month has been arrested by RCMP. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Attempted murder charges laid Person of interest 'Desperate' robber shoots two |
VANCOUVER - A young couple waiting for a bus with their three-year-old son were swarmed by three teenage girls in an "outrageous and totally unacceptable" attack in downtown Abbotsford. The three, aged 13 to 15, are facing assault charges. (Vancouver Province) |
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Vancouver has seen solid drops in reported violent and property crimes between 2006 and 2007, the city's police department announced Friday. Countering that is an increase in gang violence. (Vancouver Sun) REPORT: VPD 2007 Annual report .pdf Not quite all the news that's fit to print Gangs bring crime and drugs to Abbotsford |
VANCOUVER - Two Vancouver police officers were given a Hollywood makeover that turned them into "bait seniors" in order to catch suspects responsible for a string of violent robberies on the elderly in the Downtown Eastside. (CTV) MORE: 'Bait' seniors Operation oldtimer Video Project Oldtimer |
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VANCOUVER - The mystery of the BC man who was struck by a car and then dragged 6km by a bus Friday night deepened Sunday with revelations he had been arrested by the Delta police earlier that day. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Pedestrian dragged under bus |
VANCOUVER - Seventeen-year-old Jenni Bond left her Surrey home on Friday evening telling her mom, Renatta, that she was going to the movies. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Teen wouldn't take ecstasy Unknown drug responsible Teenage girl dead |
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Gift-wrapped bomb left on doorstep VANCOUVER - A Langley missionary was in hospital under police guard last night after a gift-wrapped bomb left on his doorstep exploded. Gary Stevenson, a 39-year-old father of two, was in the process of moving out of his Walnut Grove townhouse in the 8900-block 208th St when he found the pink gift bag on his front doorstep. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Bomb blast rocks townhouse |
VANCOUVER - Addictions doctors in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside have complained for months about pharmacists luring heroin addicts for their lucrative methadone prescriptions, and say rules around dispensing fees have to change. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Pharmacy closed Pharmacy uses evictions to keep clients Users 'get pharmacy kickbacks' |
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VANCOUVER - A 50-year-old man was killed when a telephone pole fell on him as he was apparently trying to steal copper wire. (Vancouver Province) |
VANCOUVER - Finder's keepers? Even if it's rare Swedish gold coins worth nearly $200,000, the kid's rhyme guides the law unless there's proof of ownership. (Vancouver Sun) |
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VANCOUVER - Carla Benavides, a Grade 11 student at West Vancouver Secondary School, was found dead in her bed Saturday morning by her mother. (Vancouver Province) MORE: Teen's death unexplained |
Langford sues to recover damages VANCOUVER - A man and his parents are being sued by the City of Langford over a spree of graffiti, in what may be the first time in Canada a municipality has sued to recover graffiti damages. (Vancouver Sun) |
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VANCOUVER - The BC Supreme Court has reversed a not-guilty verdict for a man accused of putting a cat in a microwave. (CP) JUDGMENT: 2008 BCSC 676 PREVIOUS: BC man guilty of cruelty Animal abuse case |
VANCOUVER - Two rewards have been posted for the safe return of Mia, the female spider monkey presumed stolen from the Greater Vancouver Zoo. (Province) PREVIOUS: Jocko dead, mate missing RCMP seek motive |
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VANCOUVER - After credit for time served, Chang Kyun Kim will spend 13 years in prison. Kim, 47, was found guilty in February of four counts of aggravated assault on apparently homeless men over nine days in September of 2006. (Metro) |
Beating over land dispute in India VANCOUVER - Jagdarshan Samra, 62, was targeted at the Ross Street Sikh Temple on Sunday. Samra, an actor and producer in India's film industry, was attending a tournament of soccer and the South Asian sport kabaddi. ( Province) |
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VANCOUVER - Randall Dennis Girard, 49, a man who allegedly showed up naked at a farm, stole a truck and led police on a dramatic chase has been charged with three counts of attempted murder. (Province) PREVIOUS: Naked man leads police on chase Naked man steals truck Police pursuit |
VANCOUVER - Police announced Wednesday that Danielle Toplass, 22, Jason Read, 27, and Angela Arkesteyn-Vogler, 23, all face two counts of arson and once count of possession of incendiary material. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Trio charged with arson Crossing condos destroyed |
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VANCOUVER - Sean Bajwa's family is suing the City of Surrey, the RCMP, the BC SPCA, the federal and provincial governments and the landlords, owner and dog sitter of a pair of pit bulls that ripped into the 11-year-old boy at the Cedar Hills elementary school playground in Whalley on May 4. (Surrey Now) |
VANCOUVER - As his passengers jumped or fell from the fiery wreck of his hot-air balloon, Steve Pennock says he lay stunned on the ground. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Balloon tragedy shatters family Hot-air balloon company defends actions of pilot Survivor: jumping 'do or die' decision Hot air balloon catches fire |
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VANCOUVER - A major counterfeit case has been derailed after most of the evidence against the accused was thrown out of court due to a judge's finding that police violated his Charter rights. Larry Crocker, 49, walked free Friday after pleading guilty before BC Supreme Court Justice Peter Leask to lesser charges relating to offences he committed while on bail. (Province) |
VANCOUVER - Marilyn Bateman was surfing Craigslist for used furniture when she saw something that made the hair on her arms stand up. Listed under the general section, with six exclamation points in the headline, was an ad for a seven-day-old baby girl. The going price was $10,000. (Province) PREVIOUS: Baby for sale Week-old baby for sale on Craigslist |
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VANCOUVER - A teenager who claimed he had been set on fire by thugs near a Burnaby high school in January has been charged with starting a multimillion-dollar Vancouver warehouse fire and lying to police about his injuries. (Vancouver Sun) |
Woman dies attempting to escape VANCOUVER - A Richmond woman who fell several stories off a high-rise condo while eluding police has died in hospital from her injuries. Samantha Sczerkowsky, 22, fell from between the fifth and fourth floor of a Richmond apartment. (Vancouver Province) |
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Thieves caused house explosion VANCOUVER - An explosion at a house on Saturday was caused by copper thieves who forgot to turn off the gas before they swiped the pipes, a preliminary investigation shows. BC Safety Authority investigators say a section of copper gas pipe appears to be missing from the house. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Surrey blast Blast levels Surrey home |
VANCOUVER - Bravado and some technical ability helped thieves make off with a tractor-trailer loaded with liquor early Sunday morning, but it might have been more profitable had they taken the time to read the bills of lading on nearby trailers. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Hot wine Cops out to cork thieves' grape expectations |
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VANCOUVER - The violent encounter last August between a homeless panhandler and an elderly parishioner at the entrance to Holy Rosary Cathedral has led a Vancouver Provincial Court judge to question society's willingness to accept homelessness and the chaos it has brought to the city's streets. (Vancouver Sun) |
'Professional panhandler' arrested |
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VANCOUVER - Bank robbery has reached epidemic proportions in the city, with 88 robberies recorded to date this year - a 125% increase over the same period last year. Last year, Vancouver had a total of 189 bank robberies. (Vancouver Sun) |
Attackers douse teen with gasoline BURNABY - An 18-year-old man is being treated for serious burns to his body after he was doused with gasoline and lit on fire by four males trying to entice him into a fight. (Vancouver Province) MORE: Teen badly burned after gang sets him alight |
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VANCOUVER - Frank Siniscalchi, the man convicted in a string of violent robberies near SkyTrain stations in East Vancouver, has been sentenced in Vancouver Provincial Court to eight years in prison, less time served. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Vile robber deserves no sympathy Man apologizes for SkyTrian station attacks |
Student accused of making threats VANCOUVER - A University of BC student has been charged in connection with threats that led to a lockdown on campus four weeks ago. Hwi Lee, 19, is charged with two counts each of uttering threats and mischief. Lee's alleged target was a female member of the campus security staff. (Province) MORE: Suspect math whiz kid Charge in UBC scare |
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Two arrested in Spain after hoax VANCOUVER - A series of e-mails from individuals claiming to be holding a missing Canadian backpacker for ransom have turned out to be a hoax, ending with the arrests of two Syrian nationals in Spain for extortion, but no new clues in the disappearance of Nicole Vienneau. (CanWest) PREVIOUS: Find Nicole Vienneau Reward offered |
VANCOUVER - A man suspected of causing at least $500,000 in damage by keying vehicles was upset with ICBC, the insurance corporation says. Investigators now suspect Soo Yo Kim has keyed about 1,000 cars since early March in Vancouver, Coquitlam and Burnaby. (Province) PREVIOUS: Suspect arrested Another 200 cars keyed No arrest yet |
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VANCOUVER - 3 people and 2 companies have been fined a combined $350,000 for their role in a tragic accident that killed 3 workers and seriously injured 2 others at a BC mushroom farm in 2008. (CTV) |
Agriculture is a dangerous industry' Investigators suspect faulty pipe |
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VANCOUVER - There have been more than a dozen cases of young men in their late teens, 20s or early 30s disappearing in the region since 2007. Often, the police have had little information to go on, sending news releases out on important anniversaries to renew pleas for information. (CP) Missing man may be a victim of foul play |
Rewards posted for 2 missing men Bouchard bought plane ticket to Mexico |
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VANCOUVER - "Unsophisticated" career criminals were behind the theft of art work from the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, police said yesterday. All but two pieces of the $2-million collection of works by Haida artist Bill Reid were recovered and three men were arrested, but later released. (Vancouver Province) |
RCMP returns last of Reid works RCMP ask tipster to come forward |
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Drugs, social ills plague Vancouver VANCOUVER - Drug dealing, prostitution and homelessness are bigger worries for Vancouverites than residents of any other Canadian city. A shocking Statistics Canada report released yesterday showed over 25% of Vancouver's residents believe their city is gripped by "social incivility." (Vancouver Province) |
Reginans paint ugly picture of their city Poll: BC'ers lack faith in criminal courts Profile of perceptions of incivility World's least affordable housing Vancouver least affordable to its own citizens Affordable living is 270 sq. ft. Demographia 2010 .pdf Demographia 2009 .pdf |
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At risk teens + hard core addicts VANCOUVER - The province's little-noticed $10-million-plus plan to house up to 100 hard-core drug addicts cheek-by-jowl with at-risk youth and BCIT at Willingdon and Canada Way looks like a recipe for disaster. How can we expect anyone to kick a drug habit next to a campus, playground and facility peopled with two-dozen or so teens with drug habits, prostitution issues, mental health problems and their own social nightmares? This is the work of the BC Solicitor's-General department. (Vancouver Sun) RELATED: Coastal clinic faces probe |
How BC became a world crime superpower VANCOUVER - By almost any measure it was a thriving enterprise, with subsidiaries in eight countries and a flourishing distribution business. Even more impressive, it was run out of Vancouver, a city that's seen many head offices disappear over the years. And with its strong sales, the venture would easily have been considered one of BC's largest private companies. That is, if the operation at the heart of it all wasn't a criminal syndicate trading in marijuana, cocaine, heroin, guns and real estate. (Macleans) RELATED: Cold, wet spring threatens BC pot crop |
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VANCOUVER - Khalid Alzghou, accused of rampaging through Davie Village with a claw hammer, striking nine people following Sunday’s Pride Parade, was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation yesterday afternoon. (Metro) |
Let's all address mental illness |
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VANCOUVER - Nineteen people are facing charges including assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest following a demonstration at UBC. (CBC) MORE: UBC students face charges |
VANCOUVER - Indian police have arrested four men, including one from Surrey, and charged them with conspiracy to murder the father of a young bride in Ludhiana, Punjab. (Vancouver Province) |
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Family charged with kidnapping VANCOUVER - A bizarre all-in-the-family crime team is accused of kidnapping and extortion in connection with the alleged beating of a 37-year-old woman. Richmond RCMP allege that a 21-year-old man, his 53-year-old mother and his 19-year-old girlfriend held the victim in a vehicle for four hours on Jan. 7 and beat her to the point she needed hospital care. (Vancouver Province) |
ABBOTSFORD - Jujhar Singh Khunkhun, 20, was supported in the prisoner's box in Surrey Provincial Court by his friend Harpreet Singh Chahal, his accomplice in the kidnapping. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Mysterious death gets even more mysterious Suicidal fiancé before courts 'A miracle I'm alive' Family wants answers as wedding becomes funeral |
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VANCOUVER - BC's building boom has brought rampant drug abuse to the construction industry, with more widespread use and more addictive substances (Sun) |
Keep violent teen in jail says victim VANCOUVER - The name of the youth who beat Jarrett Fairhurst unconscious cannot be reported because he was 17 at the time of the incident. (Vancouver Province) |
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SEATTLE - Vancouver’s “Prince of Pot,” Marc Emery, was sentenced in a Seattle courtroom to 5 years in prison by a US Federal Court. (Vancouver Sun) |
Prince of Potheads: time for justice |
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VANCOUVER - Vancouver Police say the terms "chronic" and "super-chronic" offender aren't extreme enough to describe the city's worst repeat criminals. The VPD have given five of them a new label: "ludicrous offender.” Vincent Mark Barton, 39, who has 128 criminal convictions dating back to 1988; Brian Nicholas Saunders, 50, with 130 criminal convictions dating back to 1975; and William Edward Marshall, 46,with 148 criminal convictions dating back to 1979. (NEWS1130) |
1 junkie in jail leaves 4,000 citizens crime-free Chronic addiction-based offenders must first be separated from society |
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VANCOUVER - The man responsible for the massive explosion at a Vancouver Taco del Mar restaurant three years ago has been handed a sentence of two years' house arrest for the arson. Kamaljeet Singh Josan pleaded guilty in March to one count of arson in connection to the February 2008 blast at the West Broadway fast food restaurant. (CTV) |
Blast suspect released on bail Owner of restaurant commits suicide 'Ineptitude' lead to arson blast suspect |
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VANCOUVER - More than 100 marijuana grow operations in Langley Township have been nipped in the bud in three months by examining home electricity bills. Langley is one of 15 BC municipalities registered with BC Hydro to receive bills for homes using more than normal amounts of juice. (Vancouver Province) |
Street race suspected in fatal crash VANCOUVER - Police have finally reopened a stretch of South Granville after a fatal accident overnight at Balfour. Jimmy Mok, a passenger in a white Nissan that lost control and crashed into a pole was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries. (Vancouver Province) |
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VANCOUVER - About two dozen members of Vancouver's Anti-Poverty Committee clashed with police outside Heritage Hall on Main Street, during a bid to disrupt the annual general meeting of the civic Non-Partisan Association, Mayor Sam Sullivan's political party. (CBC) |
Voices for the poor or just malcontents? Rally in Vancouver turns violent |
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VANCOUVER - A teen convicted in the axe attack that left Michael Levy a quadriplegic will serve jail time. (Vancouver Province) |
'We want to know why this happened' Hatchet attack disables Surrey teen Cities shocked at 'gratuitous' acts Trio found guilty in gruesome axe attack |
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Woman in abduction case sentenced VANCOUVER - A woman who abducted her two children and took them to France in defiance of a court order has been sentenced to 16 months in jail. Since Gettliff-Grant has been in custody since her arrest, she is credited with having already served 10 months of her sentence, and will be held for another six months. (Sun) |
Thief steals senior's independence VANCOUVER - A man who allegedly forced his way into an 89-year-old woman's West End apartment after claiming he wanted to return her stolen wallet is behind bars, but the victim may not recover from the home invasion. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Man charged in attack on probation |
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Arrest made after 4th homeless man stabbed VANCOUVER - Police have detained a suspect after a homeless man's neck was slashed in an unprovoked assault in downtown Vancouver - the fourth such attack in the city since Sept. 2. (CBC) MORE: Slasher preys on homeless 3 homeless men stabbed Vancouver cops search for slasher |
VANCOUVER - A BC Lions player Tasered by police is under investigation for assault, police say. Receiver T. J. Acree was stopped by police Aug. 26 after a brawl outside a karaoke bar in downtown Vancouver. Eight people were involved in the fight or in close proximity to it, said Vancouver police. (Province) MORE: Acree's jolt gets attention |
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More dogs eating drugs, vets say VANCOUVER - Doped-up dogs are turning up at their vets' office in increasing numbers. The owner of the Animal Emergency Clinic of the Fraser Valley said the number of dogs consuming their owners' illicit drugs then ending up ill in her waiting room has "easily doubled" in the past 10 years. Dr. Nadine Koreman now treats at least one cranked-up canine case every week. (Province) |
US wants to deport monster to BC SEATTLE - U.S. authorities hope to deport a Vancouver man who spent six years in jail for imprisoning and torturing his wife -- a crime described as one of the most shocking spousal abuses in American history. According to the district attorney who prosecuted Victor David, "the United States has its own homegrown wife-beaters. We don't need anybody else's." (The Province) |
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VANCOUVER - Leslie Laforest has discovered how quickly a teen's house party can get overwhelmed with uninvited guests in an era of cellphones and text messaging. (Sun) |
Tree thieves can make big bucks Thieves are illegally chopping down highly prized maple trees - some up to 400 years old - in the Upper Fraser Valley forests. (Sun) MORE: Tree DNA helps catch thieves |
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VICTORIA - A Brentwood Bay man has been fined $10,000 in provincial court for his role in trafficking in bald eagles, following an investigation that began in April 2005. (Victoria Times Colonist) |
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Trio of teenagers are bank robbery suspects VANCOUVER - Police in Surrey have arrested three young teenagers in connection with a string of bank robberies across the Lower Mainland. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Young teens arrested for bank hold-ups |
Teens beat bus driver over 50 cents VANCOUVER - Two teenagers apparently angry that one was being tossed off a bus for being 50 cents short of a fare allegedly beat a bus driver unconscious yesterday morning -- causing him to ram the bus into a parked car. (Province) |
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VANCOUVER - BC Supreme Court Justice Arne Silverman handed down 13 years to purported leader Anh The Nguyen for the kidnapping and unlawful confinement of Graham McMynn in 2006. Jose Hernandez faces 12 years and accomplice Sam Van Vu gets eight. (CTV) Eyewitness testimony too often unreliable |
Court says wiretaps violated kidnappers' rights Police mum about media role in kidnap case McMynn kidnap suspect out on bail Kidnapping victim, parents thank police Rescued: Daring raid frees Graham McMynn Charges pending as eight suspects held Abduction not related to money problems Vancouver kidnap victim found alive Cops continue kidnapping investigation Cops do it right despite criticism Kidnap victim found OK, 4 arrested Two BC children survive gunpoint kidnapping Wrong man arrested for kidnapping, say dad |
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VANCOUVER - The first shot in police chief Jim Chu's war on out-of-province criminals who migrate to Vancouver to set up shop was fired yesterday. Vowing to get other provinces' lowlifes out of the city, Chu announced the VPD's new plan of action to extradite criminals picked up on non-returnable warrants. (Province) |
ICBC objects to collecting fines imposed by city Granville St. a ticking time bomb COP aims to get chronic crooks 'out of the game' |
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Top cop plans to run crooks out of town Beggars, drug dealers kill convention Women 'tortured' over drug debts Safe injection site breaks treaties Expert: Education little help to addicts Mayor pledges to 'clean up city' 'Skids' seek a way out of the mire Community crime leaves folks uneasy We stand on guard for life, property |
Police want Canada to take their criminals back Two cities, two mayors one big problem BC cities under street crime siege Citizen-driven programs and initiatives City moves to help chronic criminals Panhandlers, tacky shops costs Empress Vancouver crime capital of Canada Crime rate near nation's worst City faces lawsuit over raid on pot growers Crime: sweat the small stuff - city councillor |
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SCC rules Insite can stay open OTTAWA - In a unanimous ruling, the court granted an exemption under the law to Vancouver’s Insite drug injection clinic, saying shutting it down is not under the federal government’s jurisdiction. (Toronto Star) Arrest of suspected DTES predator Drug injection site ruled needed service |
Division should stand up for itself BC injection site risks offending world Critique of INSITE injection site Refugee connection to crime on downtown Eastside |
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RCMP attempted to discredit Insite, Pivot says Mayor Sam announces new drug program RCMP takes a swipe at injection site Safe injection site improves 'public order' A firefighter's fall from grace Vancouver Police draw drug line Provide drugs to addicts, mayor says Police take aim at public drug use |
Report BC's safe-injection a failure Advisory Committee on supervised injection site research Vancouver drug policy at odds with Harper's Clement delays decision on safe injection site RCMP opposes more drug injection sites Free drugs will lure addicts to BC Car thefts down in Lower Mainland Richmond raid seizes $1M in pot Mayor Sam tells cops why he bought drugs Sullivan drug stance 'simplistic' |
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