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Vancouver News Feb 19 to 25, 2017

Caught crossing border

Caught crossing border

Surrey Feb 25, 2017 / 4:10 pm

Two people were caught entering into Canada from the United States near Surrey Saturday morning, bypassing the border crossing. At about 7:20 a.m., Surrey RCMP...

Police warn gangsters

Police warn gangsters

Abbotsford Feb 25, 2017 / 2:58 pm

Following what's believed to have been a targeted hit on Monday, the Abbotsford Police have released a warning about gang violence. The police department...

Van fire kills sleeping man

Van fire kills sleeping man

Surrey Feb 25, 2017 / 2:26 pm

A Surrey man who was sleeping in his camper van was found dead Saturday morning after the van went up in flames. The Surrey Fire Department responded to the...

Death not suspicious

Death not suspicious

Vancouver Feb 24, 2017 / 3:39 pm

UPDATE: 3:35 p.m. Vancouver Police confirm the death of a woman found on the grounds of David Thompson Secondary school is not suspicious. A resident walking in...

Charged in wife's murder

Charged in wife's murder

Burnaby Feb 24, 2017 / 1:34 pm

Burnaby police have identified a man arrested for murder as the victim's husband. Parveen Mann, 47, was arrested shortly after RCMP responded to a 911 call...

Big blaze destroys store

Big blaze destroys store

Burnaby Feb 24, 2017 / 8:40 am

UPDATE: 8:40 a.m. The furniture store fire broke out at about 2 a.m. Friday morning and was possibly started by a fire that began in a truck parked behind the...

No love for Trump Tower

No love for Trump Tower

Vancouver Feb 24, 2017 / 8:10 am

The furies unleashed by Donald Trump's rise to the U.S. presidency are shaking Vancouver, where a gleaming new Trump International Hotel and Tower is about...

Polarizing preacher to BC

Polarizing preacher to BC

Vancouver Feb 24, 2017 / 6:53 am

A polarizing American preacher with controversial views on Muslims and the LGBTQ community will headline a Christian festival in Vancouver despite protests from...

Family rescued from fire

Family rescued from fire

North Vancouver Feb 23, 2017 / 9:10 pm

Two North Vancouver men say it was “just instinct” when they rushed to the rescue of a family stuck in a burning building Wednesday, but others are...

Looking for suspect,  victim

Looking for suspect, victim

Vancouver Feb 23, 2017 / 7:57 pm

Vancouver police are reaching out to the public to find the suspect, and victim, in a violent assault in the early hours of Feb. 17. Just after 2 a.m.,...

Arrest after woman killed

Arrest after woman killed

Burnaby Feb 23, 2017 / 4:20 pm

UPDATE: 4:20 p.m. Police say they responded to the home on Burnaby's 18th Avenue after receiving a 911 call from a woman in need of medical attention. The...

Pride parade compromise

Pride parade compromise

Vancouver Feb 23, 2017 / 11:40 am

The Vancouver Pride Society has responded to demands that police be banned from marching in the city's annual Pride Parade with the suggestion that officers...

Border guards seize guns

Border guards seize guns

Aldergrove Feb 23, 2017 / 11:05 am

The Canada Border Services Agency says a pair of firearms seizures from two brothers entering Canada at Aldergrove has resulted in guilty pleas. On May 31,...

Motorcyclist killed in crash

Motorcyclist killed in crash

Vancouver Feb 23, 2017 / 10:15 am

Vancouver has recorded its first fatal traffic accident of 2017. A 39-year-old Vancouver man has died following a collision Wednesday morning between a...

Fire guts apartments

Fire guts apartments

North Vancouver Feb 23, 2017 / 9:55 am

Fire ripped through an apartment building in North Vancouver on Wednesday, causing some people to jump out of windows to get to safety. Firefighters arrived on...

Pedestrian killed on street

Pedestrian killed on street

Abbotsford Feb 23, 2017 / 9:46 am

An elderly woman has died after she was struck while crossing a street in Abbotsford. The 79 year old was hit by a van on Marshall Road about 7:30 p.m.,...

Food bank donations resold

Food bank donations resold

Vancouver Feb 23, 2017 / 7:52 am

It appears desperate people have taken to reselling food bank donations on the streets in Vancouver. A CTV Vancouver hidden camera investigation shot a man in...

Trinity Western SCC bound

Trinity Western SCC bound

Langley Feb 23, 2017 / 7:17 am

The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear two appeals involving a British Columbia Christian university's efforts to have future graduates from its...

Sex attack at SFU

Sex attack at SFU

Burnaby Feb 23, 2017 / 6:58 am

Police are investigating a sexual assault at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby. A woman was attacked Tuesday evening as she walked from her class to a parking...

Pipeline derailment attempt

Pipeline derailment attempt

Vancouver Feb 22, 2017 / 8:22 pm

The City of Vancouver is launching another court case in a bid to derail Kinder Morgan's proposed pipeline expansion. Council members have voted to go ahead...

8 grand for simple sign

8 grand for simple sign

Vancouver Feb 22, 2017 / 4:52 pm

UPDATE: Wednesday 5 p.m. A new City of Vancouver logo that shocked one councillor with its child-like simplicity was approved Wednesday. During the meeting,...

Crisis needs more attention

Crisis needs more attention

Vancouver Feb 22, 2017 / 1:32 pm

British Columbia's chief medical officer says far more needs to be done to bridge the divide between mental-health and addiction treatment in order to...

Cyclist hit on bridge

Cyclist hit on bridge

Vancouver Feb 22, 2017 / 1:30 pm

Police are searching for a driver who hit a cyclist on the Granville Street Bridge and fled. A silver SUV hit a 21-year-old Vancouver man Feb. 17. The cyclist,...

Dinner with a view

Dinner with a view

Vancouver Feb 22, 2017 / 12:52 pm

Are you getting bored of the same old restaurants? There will be a unique dining experience in Vancouver this summer. Dinner in the Sky goes beyond any dining...

Dangerous men captured

Dangerous men captured

Vancouver Feb 22, 2017 / 11:30 am

UPDATED: 11:30 a.m. Three "extremely dangerous" kidnapping suspects have been arrested. Erlan Lizandro Acosta, 26, Matthew Scott Stewart, 33, and...

Porsche vs. police car

Porsche vs. police car

Vancouver Feb 22, 2017 / 10:29 am

A Porsche slammed into a police car in Vancouver late Tuesday night. Vancouver police say they tried to pull over a stolen Porsche Cayenne SUV in downtown...

Jail for deadly abduction

Jail for deadly abduction

North Vancouver Feb 22, 2017 / 10:11 am

A deadly abduction in North Vancouver has landed a man in jail for 14 years. Tian Yi Eddie Zhang was sentenced Tuesday for manslaughter in the death of a...

Abby police probe dropped

Abby police probe dropped

Abbotsford Feb 21, 2017 / 9:15 pm

British Columbia's police complaints commissioner is dropping an investigation into more than 100 misconduct allegations against police officers in...

175 km/h in an 80 zone

175 km/h in an 80 zone

Squamish Feb 21, 2017 / 7:21 pm

A speeder was nabbed doing more than twice the limit on the Sea-to-Sky Highway, Friday. RCMP caught the man zooming toward Whistler, just outside of Squamish,...

Coroner probes child death

Coroner probes child death

Abbotsford Feb 21, 2017 / 4:42 pm

The BC Coroners Service says it is investigating the death of a three-year-old girl at Abbotsford Regional Hospital earlier this month. The service says Nimrat...

Targeted hit in Abbotsford

Targeted hit in Abbotsford

Abbotsford Feb 21, 2017 / 2:59 pm

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team believes an Abbotsford homicide was targeted. IHIT is working with Abbotsford Police and coroner’s service...

Torn down within 25 years

Torn down within 25 years

Vancouver Feb 21, 2017 / 11:54 am

An architecture professor at the University of British Columbia says about a quarter of detached homes in Vancouver could be torn down in just over a decade....

Whale deaths still mystery

Whale deaths still mystery

Vancouver Feb 21, 2017 / 6:45 am

Vancouver aquarium officials say they still don't know what killed two beluga whales last year, but the facility is pushing ahead with plans to expand its...

Dying dog denied flight

Dying dog denied flight

Vancouver Feb 20, 2017 / 5:13 pm

A flight policy denied a dog owner the ability to see her dying pet. Robyn Larocque’s dog Cheech was in Calgary this week being treated for radiation...

Sky-high bridge adventure

Sky-high bridge adventure

Vancouver Feb 20, 2017 / 5:11 pm

Kevin Thomson wants to take adventure tourism to new heights in Vancouver. Specifically, to the top of Lions Gate Bridge. Thomson has been in talks with the...

Creep Catchers face probe

Creep Catchers face probe

Surrey Feb 20, 2017 / 5:02 pm

British Columbia's privacy watchdog has launched a probe into a controversial vigilante group. The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner...

Fake guns, real danger

Fake guns, real danger

Surrey Feb 20, 2017 / 4:58 pm

Surrey RCMP are warning youth about playing with air guns. Videos have surfaced of youth appearing to be armed with guns and acting irresponsibly, but when...

Dead belugas replaced

Dead belugas replaced

Vancouver Feb 20, 2017 / 1:49 pm

UPDATE: 1:50 p.m. The Vancouver Aquarium says it will not have any more belugas in captivity by 2029, but in the meantime it will be bringing in new ones. The...

Betting on La La Land

Betting on La La Land

Vancouver Feb 20, 2017 / 1:12 pm

British Columbians are hoping to make a few bucks by betting on the film La La Land during the 89th Academy Awards. PlayNow.com is offering more than 26 bets,...

Pushback over Pride police

Pushback over Pride police

Vancouver Feb 20, 2017 / 12:25 pm

A push to exclude police from Vancouver's Pride Parade is experiencing push back from a group that says not allowing officers to take part in the event...

In a slot machine trance

In a slot machine trance

Vancouver Feb 20, 2017 / 11:50 am

The Centre for Gambling Research at UBC has published a new study that connects slot-machine addiction to a trance like state. The fast, continuous style of...

Dead after being shot

Dead after being shot

Abbotsford Feb 20, 2017 / 11:25 am

UPDATED: 11:25 a.m. Emergency crews and police were called to a residential street in Abbotsford this morning after a deadly shooting. Police say shots were...

Targeted shooting

Targeted shooting

Vancouver Feb 20, 2017 / 8:01 am

A 22-year-old Burnaby man has been injured in what Vancouver Police say is the latest targeted shooting in the city. Const. Jason Doucette says officers were...

 $29M for school supplies

$29M for school supplies

Vancouver Feb 20, 2017 / 7:51 am

British Columbia's New Democratic Party education critic says the provincial government's announcement of a one-time Student Learning Grant is...

Tory hopefuls square off

Tory hopefuls square off

Vancouver Feb 19, 2017 / 10:39 pm

An unofficial Conservative leadership debate Sunday was a mostly cordial affair that only saw a few sharp exchanges, such as whether to scrap the Liberal...

Making grad dreams reality

Making grad dreams reality

Vancouver Feb 19, 2017 / 6:14 pm

Many at-risk youth have no plans to attend graduation because they can't afford to buy a suit or dress – something a B.C. charity is looking to...

Children's hospice funded

Children's hospice funded

Vancouver Feb 19, 2017 / 10:14 am

Canuck Place Children’s Hospice in Vancouver and Abbotsford will begin receiving annual funding next year to provide pediatric, palliative medical care....

A tower of controversy

A tower of controversy

Vancouver Feb 19, 2017 / 9:39 am

When developer Joo Kim Tiah announced in 2013 that his spiralling skyscraper project in Vancouver would bear Donald Trump's name, the main controversy was...