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Vancouver News Apr 23 to 29, 2017

Woman held hostage

Woman held hostage

Langley Apr 29, 2017 / 9:01 pm

A 45-year-old man who allegedly held a woman hostage at knifepoint during a standoff with Langley RCMP has been arrested. The incident occurred at the Logan...

High-risk offender arrested

High-risk offender arrested

New Westminster Apr 29, 2017 / 1:42 pm

A high-risk offender is back behind bars. On April 27, the New Westminster Police Department issued a public warning about Jared Harris, who was believed to be...

Homeless a political issue

Homeless a political issue

Vancouver Apr 29, 2017 / 7:41 am

A new tent city has popped up in Vancouver, and the residents want to make homelessness a political issue. A vacant lot on Main Street in the Downtown Eastside...

Fatal crash on Lougheed

Fatal crash on Lougheed

Coquitlam Apr 29, 2017 / 6:19 am

UPDATE: 6:15 a.m. Friday evening's crash on Lougheed Highway in Coquitlam claimed the lives of a woman and two children. The head-on, three-vehicle...

Iron Man suit wows crowd

Iron Man suit wows crowd

Vancouver Apr 28, 2017 / 8:34 pm

A British inventor wowed crowds at Vancouver's TED Talk on Thursday when he demonstrated his jet-powered flight suit. Comparisons to the Marvel comic book...

7 car pileup on Hwy. 1

7 car pileup on Hwy. 1

Surrey Apr 28, 2017 / 7:30 pm

UPDATE: 7:30 P.M. The front end of a white Jeep was smashed in, and a blue vehicle had damage to the front and back. A tan car could be seen with its trunk...

Fire tears through home

Fire tears through home

Surrey Apr 28, 2017 / 6:42 pm

A fire that started in a garage spread through a home in Surrey in about a minute. The blaze began shortly before 3 p.m. on Friday at a two-storey home on...

8 years for killer drunk

8 years for killer drunk

Vancouver Apr 28, 2017 / 12:17 pm

A B.C. man who killed three people while driving drunk along a winding mountain highway has been sentenced to eight years and four months in prison. Samuel Alec...

No to lousy lumber deal

No to lousy lumber deal

Vancouver Apr 27, 2017 / 2:45 pm

British Columbia's Liberal leader says everyone involved in a potential softwood lumber agreement said No when the United States offered a "lousy"...

High-risk offender warning

High-risk offender warning

New Westminster Apr 27, 2017 / 12:31 pm

Police in New Westminster are warning the public of a high-risk offender who has moved to the Lower Mainland. Jared Edward Harris, who has an extensive criminal...

Mom's emotional plea

Mom's emotional plea

Vancouver Apr 27, 2017 / 11:07 am

The mother of a missing Ecuadorian man studying in Vancouver has issued an emotional plea for information that could help find her son. Lupe Carrera travelled...

Hateful flyers target trans

Hateful flyers target trans

Vancouver Apr 27, 2017 / 6:21 am

A transgender candidate in the provincial election is the target of hateful flyers in her Vancouver riding. Morgane Oger is running for the NDP in...

Warning after trio of assaults

Warning after trio of assaults

Vancouver Apr 27, 2017 / 6:07 am

A trio of incidents in East Vancouver Wednesday has led to a public warning from police. A 21-year-old woman was pulled into some bushes outside an unoccupied...

Clark: ban coal exports

Clark: ban coal exports

Surrey Apr 26, 2017 / 11:37 am

Premier Christy Clark wants the federal government to ban the shipment of thermal coal through ports in British Columbia after the United States announced new...

Thief rams RCMP cruisers

Thief rams RCMP cruisers

Mission Apr 26, 2017 / 9:25 am

Officers were injured Tuesday when police vehicles were rammed during a traffic stop. Mission RCMP pulled over a stolen vehicle on Lougheed Highway that then...

Citizen nabs stabber

Citizen nabs stabber

Vancouver Apr 26, 2017 / 8:51 am

UPDATE: 8:50 a.m. Vancouver Police are investigating a fight and stabbing that involved two bus passengers on the city's east side. A news release from...

Float home up in flames

Float home up in flames

Richmond Apr 26, 2017 / 6:13 am

Firefighters in Richmond doused a float home fire overnight. The fire broke out in a home on the docks off Fraserwood Way, near Annacis Island. Flames could be...

Sex offender on the lam

Sex offender on the lam

Vancouver Apr 25, 2017 / 5:34 pm

Police are on the hunt for a four-time federal offender. Joseph Davis, 46, served a four-year sentence for sexual assault and is currently serving a long-term...

Fraudster fleeces vacationer

Fraudster fleeces vacationer

Surrey Apr 25, 2017 / 5:30 pm

Nobody likes to come home from vacation, but it's even worse when you return home and find your bank account has been drained. Surrey RCMP are asking for...

Murder victim was shot

Murder victim was shot

Richmond Apr 25, 2017 / 1:12 pm

Police have confirmed a man found dead in a rural park in Richmond Monday suffered gunshot wounds. RCMP confirmed the information Tuesday, while also...

Horgan promises hospital

Horgan promises hospital

Burnaby Apr 25, 2017 / 12:25 pm

The New Democrats are promising to build a new hospital in Burnaby with a price tag in the range of $1.2 billion. NDP Leader John Horgan says the money would...

2 burned in highrise fire

2 burned in highrise fire

Burnaby Apr 25, 2017 / 9:06 am

Two people were badly burned in a Burnaby highrise fire Monday night. The fire started in the kitchen of a seventh-floor suite about 10:30 p.m. The residents...

Heroin to curb opioid crisis

Heroin to curb opioid crisis

Vancouver Apr 25, 2017 / 5:49 am

Health Canada's proposal to loosen regulations on importing prescription-grade heroin to treat opioid addiction is being hailed as a crucial step to...

Dead body by river

Dead body by river

Richmond Apr 24, 2017 / 1:19 pm

UPDATE: 1:20 p.m. Richmond RCMP confirmed they found a body in a park off River Road. The body they found was a deceased male and police said his death appears...

Appeal over 'pay-to-play'

Appeal over 'pay-to-play'

Vancouver Apr 24, 2017 / 12:51 pm

The group Democracy Watch is appealing a B.C. Supreme Court decision tossing out a case involving allegations that Premier Christy Clark was in a conflict of...

$300K fentanyl bust

$300K fentanyl bust

New Westminster Apr 24, 2017 / 12:29 pm

A months-long drug investigation has resulted in the seizure of $300,000 worth of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced heroin. Search warrants were executed in Surrey...

Third fire in four years

Third fire in four years

Surrey Apr 23, 2017 / 9:29 pm

A blaze in a Surrey building Saturday night marks the third time that building has gone up in flames in less than four years. The fire, on the 8300 block of...

Deadly crash in Vancouver

Deadly crash in Vancouver

Vancouver Apr 23, 2017 / 1:23 pm

The Vancouver Police Department's collision investigation unit remained on the scene for hours Sunday after a man drove his car into a power pole. The man,...

Hikers safe after rescue

Hikers safe after rescue

North Vancouver Apr 23, 2017 / 1:11 pm

Two more hikers have the busy North Shore Search and Rescue and the police to thank after being found, and rescued, on Saturday night. “It was our first...

Clark heckled at sun run

Clark heckled at sun run

Vancouver Apr 23, 2017 / 10:16 am

B.C.'s election campaign is nearing the halfway point and one party leader says she's feeling optimistic, but acknowledges that the race is far from...

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