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Vancouver News Aug 6 to 12, 2017

Stabbing outside bar

Stabbing outside bar

White Rock Aug 12, 2017 / 6:35 am

RCMP are investigating a late-night stabbing outside a White Rock bar. Few details are available, but police were on the scene of the stabbing early Saturday,...

Wrong way down highway

Wrong way down highway

Surrey Aug 11, 2017 / 3:03 pm

Police rammed a speeding car to force it into a spin after it drove the wrong way down the Trans-Canada Highway from Surrey to Coquitlam. The female driver...

Why was death kept quiet?

Why was death kept quiet?

Vancouver Aug 11, 2017 / 2:32 pm

About a month ago, a young man died after an altercation inside a Metro Vancouver Starbucks that a witness says left him unconscious and bleeding profusely on...

Killed 'to save his soul'

Killed 'to save his soul'

New Westminster Aug 11, 2017 / 1:01 pm

A man who confessed to killing the house manager at an addiction treatment centre in Nanaimo has been found not criminally responsible for the death because of...

The Rock loves Vancouver

The Rock loves Vancouver

Vancouver Aug 11, 2017 / 5:59 am

Actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is sharing his love for B.C. The former pro wrestler is in Vancouver filming his latest movie, Skyscraper. On...

Cracking down on shootings

Cracking down on shootings

Surrey Aug 10, 2017 / 9:47 pm

Surrey's mayor and B.C.'s new Solicitor General met Thursday to discuss their response to escalating violence in the city, following three shootings in...

Cops quickly catch crooks

Cops quickly catch crooks

Richmond Aug 10, 2017 / 2:29 pm

RCMP made short work of nabbing two suspects following a morning robbery in Richmond, Thursday. Shortly before 8 a.m., police received a call about a robbery at...

Success in lost key odyssey

Success in lost key odyssey

Surrey Aug 10, 2017 / 7:05 am

It took two months and thousands of dollars, but a Surrey family is back behind the wheel after losing the keys to its minivan. Maria and John Higgins lost the...

Mill destroyed in blaze

Mill destroyed in blaze

Abbotsford Aug 10, 2017 / 6:00 am

UPDATE: 6 a.m. Firefighters were still on the scene at a massive industrial fire in Abbotsford late into Wednesday night. As of about 11 p.m., the blaze was...

Playground set on fire

Playground set on fire

Delta Aug 9, 2017 / 5:14 pm

A school playground fire in Delta is believed to have been intentionally set. Firefighters responded to Chalmers Elementary School Wednesday afternoon, about 4...

Big pipeline news

Big pipeline news

Vancouver Aug 9, 2017 / 5:02 pm

Two key British Columbia cabinet ministers are expected to outline the government's next steps Thursday on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion after...

No abortion ads on buses

No abortion ads on buses

Vancouver Aug 9, 2017 / 4:27 pm

A group opposed to abortion has lost a Charter of Rights challenge to have its ads displayed on the outside of Metro Vancouver buses after a B.C. Supreme Court...

Fatal crash with motorcycle

Fatal crash with motorcycle

Delta Aug 9, 2017 / 4:09 pm

A collision between a motorcycle and an SUV on Wednesday in Delta has resulted in a fatality. The crash happened near the bottom of Nordel Way, near the Annacis...

Early morning shooting

Early morning shooting

Richmond Aug 9, 2017 / 1:15 pm

UPDATE: 1:15 p.m. The 44-year-old man who was shot in Richmond Wednesday morning was known to Richmond RCMP, and police believe the shooting was targeted. ...

3 shooting incidents, 1 day

3 shooting incidents, 1 day

Surrey Aug 9, 2017 / 6:33 am

RCMP in Surrey responded to three separate shooting incidents on Tuesday. Police were still on the scene in Fraser Heights early Wednesday after a shots-fired...

Deadpool says thanks

Deadpool says thanks

Vancouver Aug 8, 2017 / 8:44 pm

Deadpool has told the City of Vancouver thank you for putting up with him. Well, actor Ryan Reynolds said thank you. The Vancouver-born actor thanked residents...

Daytime shooting in Surrey

Daytime shooting in Surrey

Surrey Aug 8, 2017 / 4:04 pm

RCMP are at the scene of a report of shots fired in the Clayton area of Surrey. Cpl. Scotty Schumann says police were called to the 7000 block of 180th Street....

Child slept through invasion

Child slept through invasion

Abbotsford Aug 8, 2017 / 12:12 pm

A three-year-old child slept through an armed home invasion in Abbotsford. Police are investigating after two intruders barged into the Sandpiper Drive home,...

Blaze guts industrial plant

Blaze guts industrial plant

Richmond Aug 8, 2017 / 6:19 am

A two-alarm blaze gutted an industrial building on Annacis Island, Monday. The 83,000-square-foot plant is likely a write-off, firefighters told CTV. Police...

Life lost too soon

Life lost too soon

Abbotsford Aug 6, 2017 / 3:06 pm

UPDATE: 3:05 p.m. The RCMP's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has identified the young man who died after suffering gunshot wounds in...

Hit & run on Granville

Hit & run on Granville

Vancouver Aug 6, 2017 / 8:57 am

Vancouver Police are investigating a hit-and-run after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in the centre lanes of the Granville Street bridge early Sunday...