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Vancouver News Feb 25 to Mar 3, 2018

One dead in one-car crash

One dead in one-car crash

Maple Ridge Mar 3, 2018 / 5:26 pm

One person was killed in a crash that involved a lone vehicle in Maple Ridge on Saturday. The incident happened at around noon on Golden Ears Way near 210th...

Police search park for mom

Police search park for mom

Vancouver Mar 3, 2018 / 1:38 pm

The search for a missing mother who failed to pick up her kids from school continued at a Vancouver park on Saturday. Vancouver Police and the RCMP dive team...

Freezin' for a reason

Freezin' for a reason

Vancouver Mar 3, 2018 / 7:32 am

Members of the Vancouver Police Department will be taking the plunge this afternoon to benefit some special athletes. VPD Chief Const. Adam Palmer and Vancouver...

Cop sentenced for breach

Cop sentenced for breach

Abbotsford Mar 2, 2018 / 5:42 pm

A police officer in Abbotsford, B.C., has been sentenced after pleading guilty to a breach of trust charge. The Abbotsford Police Department says in a statement...

Librarian kicker found

Librarian kicker found

Richmond Mar 2, 2018 / 2:53 pm

Police have found the man believed to be responsible for kicking an elderly female librarian in Richmond Wednesday afternoon. A video of the incident went...

Ivanka Trump under scope

Ivanka Trump under scope

Vancouver Mar 2, 2018 / 1:45 pm

CTV Vancouver is reporting that an FBI investigation has been launched into the negotiations and financing for Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouver....

Whale of a fight

Whale of a fight

Vancouver Mar 2, 2018 / 1:25 pm

The Vancouver Park Board is appealing a court decision that determined it didn't have the authority to ban whales, dolphins and porpoises at the city's...

Vancouver home sales fall

Vancouver home sales fall

Vancouver Mar 2, 2018 / 12:29 pm

Home sales in Metro Vancouver fell more than 14 per cent below the 10-year average in February as buyers contended with stricter mortgage rules and higher...

Save our killer whales

Save our killer whales

Vancouver Mar 2, 2018 / 11:39 am

Several conservation groups say the federal government's failure to issue an emergency order reducing threats to endangered orcas off the B.C. coast ahead...

Elderly librarian assaulted

Elderly librarian assaulted

Richmond Mar 1, 2018 / 5:18 pm

A shocking and sudden assault on an elderly librarian at a housing for homeless community event at the Richmond Public Library has Richmond RCMP investigating....

Inquest into woman's death

Inquest into woman's death

Surrey Mar 1, 2018 / 3:30 pm

A public inquest will be held into the death of a Saskatchewan Indigenous woman whose body was found in a British Columbia park. Deanna Renee Desjarlais, 27,...

Assault of recent immigrant

Assault of recent immigrant

Surrey Mar 1, 2018 / 1:38 pm

An unprovoked attack against a recent Syrian immigrant in Surrey in November has resulted in assault charges against one man. Marc Nijjer, 52, is alleged to...

Senseless death

Senseless death

Vancouver Mar 1, 2018 / 1:00 pm

A judge in British Columbia has sentenced an Indigenous woman to four years in prison for manslaughter, but says it doesn't seem right that incarceration...

Bride ruins photographer

Bride ruins photographer

Vancouver Mar 1, 2018 / 9:51 am

A British Columbia bride has been ordered to pay more than $100,000 to a wedding photographer for unleashing an online torrent of defamatory comments that...

Get drunk on VPD

Get drunk on VPD

Vancouver Mar 1, 2018 / 7:14 am

If you've always wanted to get drunk in front of police officers and have them pay for it, Vancouver is the place to be. VPD officers are recruiting...

Rams police car, civilian car

Rams police car, civilian car

Port Coquitlam Feb 28, 2018 / 3:14 pm

A man accused of causing two crashes in Port Coquitlam on Wednesday morning, one involving a police car, has been taken into custody. Police attempted to stop a...

Bus bursts into flames

Bus bursts into flames

Vancouver Feb 28, 2018 / 11:49 am

A Wilson's Transportation passenger bus caught fire at Blanshard and Fort St. in downtown Victoria Wednesday morning. The driver was the only one in the...

Death wives asked to desist

Death wives asked to desist

Vancouver Feb 28, 2018 / 9:42 am

Almost two years after issuing a cease and desist letter to a pair of so-called death midwives, the College of Midwives of British Columbia is seeking a...

iPhone farm fire

iPhone farm fire

Langley Feb 28, 2018 / 6:29 am

A Langley farming family believe an iPhone is responsible for a fire that destroyed their home and now they want Apple to help them make it right. Cathy Finley...

Daily dose of alcohol?

Daily dose of alcohol?

Vancouver Feb 28, 2018 / 5:19 am

A radical treatment that provides daily doses of alcohol to people struggling with problem drinking in several Canadian cities is getting attention from other...

Out of jail early

Out of jail early

Vancouver Feb 27, 2018 / 8:38 pm

CTV News has learned a notorious B.C. gangster was released from jail earlier than he was supposed to. Parole board documents show Jarrod Bacon was mistakenly...

Under fire over guns

Under fire over guns

Vancouver Feb 27, 2018 / 8:20 pm

Mountain Equipment Co-op says it is evaluating different courses of action amid continued social media outcry that it stop selling brands connected to a major...

'Safe zone' for online sales

'Safe zone' for online sales

Abbotsford Feb 27, 2018 / 5:02 pm

Meeting a stranger to complete an online deal can feel risky, even for a veteran police officer. Sgt. Judy Bird knows first-hand about the "sketchy"...

Politicos friendly with Atwal

Politicos friendly with Atwal

Surrey Feb 27, 2018 / 3:21 pm

A man at the centre of a controversy over Sikh separatism that is hounding the prime minister says he has worked with politicians from a number of parties since...

NHL Draft coming back

NHL Draft coming back

Vancouver Feb 27, 2018 / 2:00 pm

The NHL is coming to Vancouver. The NHL Draft that is. League sources have announced that the draft will come to the city in the summer of 2019. The official...

Student brings gun to school

Student brings gun to school

Delta Feb 27, 2018 / 12:45 pm

It’s the second time a student has brought an air gun to a Delta school in the last two weeks. Someone contacted police around noon after seeing a...

Instant Pot recall

Instant Pot recall

Vancouver Feb 27, 2018 / 11:19 am

A popular kitchen appliance is being recalled by the manufacturer. Instant Pot, an Ottawa-based company, has put out a warning to customers that some of its...

Lonely in Vancouver?

Lonely in Vancouver?

Vancouver Feb 27, 2018 / 7:34 am

Amie Peacock describes her mother as "a social butterfly," but when she came to visit her in Vancouver from the Philippines a lack of friends and a...

Mining gets modern

Mining gets modern

Vancouver Feb 26, 2018 / 6:39 am

The mining industry has developed a reputation for being slow to change but a new wave of start-ups is helping push it into the digital age. Four of those...

Pot farm lights up sky

Pot farm lights up sky

Langley Feb 26, 2018 / 5:00 am

Bright lights from a newly-registered marijuana grow-op in Langley are keeping neighbours up at night. Canopy Growth and BC Tweed joined forces to convert what...

Missing teen sought

Missing teen sought

Coquitlam Feb 25, 2018 / 4:23 pm

Coquitlam RCMP are seeking a teenager who has been missing since Saturday. Pierce Cunningham is a 14-year-old First Nations male, 5'10" and 145 pounds....

DNA could find parents

DNA could find parents

Vancouver Feb 25, 2018 / 7:27 am

For 10-year-old Isabelle Smit, finding new blood relatives through a long-shot DNA drive has been like a game of Connect the Dots. Smit, who was adopted as an...