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Lysol-wipe COVID profiteer sentenced for extortion of estranged Burnaby wife

Lysol-wipe COVID profiteer sentenced for extortion of estranged Burnaby wife

Burnaby Apr 18, 2024 / 11:18 am

A man who made the news at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic for hoarding Lysol wipes to sell online for a profit has been sentenced for threatening to...

Union says some 100 correctional officers will demonstrate at Abbotsford HQ

Union says some 100 correctional officers will demonstrate at Abbotsford HQ

Abbotsford Apr 18, 2024 / 5:49 am

Around 100 members of the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers plan to hold a protest in Abbotsford, B.C., today. The demonstration outside the Pacific...

Former B.C. finance minister Mike de Jong running for the federal Conservatives

Former B.C. finance minister Mike de Jong running for the federal Conservatives

Abbotsford Apr 17, 2024 / 6:46 pm

Veteran B.C. politician Mike de Jong, an eight-term member of the provincial legislature who held a number of cabinet posts including finance and health, has...

B.C. government earmarks $300M to help TransLink buy more buses, reduce overcrowding

B.C. government earmarks $300M to help TransLink buy more buses, reduce overcrowding

Vancouver Apr 17, 2024 / 5:46 pm

British Columbia is paying up to $300 million in new capital funding to help TransLink, Metro Vancouver's transit provider, add more buses to its fleet....

B.C. police seize guns, 14 kilograms of fentanyl in Lower Mainland trafficking probe

B.C. police seize guns, 14 kilograms of fentanyl in Lower Mainland trafficking probe

Vancouver Apr 17, 2024 / 2:03 pm

Mounties in B.C.'s Lower Mainland say a months-long trafficking investigation spanned multiple cities and led to the seizure of significant quantities of...

Vancouver International Airport regains Best Airport in North America crown

Vancouver International Airport regains Best Airport in North America crown

Richmond Apr 17, 2024 / 12:52 pm

Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is celebrating a smooth landing after taking home the title of Best Airport in North America at the Skytrax World Airport...

Officer in charge tells inquest everything possible was done to save B.C. hostage

Officer in charge tells inquest everything possible was done to save B.C. hostage

Surrey Apr 17, 2024 / 12:42 pm

The officer in charge when police in Surrey, B.C., killed a hostage taker and the woman he was holding says he believes he did everything possible to save her....

Divers went into the Fraser for a stolen car. They found a bus

Divers went into the Fraser for a stolen car. They found a bus

Coquitlam Apr 17, 2024 / 12:25 pm

A team in Coquitlam recovering a car that drove into the Fraser River this month found other vehicles during its dive — including a school bus. Mounties...

Man unlawfully at large by B.C. police has a history in New West

Man unlawfully at large by B.C. police has a history in New West

New Westminster Apr 17, 2024 / 11:06 am

A 42-year-old man wanted by B.C. police has a connection to New Westminster. Stephen Johnston is considered unlawfully at large and was recently added to Metro...

ICBC ordered to repay car owner $635 in cyclist crash case

ICBC ordered to repay car owner $635 in cyclist crash case

Abbotsford Apr 17, 2024 / 6:52 am

B.C.'s Civil Resolution Tribunal has ordered ICBC to reimburse a driver $635 after an April 4, 2022 incident involving a cyclist. The small claims dispute...

B.C. man used Taser on neighbour, hit girlfriend on head

B.C. man used Taser on neighbour, hit girlfriend on head

Vancouver Apr 17, 2024 / 5:47 am

A Vancouver man has been sentenced to 221 days' time served and 18 months' probation for assault, weapons and breach charges. Among the charges Sheldon...

Illegal Airbnb operator loses bid to rejoin Vancouver short-term rental market

Illegal Airbnb operator loses bid to rejoin Vancouver short-term rental market

Vancouver Apr 16, 2024 / 5:56 pm

The owner of two Vancouver apartments who pleaded guilty in 2022 to illegally operating short-term rentals in both units argued unsuccessfully Tuesday with...

B.C. killer seeks to attend sentencing by video as lawyer cites safety concerns

B.C. killer seeks to attend sentencing by video as lawyer cites safety concerns

Vancouver Apr 16, 2024 / 4:16 pm

A defence lawyer for Ibrahim Ali, who was convicted of first-degree murder of a 13-year-old girl in Burnaby, B.C., says the man wants to appear at his...

Unifor withdraws Amazon union applications, citing 'suspiciously high' employee data

Unifor withdraws Amazon union applications, citing 'suspiciously high' employee data

Vancouver Apr 16, 2024 / 2:52 pm

Unifor says it’s temporarily withdrawing its applications to represent workers at two Vancouver-area Amazon facilities, accusing the e-commerce giant of...

B.C. coroner's jury hears from victim's son about night of fatal hostage taking

B.C. coroner's jury hears from victim's son about night of fatal hostage taking

Surrey Apr 16, 2024 / 2:48 pm

The son of a woman killed in a hostage standoff in Surrey, B.C., in 2019 says he stood a block away watching as a "tank" was brought in, and heard...

Burnaby man charged in fatal stabbing of woman in South Vancouver

Burnaby man charged in fatal stabbing of woman in South Vancouver

Burnaby Apr 16, 2024 / 10:38 am

A Burnaby man has been charged with second-degree murder in a fatal stabbing in South Vancouver earlier this month. At about 6 a.m. on April 3, Vancouver police...

'Innocent person is killed': Roommate believes B.C. man was wrongly murdered

'Innocent person is killed': Roommate believes B.C. man was wrongly murdered

Vancouver Apr 15, 2024 / 5:36 pm

Harsh Khatri and his best friend made dinner together and played a game on Friday night inside their South Vancouver house. “At 10:40 p.m., we played a...

12K homes, 15 towers planned to kick off massive Metrotown mall redevelopment

12K homes, 15 towers planned to kick off massive Metrotown mall redevelopment

Burnaby Apr 15, 2024 / 4:59 pm

The future of Burnaby’s Metrotown is on display in a new public engagement website by developers seeking feedback on one of the most important master...

Dangerous sex offender living in B.C. community prompts notice from police

Dangerous sex offender living in B.C. community prompts notice from police

Surrey Apr 15, 2024 / 12:57 pm

A dangerous sex offender who has been convicted of crimes against teenage girls is living in Surrey and police are alerting the public. Leonard Ramstead, 56,...

B.C. collision claims life of 23-year-old pedestrian

B.C. collision claims life of 23-year-old pedestrian

Surrey Apr 15, 2024 / 12:23 pm

Police are investigating a multi-vehicle collision that left one person dead in Surrey. At 8:37 p.m. on Friday, police responded to a crash at 61A Avenue and...