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Vancouver News Feb 18 to 24, 2018

Rallying for Tina

Rallying for Tina

Vancouver Feb 24, 2018 / 5:00 pm

Dozens of people took to the streets of Downtown Vancouver Saturday to protest a Manitoba jury's decision to acquit the man accused of killing Tina...

No more pets for pig eater

No more pets for pig eater

Vancouver Feb 24, 2018 / 11:45 am

There will be no more adopted animals for a B.C. resident who ate a pot bellied pig that was picked up from the SPCA. The unidentified resident, who adopted a...

Dog saved from icy death

Dog saved from icy death

Vancouver Feb 24, 2018 / 7:30 am

A woman is being hailed a hero for saving a dog from a icy death. The unidentified woman rushed into a freezing East Vancouver lake to rescue a dog that fell...

Plane skids off runway

Plane skids off runway

Abbotsford Feb 23, 2018 / 2:21 pm

An aircraft with 10 people aboard has skidded off an airport runway in Abbotsford. Airport general manager Parm Sidhu says efforts are underway to confirm what...

Health tax hurts small biz

Health tax hurts small biz

Vancouver Feb 22, 2018 / 12:33 pm

Small business owners in British Columbia say a new health-care payroll tax will result in higher prices for consumers as companies struggle to absorb the cost....

Charges in bar fight

Charges in bar fight

Burnaby Feb 22, 2018 / 12:10 pm

A 20-year old man from Burnaby, B.C., has been charged with manslaughter in the death of another man in what police say was an altercation outside a pub. Delta...

Missing cyclist sought

Missing cyclist sought

Richmond Feb 21, 2018 / 2:50 pm

A man has been missing for several days in Richmond, and local RCMP are seeking the public's help. Colin Mooney, a 48-year-old Caucasian male, has not been...

Did you see Su's car?

Did you see Su's car?

Vancouver Feb 21, 2018 / 2:13 pm

Police are still looking for information about a 37-year-old Vancouver woman who went missing in early January. Su Yi Liang was reported missing by her father...

Alleged piano perv gets bail

Alleged piano perv gets bail

Coquitlam Feb 21, 2018 / 1:00 pm

A Coquitlam piano teacher who was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting students has been released from custody on $500 bail. Dmytro Kubyshkin was recently...

Walmart home delivery

Walmart home delivery

Vancouver Feb 21, 2018 / 11:22 am

Walmart Canada Corp. says it is partnering with an online grocery service to bring home delivery to Vancouver by the summer, as the brick-and-mortar retailer...

S'no common sense here

S'no common sense here

Vancouver Feb 21, 2018 / 10:14 am

Police in Vancouver are shaking their heads after pulling over a motorist driving with a windshield covered in snow. Const. Jason Doucette says he was taken...

B.C. judge tosses case

B.C. judge tosses case

Vancouver Feb 21, 2018 / 5:30 am

A lawsuit in the case involving a British Columbia Mountie who failed to get out of his cruiser to investigate a shots fired call has been tossed out of court....

Are there more victims?

Are there more victims?

Coquitlam Feb 20, 2018 / 2:41 pm

A Coquitlam piano teacher has been charged with three counts of sexual assault involving former students, and police fear there may be more victims out there....

Staff recorded in bathroom

Staff recorded in bathroom

Vancouver Feb 20, 2018 / 12:40 pm

The former operator of a wedding decor supply business is facing more legal action following his conviction for secretly recording two workers while they used...

Guilty plea to killing mom

Guilty plea to killing mom

Vancouver Feb 20, 2018 / 12:26 pm

A B.C. man has pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of his mother. A news release from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says Donovan Penner...

Double stabbing downtown

Double stabbing downtown

Vancouver Feb 20, 2018 / 11:57 am

A stabbing early Tuesday morning in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside left two people in hospital and one arrested. The Vancouver Police Department responded to...

Terrifying escalator incident

Terrifying escalator incident

Vancouver Feb 20, 2018 / 11:23 am

A Calgary woman is reminding parents about the dangers of escalators after her toddler's foot became stuck in one and he broke his leg. Andrea Diaczek says...

Helpless to stop house fire

Helpless to stop house fire

New Westminster Feb 20, 2018 / 9:55 am

Residents battled flames themselves before fleeing to safety from a house fire in New Westminster Monday night. The fire broke out about 10 p.m. in the...

Ban ocean fish farms?

Ban ocean fish farms?

Vancouver Feb 20, 2018 / 4:40 am

A Washington senator says he wants to see British Columbia join the state in phasing out ocean-based Atlantic salmon farms when the province decides whether to...

Groped outside high school

Groped outside high school

Delta Feb 19, 2018 / 4:47 pm

A woman was groped on a walking track at Seaquam Secondary School in Delta, Monday. The victim was walking on the track about 10:15 a.m. when she was groped...

Shot to death: targeted

Shot to death: targeted

Coquitlam Feb 19, 2018 / 12:58 pm

A murder victim found in a vehicle with gunshot wounds has been identified by police as a 45-year-old man from Burnaby. Police are saying his death is a...

Living small in the city

Living small in the city

Vancouver Feb 19, 2018 / 9:54 am

Adrian Crook hadn't always intended on raising his five kids in a three-bedroom condo in downtown Vancouver. But skyrocketing real estate and rental markets...

Solitary constitutional fight

Solitary constitutional fight

Vancouver Feb 19, 2018 / 8:56 am

The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association says the federal government has announced it will appeal a B.C. court decision that finds indefinite solitary...

Elderly man dead after fire

Elderly man dead after fire

Vancouver Feb 18, 2018 / 12:00 pm

An elderly man has died following a house fire in Vancouver after emergency crews had difficulty finding him in a basement suite. Vancouver firefighters arrived...

World's largest grow-op

World's largest grow-op

Langley Feb 18, 2018 / 8:01 am

Greenhouses in Langley have been turned into what operators are calling the largest licensed marijuana production facility in the world. The high-security,...