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Leave creep catching to pros

Leave creep catching to pros

Surrey Sep 2, 2016 / 11:17 am

British Columbia's Integrated Child Exploitation unit wants vigilante groups to leave policing to the professionals after a group of civilians who are...

Casino warning sounded

Casino warning sounded

Delta Sep 2, 2016 / 7:06 am

More casinos in the Lower Mainland could bring a spike in crime and gambling addiction, medical health officers say. More than 100 troubling incidents were...

Foreign-buyers' tax impact

Foreign-buyers' tax impact

Vancouver Sep 1, 2016 / 4:46 pm

Analysts are bracing for a steep decline in real estate transactions for the month of August when the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver releases its latest...

Looking for missing teen

Looking for missing teen

Coquitlam Sep 1, 2016 / 3:55 pm

Coquitlam RCMP are hoping the public can help them find a missing teen who may be heading to Kamloops. Brandel Richard was last seen in Hope just before 8 a.m...

The rollerblade bandit

The rollerblade bandit

Surrey Sep 1, 2016 / 3:39 pm

Surrey RCMP are hoping to catch a bad guy who has so far been skating around the law. Police are investigating a pair of robberies over the past month in which...

9 ODs in 20 minutes

9 ODs in 20 minutes

Delta Sep 1, 2016 / 2:54 pm

A British Columbia police chief says it's a miracle that no one died after nine people overdosed within a 20-minute period on what are believed to be drugs...

Toddler's death hit us hard

Toddler's death hit us hard

Vancouver Sep 1, 2016 / 12:29 pm

It's been one year since the image of a drowned toddler lying face down on a Turkish beach turned the eyes of the world to the Syrian refugee crisis, but...

Private clinic goes to court

Private clinic goes to court

Vancouver Sep 1, 2016 / 6:49 am

A self-styled champion of privatized health care is bringing his fight to British Columbia Supreme Court next week for the start of a months-long trial he says...

Cop cleared in death

Cop cleared in death

Vancouver Aug 31, 2016 / 1:58 pm

The civilian body that investigates police-involved injuries and deaths in British Columbia says it will not seek charges against a Vancouver officer involved...

Dog died after attack

Dog died after attack

Langley Aug 31, 2016 / 12:22 pm

UPDATE: 12:20 p.m. The Langley Animal Protection Society will continue its investigation into a dog attack in Langley yesterday evening. Langley RCMP were...

A van, a bed and a jar

A van, a bed and a jar

Vancouver Aug 31, 2016 / 11:58 am

For just $50 a night you can stay in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood, but there is a catch. Your accommodations are inside a hot camper van and they...

New tactic against fentanyl

New tactic against fentanyl

Vancouver Aug 31, 2016 / 11:20 am

Health Canada plans to restrict six chemicals used to make fentanyl as part of Ottawa's attempt to address what it calls the national opioid crisis. Health...

Thieves could have died

Thieves could have died

Surrey Aug 30, 2016 / 3:36 pm

BC Hydro says thieves risked death or serious injury by cutting down two power poles with chainsaws in Surrey. Hydro says the two poles were located on separate...

SUV speeding before crash

SUV speeding before crash

Vancouver Aug 30, 2016 / 11:51 am

Witnesses seem to be confirming what Vancouver police already suspect – an SUV that crashed, killing two, was speeding prior to the crash. Three...

Bad news for home buyers

Bad news for home buyers

Vancouver Aug 30, 2016 / 10:34 am

Royal Bank says the first half of this year marked the biggest six-month drop in housing affordability in the Vancouver area since at least the early 1990s. The...

From heartbreak to reunion

From heartbreak to reunion

Surrey Aug 30, 2016 / 6:09 am

The family of an elderly husband and wife who were forced to live in separate care homes say the health authority overseeing the couples' care is moving...

Waking up to a nightmare

Waking up to a nightmare

Vancouver Aug 29, 2016 / 11:47 pm

A Vancouver woman beat a scorpion to death with a frying pan after it stung her several times as she slept. "It was this big, black, ugly thing that made...

Crash kills two

Crash kills two

Vancouver Aug 29, 2016 / 7:50 pm

UPDATE 7:50 p.m. A single vehicle crash in Vancouver's downtown core has claimed the lives of two people. Three others are injured. Vancouver police say...

Senior, pet attacked by dog

Senior, pet attacked by dog

White Rock Aug 29, 2016 / 7:00 pm

A 77-year-old woman and her small dog both spent time in hospital for injuries suffered from what she said was a pit bull attack in White Rock. The incident...

100-year-old runs 100m

100-year-old runs 100m

Vancouver Aug 29, 2016 / 4:23 pm

It took 100-year-old Indian runner Man Kaur almost a minute and a half to complete the 100-metre race, but she never broke her stride. And when she finally...