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Transit vote ballots in the mail

Transit vote ballots in the mail

Vancouver Mar 15, 2015 / 7:30 am

Ballots for an unprecedented plebiscite begin arriving in mailboxes on Monday asking Vancouver-area residents whether they're willing to foot the bill for a...

Gondola glitch traps riders

Gondola glitch traps riders

Vancouver Mar 14, 2015 / 8:34 pm

What's being called a computer glitch trapped dozens of passengers on two Grouse Mountain gondolas Friday night. It took Grouse staff hours to figure out...

Insane biker chase leaked

Insane biker chase leaked

Surrey Mar 13, 2015 / 1:51 pm

A seemingly unbelievable video has been released by LiveLeak, of a crazy motorcycle chase through Surrey on Feb. 20. The video features RCMP helicopter footage,...

Fatal hit-run trucker ID'd

Fatal hit-run trucker ID'd

Surrey Mar 13, 2015 / 12:23 pm

RCMP have identified a truck driver believed to be responsible for the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian in Surrey. Police believe a 31-year-old man driving a...

City pushes fairy-tale ties

City pushes fairy-tale ties

Richmond Mar 13, 2015 / 12:05 pm

Tourism Richmond is promoting special package deals for fans of the hit ABC TV series "Once Upon a Time." The American fairy-tale drama has been...

Orcas visit Stanley Park

Orcas visit Stanley Park

Vancouver Mar 13, 2015 / 6:52 am

Visitors to the Stanley Park Seawall enjoyed the sight of a pod of killer whales hunting just off shore, Thursday. Kayakers and people out for a stroll got to...

Suspect unsure of target

Suspect unsure of target

Vancouver Mar 13, 2015 / 5:58 am

A British Columbia terrorism suspect was skeptical the provincial legislature was the best place to target with pressure-cooker bombs on Canada Day, but he...

Six shootings in 48 hours

Six shootings in 48 hours

Surrey Mar 12, 2015 / 4:06 pm

Surrey and Langley have experienced six separate and seemingly targeted shootings in just two days. At a press conference Thursday afternoon, Surrey RCMP Chief...

Plotters hoped to 'change world'

Plotters hoped to 'change world'

Vancouver Mar 12, 2015 / 11:31 am

A B.C. man said he thought his alleged plot to detonate pressure-cooker bombs in Victoria on Canada Day in 2013 would "change the world," even as he...

Shooting victim found on street

Shooting victim found on street

Surrey Mar 12, 2015 / 7:06 am

A shooting victim was found lying in the street, late Wednesday, Surrey RCMP say. Police were advised of the discovery by B.C. Ambulance paramedics at 11:55...

Pilot belly-lands old plane

Pilot belly-lands old plane

Abbotsford Mar 11, 2015 / 8:04 pm

A Royal Canadian Air Force trained pilot managed to safely land a 77-year-old biplane Tuesday, without landing gear, single handily saving himself, his...

Chiefs back TransLink vote

Chiefs back TransLink vote

Vancouver Mar 11, 2015 / 7:00 pm

Lower Mainland police and fire chiefs announced Wednesday they are united in support of Metro Vancouver’s TransLink referendum. Citing safety concerns,...

Shooting spree in Surrey

Shooting spree in Surrey

Surrey Mar 11, 2015 / 4:43 pm

Police believe four shootings in under 19 hours in Surrey are all linked – and all targeted. About 4 a.m. Tuesday, Surrey RCMP were advised a man had been...

Cat burglar suspect sought

Cat burglar suspect sought

Langley Mar 11, 2015 / 12:23 pm

Vancouver-area RCMP have issued an arrest warrant for an alleged "cat burglar" who is suspected in a series of break-ins last fall. An RCMP news...

She stole mountains of mail

She stole mountains of mail

Langley Mar 11, 2015 / 11:09 am

RCMP say a woman in Langley has been charged after about 15,000 pieces of stolen mail were found in her apartment building. Police began investigating after a...

SeaBus scare just a Walkman

SeaBus scare just a Walkman

North Vancouver Mar 11, 2015 / 6:36 am

Transit officials say a suspicious item that shut down Metro Vancouver's SeaBus during rush hour was actually just an old Walkman. The main transit line was...

Falling glass damages car

Falling glass damages car

Vancouver Mar 10, 2015 / 6:30 pm

Traffic was halted on Georgia Street Tuesday afternoon after a pane of glass fell from a construction site and smashed onto the street. CTV Vancouver reports...

Charges laid in groping

Charges laid in groping

Vancouver Mar 10, 2015 / 5:00 pm

A sexual-assault charge has been laid against a German tourist who Vancouver-area transit police say has a history of similar offences. Police say they received...

Suspect fled halfway house

Suspect fled halfway house

Surrey Mar 10, 2015 / 1:52 pm

Police are asking for the public's help to find a suspect who's been identified as a person of interest in the death of a man in the Vancouver area. The...

Blaze guts White Rock shop

Blaze guts White Rock shop

White Rock Mar 10, 2015 / 10:40 am

Fire ripped through a waterfront promenade business in White Rock Tuesday morning. Firefighters battled the blaze at a gelato store along the popular oceanside...

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