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Arrest made in historic homicide

Arrest made in historic homicide

Surrey Jan 24, 2015 / 3:12 pm

Surrey RCMP say they have made an arrest in a historic homicide dating back to 2006. Mahdi Halane was shot in the neck following a confrontation at a gas...

Puppy cruelty charges for CEO

Puppy cruelty charges for CEO

Vancouver Jan 23, 2015 / 6:48 pm

Animal cruelty charges have been laid against the former CEO of a high-profile catering company who is accused of mistreating a friend's puppy. British...

Search called off for missing hiker

Search called off for missing hiker

North Vancouver Jan 23, 2015 / 6:42 pm

Weeks after Liang Jin set out for a hike on Vancouver's North Shore mountains, the search for the 21-year-old man has been called off. Jin was last heard...

VPD chief announces retirement

VPD chief announces retirement

Vancouver Jan 23, 2015 / 10:13 am

Vancouver's police chief is set to retire after leading the department for more than seven years. Chief Jim Chu, who has been on the force for 36 years,...

Fatal crash on Hwy 1

Fatal crash on Hwy 1

Abbotsford Jan 22, 2015 / 1:16 pm

One man is dead following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 1 at Whatcom Road in Abbotsford. The incident occurred shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday. According to...

$44M fine for B.C. Ponzi scheme

$44M fine for B.C. Ponzi scheme

Vancouver Jan 22, 2015 / 9:22 am

A former notary in Vancouver who allegedly spent almost a decade collecting at least $100 million from investors in what turned out to be a Ponzi scheme has...

Roof collapse in strip mall fire

Roof collapse in strip mall fire

Coquitlam Jan 22, 2015 / 6:32 am

Coquitlam fire crews are working to contain a large fire that has already destroyed at least one business. The fire sparked around 1:30 a.m. Thursday in a strip...

Bieksa out with broken hand

Bieksa out with broken hand

Vancouver Jan 22, 2015 / 5:57 am

Kevin Bieksa will be out of the Vancouver Canucks' lineup indefinitely as he recovers from surgery on a broken hand. The club announced Wednesday night that...

Dog walker awaits sentence

Dog walker awaits sentence

Surrey Jan 21, 2015 / 5:44 pm

A Vancouver-area dog walker who admitted to killing six dogs by leaving them in a hot truck will be sentenced next week. Emma Paulsen appeared in a Surrey,...

RBC thefts an inside job?

RBC thefts an inside job?

Vancouver Jan 21, 2015 / 4:19 pm

Royal Bank of Canada is accusing two former employees who worked at a Vancouver branch of orchestrating a pair of robberies worth more than $200,000. The bank...

Fugitive found hiding inside couch

Fugitive found hiding inside couch

Vancouver Jan 21, 2015 / 1:43 pm

Police in Vancouver nearly gave up their search for an Alberta fugitive until a service dog sniffed out the man's hiding place — inside a couch. As...

Spectacular fire at False Creek

Spectacular fire at False Creek

Vancouver Jan 21, 2015 / 10:05 am

A massive fire that ripped through a boat at a marina in False Creek late Tuesday night is under investigation. The fire erupted on board what officials...

Snowbirds could bring invaders

Snowbirds could bring invaders

Richmond Jan 20, 2015 / 8:32 pm

Canadian snowbirds towing pleasure boats back to Western provinces from winter getaways in the United States are in danger of bringing back some unwelcome...

Brian Louie conviction upheld

Brian Louie conviction upheld

Vancouver Jan 20, 2015 / 4:58 pm

The B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a South Okanagan man convicted of a violent assault against a female acquaintance. The judgement in the...

Clark wants spill-response details

Clark wants spill-response details

Vancouver Jan 20, 2015 / 3:00 pm

British Columbia Premier Christy Clark is demanding Kinder Morgan disclose more details about its safety plans before the province approves the company's...

Vancouver homes 2nd most pricey

Vancouver homes 2nd most pricey

Vancouver Jan 20, 2015 / 8:22 am

Vancouver has the second most unaffordable housing market in the world after Hong Kong, according to a new study of major property markets. The annual...

Taseko fires back over defamation

Taseko fires back over defamation

Vancouver Jan 19, 2015 / 8:00 pm

Criticism of a proposed mine by an environmental group and allegations of defamation by the project's owner have landed both parties in B.C. Supreme Court....

He groomed girls, then killed them

He groomed girls, then killed them

Vancouver Jan 19, 2015 / 12:30 pm

The Crown is asking for a dangerous offender designation for a B.C. man who plied two teenaged girls with booze and drugs and was eventually convicted of...

Power restored to thousands

Power restored to thousands

Vancouver Jan 19, 2015 / 8:42 am

The power is back on in homes across British Columbia after harsh weather and strong winds left thousands in the dark. Mora Scott of BC Hydro says 30,000...

Crowding, infections at hospital

Crowding, infections at hospital

Surrey Jan 17, 2015 / 5:41 pm

Surrey Memorial Hospital is grappling with its highest-ever volumes of emergency patients and an outbreak of the potentially deadly C.difficile, according to an...

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