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Fireworks dazzle crowds

Fireworks dazzle crowds

Vancouver Aug 3, 2015 / 9:01 am

More than 400,000 people lined the shores of Vancouver's English Bay to watch Canada take first place in the annual Celebration of Light fireworks...

Man attacked outside mall

Man attacked outside mall

Burnaby Aug 1, 2015 / 11:34 am

Burnaby Mounties are investigating after a man in his thirties was jumped by a group of men outside Metrotown shopping centre early Saturday morning. The victim...

Denial delayed spill fight

Denial delayed spill fight

Vancouver Jul 31, 2015 / 12:09 pm

The refusal by the owners of a grain carrier to admit that fuel had spilled from their vessel into Vancouver's English Bay slowed the reaction time to the...

Former top cop's new gig

Former top cop's new gig

Vancouver Jul 31, 2015 / 9:31 am

Former Vancouver police chief Jim Chu has moved from crime fighting to private enterprise. Chu has joined the Aquilini Investment Group as vice-president of...

Taser cop a 'scapegoat'

Taser cop a 'scapegoat'

Vancouver Jul 31, 2015 / 6:32 am

The wife of an RCMP officer who killed himself two years ago claims that her husband was used by the Mounties a scapegoat in the death of Robert Dziekanski at...

No transgender protection

No transgender protection

Vancouver Jul 31, 2015 / 6:29 am

When rainbow flags and noisy revellers fill Vancouver's Davie Street for the city's annual Pride Parade on Sunday, there's one political leader who...

Blaze guts four businesses

Blaze guts four businesses

Port Coquitlam Jul 30, 2015 / 4:40 pm

Four businesses were destroyed by fire in downtown Port Coquitlam, Thursday. The fire started in a barbershop on Shaughnessy Street about 7 a.m. “It...

Port Mann tolls on way up

Port Mann tolls on way up

Surrey Jul 30, 2015 / 4:29 pm

Drivers will soon pay more to cross the Port Mann Bridge. Starting Aug. 15, passenger vehicles (pickups, SUVs and cars) will pay an additional 15 cents per...

Gun used to rob child

Gun used to rob child

Vancouver Jul 29, 2015 / 4:59 pm

Vancouver police are expanding their search across Canada for two suspects wanted for a home invasion where a gun was used to rob a seven-year-old girl of a...

Fake firefighter cases home

Fake firefighter cases home

Vancouver Jul 29, 2015 / 4:22 pm

Vancouver Police are warning the public after a man impersonating a firefighter conducted an inspection of a home on Monday. A man knocked on the door of a home...

Ticket fraudsters busted

Ticket fraudsters busted

Vancouver Jul 29, 2015 / 4:21 pm

Anyone who purchased tickets to a concert or sporting event on Craigslist in the last 10 months may find they have been the victim of fraud. Vancouver Police...

More millionaire babies?

More millionaire babies?

Vancouver Jul 29, 2015 / 11:49 am

The family of a murdered West Vancouver millionaire says a baby born to his former lover isn't his only possible heir. A lawyer representing the brother and...

Crash sends 7 to hospital

Crash sends 7 to hospital

Surrey Jul 29, 2015 / 6:44 am

A multi-vehicle collision in Surrey overnight sent seven people to hospital. The crash closed 152nd Street for several hours near 82nd Avenue about 9:30 p.m....

Pride crosswalk defaced

Pride crosswalk defaced

New Westminster Jul 28, 2015 / 6:34 am

New Westminster's newly painted pride crosswalk has been vandalized. Police are investigating an elderly man accused of defacing it. Witnesses reported...

TransLink perks panned

TransLink perks panned

Vancouver Jul 28, 2015 / 6:28 am

The perks being offered to Metro Vancouver's next TransLink CEO are raising some eyebrows. Among them, a $14,400 transportation allowance. “It’s...

Man shot, killed in East Van

Man shot, killed in East Van

Vancouver Jul 28, 2015 / 5:37 am

A 20-year-old man was shot and killed in Vancouver on Monday night in what police believe was a targeted shooting. Police say they received several 911 calls...

Water shortage wake-up call

Water shortage wake-up call

Vancouver Jul 27, 2015 / 3:44 pm

On a sunny afternoon in Stanley Park, cricket players run on parched yellow grass. A majestic fountain in the middle of Lost Lagoon sits dormant. A little girl...

Death considered murder

Death considered murder

Vancouver Jul 27, 2015 / 1:52 pm

UPDATE 1:30 p.m. Vancouver Police say a 15-year-old boy found dead in the city's east end was murdered. High school student Jason Nguyen was discovered in...

TransLink seeks new boss

TransLink seeks new boss

Vancouver Jul 27, 2015 / 5:55 am

Metro Vancouver's embattled transit authority is looking for someone new to take the helm. TransLink has posted an advertisement for a new CEO. The...

Water shortage wake-up call

Water shortage wake-up call

Vancouver Jul 26, 2015 / 12:07 pm

On a sunny afternoon in Stanley Park, cricket players run on parched yellow grass. A majestic fountain in the middle of Lost Lagoon sits dormant. A little girl...