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BC boy arrested again for 'swatting'

BC boy arrested again for 'swatting'

Coquitlam Dec 10, 2014 / 7:00 pm

A Coquitlam teenager has been arrested once again in connection with online “swatting”. Urban Dictionary defines the act as an Internet prank,...

Plane crash sends pilot to hospital

Plane crash sends pilot to hospital

Pitt Meadows Dec 9, 2014 / 6:30 pm

Emergency responders say the crash of a Cessna airplane at an airport in BC's Fraser Valley has sent the pilot to hospital. Fire Chief Don Jolley of Pitt...

Alcohol, speed blamed in crash

Alcohol, speed blamed in crash

Vancouver Dec 7, 2014 / 8:00 pm

Police say alcohol and speed likely factored into a horrific two-vehicle crash in Surrey that left a man fighting for his life and also sent a father and his...

Mortar shell unearthed

Mortar shell unearthed

Vancouver Dec 5, 2014 / 11:15 am

A man out for a walk with his metal detector in Stanley Park yesterday made quite the find – an old mortar shell. He discovered the shell around 9 a.m....

Over 150 tires slashed overnight

Over 150 tires slashed overnight

North Vancouver Dec 4, 2014 / 1:00 pm

Mounties are investigating a shocking vandalism spree that saw more than 150 tires slashed in North Vancouver overnight. The culprit or culprits targeted...

Police search for shooting suspect

Police search for shooting suspect

Vancouver Dec 1, 2014 / 9:57 pm

Vancouver police responded to a report of shots fired in the west lane of Hornby Street at Helmcken, just before 5 p.m. Monday. When police arrived, they found...

Fans aglow with Grey Cup pride

Fans aglow with Grey Cup pride

Vancouver Nov 30, 2014 / 9:00 am

Frigid temperatures greeted football fans on the Grey Cup parade route in Vancouver on Saturday, but supporters of the Calgary Stampeders and Hamilton...

Fallen hiker rescued

Fallen hiker rescued

Vancouver Nov 29, 2014 / 8:15 pm

A 61-year-old man suffered serious injuries after falling nearly 20 metres down Mount Seymour Saturday, but rescue crews say it could have been much worse....

Cop pushes disabled woman

Cop pushes disabled woman

Vancouver Nov 28, 2014 / 2:30 pm

A rookie Vancouver police officer captured on video pushing a disabled woman to the ground has been handed a six-day suspension after waiting more than four...

Native leader arrested

Native leader arrested

Burnaby Nov 27, 2014 / 2:00 pm

A judge raised serious doubts Thursday about charges laid against dozens of anti-pipeline activists on a mountain near Vancouver, the same day a prominent First...

Terrifying abduction attempt

Terrifying abduction attempt

Vancouver Nov 27, 2014 / 7:00 am

Police are investigating a chilling abduction attempt in which a man allegedly tried to drag a woman into a van in East Vancouver Tuesday night. The 22-year-old...

Ivory smuggler pleads guilty

Ivory smuggler pleads guilty

Vancouver Nov 25, 2014 / 6:46 pm

A Vancouver-area antiques dealer has pleaded guilty in an American court to attempting to import endangered rhinoceros horns into Canada in a smuggling...

Pat Quinn passes

Pat Quinn passes

Vancouver Nov 24, 2014 / 4:30 pm

It has been learned that Pat Quinn, the former coach of the Vancouver Canucks, Team Canada, and part-owner of the Vancouver Giants junior hockey club has passed...

Police involved shooting

Police involved shooting

Vancouver Nov 24, 2014 / 2:05 pm

Update -- Nov. 24 The BC Coroners Service has released the identity of a man shot and killed by police in Vancouver over the weekend. Phuong Na (Tony) Du, 51,...

Stamps, Cats meet for Grey Cup

Stamps, Cats meet for Grey Cup

Vancouver Nov 24, 2014 / 5:10 am

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are heading back to the Grey Cup for a second straight year. Kick returner Brandon Banks returned two punts for touchdowns as the Ticats...

Over a dozen arrests at protest

Over a dozen arrests at protest

Burnaby Nov 21, 2014 / 9:00 am

An anticipated showdown between authorities and BC pipeline protesters came to a head Thursday morning after more than a dozen Mounties stormed Burnaby Mountain...

Tractor-trailer bursts into flames

Tractor-trailer bursts into flames

Surrey Nov 20, 2014 / 12:53 pm

A Surrey highway was closed for several hours Wednesday night, following a firey crash involving a semi tractor-trailer and a pickup truck, according to CTV...

Protesters arrested

Protesters arrested

Burnaby Nov 20, 2014 / 10:59 am

A small group of protesters has linked arms and is chanting "Stop Kinder Morgan" as Mounties move in to end the months-long demonstration against the...

Gangsters will stay in jail

Gangsters will stay in jail

Vancouver Nov 19, 2014 / 5:01 pm

A British Columbia judge has rejected an attempt by two gangsters to have convictions related to a mass killing near Vancouver thrown out, ruling Wednesday that...

Cop investigated for drunk driving

Cop investigated for drunk driving

Delta Nov 19, 2014 / 1:30 pm

A Vancouver police officer is under investigation for allegedly drinking and driving while off duty in Delta earlier this month, reports CTV Vancouver. Delta...

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