Search continues for missing Burnaby senior
The search for a woman missing since the middle of January will continue tomorrow. Staff Sgt. Rob Lemon says Burnaby Mounties and Coquitlam Search and Rescue will be looking in the southeast portion...
View ArticleNDP weigh in on faregate study
The NDP's Transportation Critic says a new study on faregates by criminologist, Darryl Plecas shows "mixed messages" are coming from the government. Plecas' study finds fare gates on public transit...
View ArticleReport card says Transit Authority is on track to meet savings goal
Translink Commissioner Martin Crilly has released a report card that concludes the Transit Authority is on track for the goal to save between 40 and 60 million dollars between 2013 and 2015. It says...
View ArticleCharges laid in connection with stabbing at West End apartment Thursday
Vancouver Police say charges have been laid in connection to last night's stabbing at a West End apartment building.Thirty-three year old Vancouver man, Jerome Bonneric is charged with four counts of...
View ArticleHappy Groundhog Day
Will it be an early spring, or another six weeks of winter?That's the question groundhogs across North America will be determining today.And if rodent prognosticators Shubenacadie Sam, Balzac Billy or...
View ArticleDetails slim after overnight shooting in Surrey
Surrey Mounties say the victim of an overnight shooting in the Whalley neighbourhood will recover.Gang squad officers were spotted at the scene -- on 103A Avenue near Old Yale Road -- but police aren't...
View ArticleDaughter of two West End victims speaks
A family member of a couple attacked in a West End apartment building Thursday night says her parents are still shocked and distraught.Lin and Neil gillin, 2 of the 7 people injured, are now home and...
View ArticleMan dead after vehicle hits concrete barrier in Surrey
A man is dead after the vehicle he was driving crashed at 188th Street and 28th Avenue in Surrey Saturday.Sgt. Joe Johal says,"It went straight through the intersection and hit the concrete...
View ArticleElderly woman hit and killed in Coquitlam
Coquitlam RCMP say an elderly woman is dead after being hit by a vehicle on Austin Avenue between Blue Mountain and Marmont.Staff Sgt. Dave Stewart says it happened shortly before 12:30 Saturday.He...
View ArticleSchool security to be discussed at Monday meeting
The Vancouver School Board is considering taking a second look at its policy that keeps school doors from being locked during the day.This after receiving several calls from parents concerned about the...
View ArticleVancouver Police asking the public for help in locating missing woman
Vancouver Police are appealing to the public for help in finding a 33-year-old woman who has not been seen since Thursday.They say Kimberley Violet Halkett was last seen January 31st leaving her hotel...
View ArticleBieber investigation over: BC Liquor Branch
It took more than three months, but an investigation into why an under-age pop star was allowed to party at a Vancouver nightclub is finally over. Justin Bieber was 18 in October when he was spotted...
View ArticleTaxpayer group slams Transit Police
The Canadian Taxpayers' Federation is ripping Transit Police for looking offshore to fill at least a half dozen jobs.Transit Police say they need officers with transit policing backgrounds and the...
View ArticleEnergy-saving program pulled
The City of Vancouver is pulling out its energy-saving program - after the program bombed from lack of homeowners' participation - costing taxpayers more than $100,000. An ambitious program voted in...
View ArticleUnions: resumes show HD Mining rejected qualified Canadian workers
BC Building Trades unions say resumes released through a federal court order show highly qualified and experienced Canadian miners were rejected by HD mining for work at a coal mine near Tumbler...
View ArticleRiot trial underway
A young man accused of participating in Vancouver's 2011 Stanley Cup riot has pleaded NOT guilty, despite video evidence of him smashing the windows of a downtown store.Spencer Kirkwood claims he...
View ArticleTwo women injured in stabbing spree still in hospital
Two women wounded during last week's stabbing spree at an apartment building in Vancouver's West End remain in hospital.One remains in serious condition and the other is now stable.The 33-year old man...
View ArticleMan accused of stabbing spree makes first court appearance
A French citizen accused of injuring several people at a Vancouver apartment building on Thursday evening will be held in custody until he's been psychiatrically assessed.Jerome Bonneric made a brief...
View ArticleDix: NDP government would allow compensation for pre-1974 Woodlands residents
An NDP Government would allow all victims of abuse at New Westminster's Woodlands School to apply for compensation.That announced by party leader, Adrian Dix."And I think it's time to stop using legal...
View ArticleWest Kelowna woman killed trying to help injured couple
A devastating story from the Coquihalla Highway last night.RCMP say three vehicles were involved in a crash north of Hope around dinner time.An elderly couple in one vehicle were injured so two men and...
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