Five years since Dziekanski TASER death
It has been five years since an immigrant from Poland died on the floor of Vancouverās international airport after repeatedly being stunned by an RCMP TASER. Robert Dziekanski's death was the catalyst...
View ArticleFire destroys barn in Delta
It took several hours and the efforts of firefighters from four halls to knock down a barn fire in Delta. The flames broke out just before midnight at the barn on 104th Street near 59th Avenue. Delta...
View ArticleSurrey man pleads guilty to bus attacks
A Surrey man has pleaded guilty to assaulting a bus driver and passenger in two separate incidents. Steven Fayant was arrested last February after a Translink operator was choked in Surrey, and a rider...
View ArticleClark again voicing frustration with Alberta over proposed pipeline
Christy Clark is once again voicing her frustration with our provincial neighbour to the east. Appearing on Global's "West Block" this morning, the Premier says many Albertans aren't sure of BC...
View ArticleNature artists talk shark fin, pipeline projects at conservation festival
More than 40 of the world's leading "nature artists" and experts are on Grouse Mountain -- taking part in the 1st annual "Artists for Conservation" festival. Organizer Feff Whiting says it's a mixture...
View ArticleThree dead, five injured after crash on Malahat Highway
A late-morning collision on the Malahat Highway has killed three people. It happened around 11:30 in the Shawnigan Lake area -- between Victoria and Duncan. BC Ambulance officials say it was a...
View ArticleConstruction materials stolen in Richmond
Richmond RCMP want the public to contact them with any information about a theft of construction material from a gated compound. They say the material -- known as "launching girder" in the industry is...
View ArticleADHD Awareness Week in the Lower Mainland
ADHD Awareness Week has kicked off across Metro Vancouver. Pete Quily leads the non-profit Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group. His group is putting on activities throughout this week in eight Metro...
View ArticleSecurity guard seriously injured in Port Coquitlam beating
A brutal beating has left a security guard in hospital with more than 100 stitches and a badly injured right eye. Hoshiar Singh Bajwa was hit repeatedly with a steel rod by three men early Sunday...
View ArticleCity Councillors discuss the fate of Varsity Ridge Bowling Centre
An advocate for the Varsity Ridge Bowling Centre on Vancouverās west side, says he's supportive of a motion going before City Council Tuesday, if the ridge cannot be saved from demolition. Councilor...
View ArticleVancouver Police deal with distraught man
Part of a downtown Vancouver hotel is under lockdown, and pedestrian and vehicle traffic is being blocked from the 1000-block of Canada Place, while police deal with a distraught man with a gun....
View ArticleMother of Amanda Todd speaks out
The mother of Amanda Todd says she keeps asking herself over and over again if there was some kind of trigger last Wednesday that led to her daughter's suicide. Carol Todd says there was no fight or...
View ArticleNegotiations continue with distraught man
Hotel guests at the site of a police standoff in downtown Vancouver are slowly being let out but negotiations with a distraught man inside continue. Negotiators are still trying to talk with the man,...
View ArticleGuilty plea entered in death of flag-person
A guilty plea has been entered by the man responsible for the death of a construction site flagger in Mission more than two years ago. Thor Michael Shay's provincial court trial was due to start this...
View ArticleBC Conservative Party punishes rebels
Party President Al Siebring has confirmedĀ disciplinary action has been taken against 15 dissident members of BC Conservative Party, who've been demanding the resignation of party leader John Cummins....
View ArticleUPDATES: Standoff ends in downtown Vancouver
A stand off between police and a distraught man which kept roads closed around a downtown Vancouver hotel for ten hours this morning is finally over. Vancouver Police say a 28-year-old Surrey man with...
View ArticleSoccer star Sinclair: No regrets
Burnaby soccer star Christine Sinclair says she doesn't regret comments she made after losing a hard fought semi-final game to the U-S at the London Olympic games. "Well, I have been asked this a few...
View ArticleSocial media outs alleged Amanda Todd tormentor
The Twitter-world is naming Amanda Todd's alleged tormentor. The anonymous group claims to have found, indentified and released the name and address of the 32 year old Metro-Vancouver man, whose...
View ArticleResident to 'Anonymous': "You've got the wrong house."
A resident at the house named by internet activist group 'Anonymous' as the home of Amanda Todd's tormentor says he isn't aware of any connection between that tragedy and anyone who lives at the house....
View ArticlePremier Clark: use Internet appropriately
Premier Christy Clark is cautioning against vigilante justice in the suicide of Amanda Todd. Asked about online efforts to track down the person who was blackmailing Amanda Todd, Clark said we should...
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