High-risk sex offender arrested after being identified as suspect in...
Vancouver police say Jason Anthony White, wanted on an outstanding warrant and a person of interest in an Oakridge-area home invasion, has been taken into custody. White, 45, also known as Jason Eugene...
View ArticlePolice look for links between sex offender and UBC assaults
Police say they will be looking into any links between a convicted sex offender arrested Saturday at UBC and sexual assault cases on the Point Grey campus. Jason Anthony White, 45, was arrested at a...
View ArticleUBC student loses appeal of sentence for assaults on woman, officers
A UBC student who received a suspended sentence after assaulting a female student and a police officer following a night of heavy drinking with friends has lost an appeal of his sentence. Tyrel Richard...
View Article'It could have been anybody': Trial begins for youth accused of murder near...
Karim Meskine was devoted to three things: family, religion and soccer. On the evening of Dec. 17, 2013, the 18-year-old had a job interview, after which he planned to go to soccer practice. He was...
View ArticleMan accused of murdering his mother not criminally responsible: Crown
The Crown has applied to have a Vancouver man accused of murdering his mother declared not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder. The move came after David Siu, who has pleaded not guilty to...
View ArticleSex offence conviction stands for Victoria man who lured 13-year-old girl
A Victoria man found guilty of Internet luring and sex offences against a 13-year-old girl has lost an appeal of his convictions. In October 2012, a B.C. Supreme Court jury convicted Aaron Edward...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to unprovoked assault on Abbotsford nurse
There has been a guilty plea in the case of a nurse who was attacked while working at Abbotsford Regional Hospital last year. Ryan Michael Stard, 24, appeared in provincial court in Abbotsford on...
View ArticleElderly couple accused in Vancouver fencing ring that used drug addicts as...
An elderly couple have been arrested by police after the discovery of more than $200,000 worth of stolen goods inside an east Vancouver home. At a news conference Tuesday showing off some of the...
View ArticleB.C. judge orders Ontario company to pay back $874,000 in legal fees charged...
A B.C. judge has ordered an Ontario company to repay the federal government more than $800,000 in unnecessary and unreasonable legal fees and costs. The fees were billed in connection with an...
View Article'It's overkill': Handguns, ammunition banned from show at Cloverdale Fairgrounds
Dennis Robinson of the Thunderbird Fast Draw Club might have welcomed a quick-draw contest to settle a fight over a gun show with Surrey city council, but he and other gun enthusiasts instead were...
View ArticleTwo charged with kidnapping in Langley
Metro Vancouver — Two people have been charged after allegedly kidnapping a man over a debt, Langley RCMP say. On March 28, a man walked into a Willowbrook-area retail store asking for help. He had...
View ArticleCrown urges three-year sentence for North Van fraudster who took more than...
The Crown is calling for a three-year jail term for a North Vancouver man who posed as a day trader and defrauded nine people of more than $600,000. In November, Adam Alexander Keller, 27, pleaded...
View ArticleDaphne Bramham: Polygamists thrive even though polygamy is illegal
There’s something so nutty about the polygamous, fundamentalist Mormon communities in Canada and the United States that it’s easy to dismiss it all as a bad tabloid joke. It is incomprehensible to most...
View ArticlePolice incident unfolding in East Vancouver as VPD surround home
Vancouver Police have surrounded a home near Joyce Street and Kingsway for an “ongoing investigation.” “It is in regards to an ongoing police investigation,” said Const. Brian Montague in an emailed...
View ArticleMan accused of conspiring to murder Bacon brothers granted bail
A Calgary man accused of being part of a conspiracy to murder the Bacon brothers seven years ago has been ordered released on $200,000 bail. Reasons for the release of Billy Ly, 31, cannot be reported...
View ArticleTerror plot couple abandon attempt to get documents from CSIS
A Surrey couple convicted in the Victoria legislature terror plot have abandoned an application they filed seeking further disclosure of documents from CSIS. Marilyn Sandford, a lawyer for the defence,...
View ArticleVideo: How Fentanyl kills
Fentanyl overdose deaths are on the rise. This powerful opioid is finding its way onto Canadian streets and killing unsuspecting drug users. Watch video below on how to help a person who is overdosing...
View ArticleVideo: How to survive a fentanyl overdose
Take-home kits let drug users inject naloxone, an antidote that helps reverse the effects of powerful opioids. Watch video below on what happens to your body when you take Fentanyl.
View ArticleRCMP Asst. Comm. Bill Fordy outlines Surrey's drug issues at Board of Trade...
Prevention and intervention — in addition to enforcement — are key to solving Surrey’s problems with drugs and gun violence, according to assistant commissioner Bill Fordy. “We will arrest the people...
View ArticleCriminals now getting their guns in Canada: police
Langley resident Christina Stover obtained a firearms acquisition licence just last year, which entitled her to buy weapons at any gun store in Canada. Within a matter of months, the 40-year-old former...
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