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- Nigeria: pirates kill 2 on cargo ship attack
- Germany: Greek bailout approval not until March
- Bombers target Israeli diplomats in Georgia, India
- Petting zoo goats may have been sold for meat
- Pakistani PM charged with contempt over graft case
- Blast hits Israeli diplomat's car in India; 2 hurt
- Schiphol airport evacuated after bomb threat
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January 17, 2012
A 30-kilogram bronze beaver sculpture was swiped from the back of a pick-up truck in East Vancouver last week.
December 06, 2011
A Vancouver man convicted in the 2006 hit-and-run death of a New Zealand doctor is once again behind bars.
November 24, 2011
RCMP have released a sketch of a suspect in the Halloween killing of Taylor Van Diest.
November 02, 2011
When Elaine Allan started working at the WISH drop-in centre for sex-trade workers in 1998, it was clear something was not right in the Downtown Eastside.
Murder charges laid against babysitter
October 26, 2011
A 28-year-old babysitter in Cranbrook has been charged with second-degree murder in the drowning death of a 19-month-old.
Farm familiar to sex workers
October 19, 2011
Robert Pickton’s infamous Port Coquitlam farm was well known in the Downtown Eastside, the Missing Women Inquiry heard yesterday.
Women made easy prey: Prof
October 14, 2011
Marginalized sex-trade workers are easy pickings for killers such as Robert Pickton, the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry was told.
Investigation of Pickton a ‘failure’: Lawyer
October 13, 2011
The accusations and finger pointing at the Missing Women Inquiry have begun.
Pickton inquiry starts today
October 11, 2011
Families of serial killer Robert Pickton victims have known the answer to who killed their loved ones for years.
Body found in cluttered home
October 11, 2011
Firefighters made a grisly discovery while sifting through the charred remains of a Vancouver home yesterday.
Video: Vancouver police seeking info in mysterious case of possible assault on toddler
September 27, 2011
Vancouver police are seeking the public’s help to solve a mysterious case involving a possible physical assault of a two-year-old boy.
Young mom’s body found
September 12, 2011
The estranged husband of a slain Burnaby mother has been charged in relation to her death, after her body was found in a suitcase floating in the Fraser River.
Suspect arrested for 1999 murder of teen
August 24, 2011
A decade-long search for a man wanted for the 1999 murder of an 18-year-old woman has come to an end.
Police still searching for cop slasher
August 12, 2011
New Westminster police released a composite sketch and asked for the public’s help on Thursday to locate a man accused of slashing an officer in the face two weeks ago.
Vancouver Royal Canadian Mint boutique burglarized
July 04, 2011
Thieves in Vancouver burrowed through a wall of the Royal Canadian
Mint boutique on Granville Street and made off with thousands of dollars in stolen items.
Seeking punishment for friend’s death
June 30, 2011
CeeJai Julian, a friend of a 30-year-old woman killed in an alleged hit and run over the weekend, said she hopes the driver gets punished for the death of a “beautiful human being.”
Body of sex trade worker found in Burnaby park
February 09, 2011
Police have identified the body of a woman found Monday in a North Burnaby park as 27-year-old Carla Marie Smith.
Man stalking, sexually assaulting women in Vancouver entertainment district
January 13, 2011
A predator has been stalking and sexually assaulting young women after a night out in Vancouver's entertainment district, police say.
Mountie faces 15 charges
December 22, 2010
A suspended Surrey Mountie is facing more than a dozen charges relating to drug trafficking, gun possession and identity theft, RCMP officials announced yesterday.
Arrests in North Van. assault
December 06, 2010
Two North Vancouver teens have been arrested for a brutal baseball-bat assault that left a man clinging to life in hospital with a head injury. The teens, 17 and 18, were arrested separately, near their homes Friday evening.
Child hostage a rare case: Police
November 26, 2010
Police are calling the hostage taking of a three-year-old boy Tuesday night a rare incident.
Sex offender caught allegedly watching children
November 23, 2010
An off-duty Vancouver police officer is being credited for spotting a known sex offender allegedly watching children at a community centre — a violation of his parole — and detaining the man until help arrived.
Trial begins in pregnant wife’s death
November 16, 2010
Nearly four years after her burned remains were discovered at a Delta-area beach, the trial for the murder of Surrey schoolteacher Manjit Panghali commenced yesterday with the Crown prosecutor unveiling early evidence against Mukhtiar Singh Panghali, the victim’s husband.
Kamloops bishop viciously beaten
October 25, 2010
A bishop was in hospital in serious condition yesterday after being beaten in what police call a “brutal attack” in a Kamloops cathedral.
Sex worker stabbed during abduction
October 18, 2010
A 27-year-old female sex worker was taken to Royal Columbian hospital suffering from stab wounds yesterday after she escaped from a man who allegedly abducted her at knifepoint at a Kingsway hotel.
Ex-teacher charged with sexual assault
October 15, 2010
A retired North Vancouver high school teacher is facing a trio of sex-related charges involving a student.
B.C. man accused of operating brothels
October 14, 2010
A 47-year-old Burnaby man has been arrested and charged with running several brothels in Metro Vancouver.
Murdered daughter loved friends, soccer
October 14, 2010
The parents of a slain Delta teen described their daughter yesterday as a passionate soul who had little patience for cleaning her room and who preferred instead to spend her time on a soccer field, studying or laughing with friends.
Murder victim laid to rest
October 01, 2010
A popular teenager murdered in a daytime attack at a North Delta park was laid to rest this week in a private family ceremony that was also attended by Hells Angels.
Rise in sex assault stats inflated: Police
September 28, 2010
The increase in sexual assaults is less than half the alarming 21.2 per cent touted last month in their annual report, Vancouver police said yesterday.
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