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BCJul 11, 2022

VPD investigates Yaletown homicide

Vancouver Police are investigating the city’s eighth homicide of 2022, after a man was stabbed in Yaletown Monday morning. A bystander called 9-1-1 around 8:30 a.m. to report a man had been stabbed near Smithe and Homer Street. When VPD officers arrived moments later, they discovered a 29-year-old victim suffering grave injuries. The man was taken to hospital, but he died a short time later. A 34-year-old woman was arrested nearby and is currently in custody.
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BCJul 11, 2022

Vehicle of missing woman from Port Alberni located

On July 9 2022, the Port Alberni RCMP requested the public’s assistance in locating Amber Manthorne and her 2021 Jeep Compass.Read the original release here: https://bc-cb.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=2136&languageId=1&contentId=75693&detachmentDataId=43843 Due to the vigilance and concern of a citizen, Amber’s Jeep has been located South of Nanaimo.We are still looking for Amber, we are still following all the evidence, and tips that we receive from the public, stated Constable Richard Johns, investigators have been working around the clock to find her.Although un
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BCJul 11, 2022

Canada's 13 premiers meeting face-to-face as the Council of the Federation convenes in Victoria

For the first time since the start of the pandemic, Canada's 13 premiers are meeting face-to-face as the Council of the Federation convenes in Victoria. Premier John Horgan is chairing the gathering and says there is unified support for a reworking of the federal funding model for health care. He says his colleagues want to see the federal portion of the health care tab jump from 22 to 35 per cent, and they want a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by this fall. The premier's meeting starts this afternoon but first the leaders meet with Indigenous representatives from across the count
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BCJul 08, 2022

Woman injured after shots fired at a home in Surrey

A 40 year old woman has been injured when shots were fired at a home in Surrey early this morning. RCMP say they responded to reports of shots fired at the home (in the 86-hundred block of 151-B Street) at 3:40 am. Police say the woman's injuries aren't life threatening and she's in stable condition in hospital. Investigators are combing the area for closed-circuit footage, looking for a male suspect dressed in black and carrying a backpack and a flashlight.
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BCJul 08, 2022

Former clerk of the B.C. legislature sentenced for breach of trust

The man who was once the senior officer at the B-C legislature has received a three month sentence for fraud and breach of trust, but Craig James won't be going to jail. The 71 year old former clerk of the legislature has been handed a conditional sentence to be served at home, the first month under 24-hour house arrest and the last two months under a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew. James was convicted after fraudulently submitting expenses for the purchase of a suit and shirts he claimed as work attire. He was cleared of several other charges but the BC Supreme Court judge hearing the case rejected
BCJul 07, 2022

Church destroyed in fire in Downtown Eastside Vancouver

Fire has destroyed a church that was an important source of outreach and meals for struggling residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Flames broke out in the building housing the Vancouver Street Church (on East Hastings Street) about 9:30 last night. No one was seriously hurt but a neighbouring rooming house-style hotel for low income tenants had to be evacuated because of the heavy smoke, although crews managed to keep the fire from spreading into that hotel. A cause of the fire is under investigation.
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BCJul 07, 2022

Sonia Furstenau calling for a ``windfall profits tax'' on oil and gas companies

BC Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau is joining the leaders of Canada's other provincial Green parties in calling for a ``windfall profits tax'' on oil and gas companies. Furstenau says the proceeds of the one-time tax would be shared among Canadians helping them handle affordability challenges while she says oil companies are making windfall profits. The request for the tax echoes a Green proposal made in an open letter to the prime minister last month. The call is being repeated because Canada's premiers and prime minister meet Monday in Victoria and the Green leaders want affordability an
BCJul 07, 2022

Delta police searching for a person after Pride Flag at a Church damaged

Delta police are searching for the person responsible for damaging a Pride Flag hung from a United Church entranceway. Police say the suspect, believed to be a man in his 50's, hid his face and tried to cover up the church surveillance camera before striking the flag multiple times with a pole early yesterday morning. They say they believe the pole had some form of a sharp edge at the tip because the flag was torn in multiple locations. Police say multiple City of Delta Pride Flags attached to light standards in the area suffered similar damage. Click the link to watch video: https://deltapol
BCJul 07, 2022

VPD investigates Downtown Eastside machete attack, video released

Vancouver Police are investigating after two people were slashed with a machete outside a Downtown Eastside hotel last month, and are asking anyone with information to call police. Multiple witnesses flagged down police on June 19 around 7 p.m., after a 49-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman were approached from behind by the suspect and allegedly slashed while loading their luggage into a taxi near Main and East Hastings streets."We don’t know if there was a motive for this attack," says Constable Tania Visintin. "Investigators believe it was completely random and unprovoked, and they want

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Surrey: Sikh Games Canada 2025 begin at Tamanawis Park

The Sikh Games Canada in Surrey began yesterday, June 26th. During the first days games, some interesting field hockey competition was witnessed in the under-10 category. Although the senior teams had also taken to the field this morning. The event, which started on Thursday, has not only the competition of different categories of field hockey as its main attraction, but also soccer, wrestling, volleyball, Gatka event, cultural performances etc. are also attracting people.Organizers say that this event, which started as a field hockey tournament in 2008, has now become one of the largest multi
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Canada may cut student visas further

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