BCSep 15, 2025
SPS Chief to Connect FM, no arrests made in 44 extortion cases in Surrey
At a press conference held at Surrey City Hall today to announce rewards for extortion cases, it was reported that a total of 44 files related to extortion are being investigated in the area.
Meanwhile, it was also clarified that 27 of these cases were such, where shooting also took place. Connect FM asked SPS Chief, Chief Constable Norm Lipinski during a one-on-one conversation, “how many arrests have been made so far in these 44 cases?”
The police chief said, “some warrants have been executed and some persons of interest have been identified but there have been no arrests related to th
AlbertaSep 15, 2025
Alberta adds citizenship status to ID cards to streamline service, protect elections
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is adding proof of citizenship markers to driver's licences and other forms of identification to streamline services and prevent election fraud.
She says this will make it easier for students and the disabled to get funding given they have to prove their citizenship to do so.
She says the goal is also to protect democracy to make sure that only citizens vote.
Smith says non-citizens like permanent residents who can get a driver's licences will not have any notation on their IDs.
Alberta Health Care numbers will also be added to
BCSep 15, 2025
Vancouver Police investigates fatal collision
Vancouver Police are investigating a single-vehicle collision that resulted in the death of a 58-year-old driver.
VPD officers responded at 10:50 p.m. on Sunday, after a blue 2020 Kia Rio collided with a concrete barrier at the south end of Main Street, near East Kent Avenue. The lone occupant suffered grave injuries and later died.
The cause of the collision is under investigation. Witnesses, or anyone with dash-cam video from the area around the time of the collision, are asked to contact the VPD Collision Investigation Unit at 604-717-3012.
BCSep 15, 2025
Loss of carbon tax boosts B.C. deficit as economic growth set to slide
British Columbia's forecasted deficit has hit a record high of almost $11.6 billion for the first quarter of the 2025-2026 fiscal year, largely due to the elimination of the carbon tax and amid ``global trade uncertainty.''
Finance Minister Brenda Bailey is also projecting higher deficits than she previously forecasted through to 2028 as growth slides, while the province's debt is predicted to spike by almost $60 billion over the next two fiscal years.
Bailey's fiscal update revises gross domestic product growth down to 1.5 per cent from 1.8 per cent in 2025, and to 1.3 per cent fro
BCSep 15, 2025
Surrey Extortion Reward Fund and tip line established to combat extortion
Today, Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke and Chief Constable Norm Lipinski (Surrey Police Service chief) announced a reward of up to $250,000 for tips on the increasing number of extortion incidents in Surrey.
Mayor Brenda Locke said the money will be given to those whose information is useful and leads to arrests, prosecutions and convictions in cases. The money will only be given after and in accordance to the value of the information (based on assessing the value of information).
A separate Surrey Extortion tip line has been set up to provide tips. Chief Constable Norm Lipinski said, “the tip li
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