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BCMar 21, 2022

Kamloops RCMP hopes public can help them trace the movements of a van linked to a suspicious death in the area

Kamloops RCMP hope the public can help them trace the movements of a van linked to a suspicious death in the area. Investigators say a body was found in the van last Thursday while it was parked outside a home just west of Kamloops. The white, 2020 GMC van has a ``Budget'' decal on the driver's door and another saying ``we sell boxes'' on the driver's side rear quarter panel, and officers want to talk to anyone who may have seen the vehicle around the southern Interior recently. Police say they are waiting for results of an autopsy before confirming the victim's name or cause of death.
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BCMar 21, 2022

VPD arrests suspect in Granville SkyTrain assault

Vancouver Police have arrested a suspect for the assault of a 61-year-old man at the Granville SkyTrain Station, just one day after releasing graphic video of the victim being shoved down a flight of stairs. "More than 80,000 people viewed and shared this video on social media in the first 24 hours after it was released by Vancouver Police on Friday," says Constable Tania Visintin. "Late Saturday afternoon, an astute citizen who had seen the video on Instagram spotted the suspect walking near Granville and Georgia streets, and called 9-1-1.Thanks to that citizen, Vancouver Police arrested a 53
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BCMar 19, 2022

Police seeking information to help identify robbery suspect

Surrey RCMP is releasing the photo of a robbery suspect and seeking the public’s assistance with identifying the man. On February 8, 2022 at 9:14 a.m., Surrey RCMP received a report of a robbery at a gas station in the 14400-block of 104 Avenue. The suspect allegedly flashed what appeared to be a handgun at the cashier and demanded money. The suspect had fled the scene with a small amount of cash, prior to police being notified.The suspect is described as a Caucasian male, wearing a white and black tie-dyed hooded sweatshirt with the hood up and a ball cap underneath, a grey jacket with neon
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BCMar 19, 2022

B.C. reports 6 more COVID-19 deaths

B.C. is reporting 199 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 353,578 cases in the province. The new cases include:Fraser Health: 52Vancouver Coastal Health: 18Interior Health: 72Northern Health: 14Island Health: 43People who reside outside of Canada: zeroThere are 290 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 46 are in intensive care.In the past 24 hours, six new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,966.There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreak at Sidney Care Home (Island Health) has been declared over, for a total of seven facilities with ongoing outb
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BCMar 18, 2022

VPD investigates random assault at Downtown SkyTrain station

Vancouver Police have released video of a suspect who allegedly pushed a stranger down a flight of stairs at a downtown SkyTrain station this month, and ask anyone with information to come forward. "Given the time of day and the location of the incident, we know there were people in the area who witnessed this assault," says Constable Tania Visintin. "We also know there will be people who recognize the man in this video, and we’re asking them for help to solve this crime."On March 1, just before 5:30 p.m., a 61-year-old man had a brief interaction with two men on Granville Street in front of
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BCMar 18, 2022

Premier Horgan wishes Happy Holi

Premier John Horgan has released the following statement on Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colours:"This week, on the last full moon in the lunar month of the Hindu calendar of Phalguna, people and communities here in British Columbia and around the world will be celebrating Holi."Known as the Festival of Colours, Holi marks the end of winter and the start of spring. It is a time for new beginnings and renewal, for hope and optimism."After two of the most challenging years we have ever faced, British Columbians are coming back together to reconnect, recover and rebuild stronger than ever."For tho
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BCMar 18, 2022

B.C. reports 7 new COVID-19 deaths; Hospitalizations continue to decrease

B.C. is reporting 240 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 353,379 cases in the province.There are 298 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 49 are in intensive care.In the past 24 hours, seven new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,960.The new deaths include:Fraser Health: threeVancouver Coastal Health: oneNorthern Health: twoIsland Health: oneThere have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreak at Greenwoods (Island Health) has been declared over, for a total of eight facilities with ongoing outbreaks. From March 9-15, people not fully vaccinated accoun
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BCMar 17, 2022

VPD searches for man wanted Canada-wide

Vancouver Police are asking for the public’s help to find a 40-year-old man who violated his long term supervision order, and is now wanted Canada-wide. Marcel Lawson was ordered by the courts to remain at a hospital while receiving medical treatment, but failed to do so. He has a history of committing serious sexual offences and he is at risk to re-offend.Lawson is Indigenous, five feet eight inches tall, and weighs about 230 pounds. He has short black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black sweater with a white Under Armour logo on the chest, was carrying a black backpack, an
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BCMar 17, 2022

RCMP investigating homicide in Lillooet, B.C.

RCMP are investigating a homicide in Lillooet. Police say paramedics found a seriously injured man on a street in the community on Tuesday night. He was taken to hospital but did not survive. Investigators are not releasing the victim's name and say the attack appears isolated and they don't believe anyone else is at risk.

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BCAug 05, 2025

Langley RCMP appeal for footage, witnesses after fatal B.C. highway crash

Police in Langley, B.C., say a motorcyclist has died after a crash on Highway 1 on Saturday evening. Langley RCMP say emergency responders were called to the scene of a serious crash that happened between 264th and 248th Street just before 8:30 p.m. Police say BC Emergency Health Services and firefighters from the Township of Langley arrived quickly to help, but the motorcyclist died at the scene. Mounties say collision analysts, BC Highway Patrol and Langley RCMP are now investigating. They say westbound lanes of the highway were closed for several hours. Police say anyone who saw the crash o
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CanadaAug 05, 2025

Finance and foreign ministers in Mexico to talk trade ahead of Carney's visit

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne are in Mexico to meet with President Claudia Sheinbaum to talk economic growth, trade and security. Their trip is happening ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney's planned visit to Mexico to meet with Sheinbaum. The U.S. hit Canada on Friday with a 35 per cent tariff on goods not compliant with the Canada-United States-Mexico agreement on trade, known as CUSMA, while Mexico received a 90-day reprieve from threatened higher levies. CUSMA is scheduled for a mandatory review next year. Ontario Premier Doug Ford c