Abbotsford man facing charges in Alberta
An Abbotsford man is facing trafficking charges in Alberta after police seized five kilograms of cocaine from the secret compartment of a vehicle he was driving. The Alberta agency ALERT arrested...
View ArticleTwo men charged after shooting, car chase on Vancouver Island
Two teens from the Lower Mainland are facing charges after a shooting and lengthy car chase on Vancouver Island. Armaan Singh Chandi, 18, and Inderpaul Singh Aujla, 19, are facing attempted murder and...
View ArticleSurrey Mounties confirm another shooting Saturday evening
Surrey RCMP officers are on the scene of another shooting that happened about 6:30 p.m. near 62nd Avenue and 142nd Street There were several 911 calls reporting that shots had been heard in the area....
View ArticleSunday morning trail running is the best!
I’m a night runner normally. My Sun Run training group meets Wednesday night. So for my training last year and in the first half of this year, I have been doing my other two weekly runs in the evening...
View ArticleBatalia family relieved after life sentence handed to Gary Dhaliwal
Maple Batalia’s sister Rose told reporters Monday that the young woman can now rest in peace after her former boyfriend was sentenced to life in prison for gunning her down in 2011. Rose Batalia choked...
View ArticleDrug Treatment Court offers fresh start to addicted offenders
On a recent Tuesday afternoon, Michael stood before Vancouver Provincial Court Judge Harbans Dhillon and told her he was ready to change his life. “Before I came in here, I was on the longest drug run...
View ArticleGrieving dad wants answers after son was killed in B.C. jail
Colby Palsson is looking for answers after his son Adam was killed last month while in the custody of B.C. Corrections. Adam, 27, was serving a 13-month sentence at the Fraser Regional Correctional...
View ArticleAbbotsford Police investigating double shooting
Two young men are in hospital in serious condition after a targeted shooting in Abbotsford Thursday night. Abbotsford Police received several 911 calls about 9:20 p.m. reporting shots fired in the...
View ArticleSheriff shortage means forced overtime at courthouses, union says
A chronic shortage of sheriffs has the B.C. government declaring “emergencies” in order to force overtime on courthouse staff, a union official said Friday. At both the Vancouver Law Courts and...
View ArticleIHIT called in to investigate Surrey death
What looked like a fatal car crash in Surrey last night is now being investigated as a murder. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is now in charge of the case. Surrey RCMP was called to the...
View ArticleRCMP releases details of a Sunday night shooting
For the second time this weekend, a man was shot in Surrey. Mounties were on the scene Sunday night of the shooting in the intersection of 142 Street and 64 Avenue. The 911 calls came about 8:30 p.m....
View ArticleIHIT takes over probe of Abbotsford double shooting
One of two men wounded last week in a targeted Abbotsford shooting is not expected to survive. So the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the case. IHIT is not identifying the victim...
View ArticleAbbotsford tries for second injunction against pot store
For the second time this year, the City of Abbotsford is going to court to try to stop pot activist and businessman Don Briere from operating a marijuana store inside the Fraser Valley city....
View ArticleUN-linked Canadian busted in Thailand on drug charges
A mysterious Canadian with links to the United Nations gang has been arrested in Thailand on local drug trafficking charges. Khamla Wong, also known as Khamla Siharaj, is also accused in Canada of...
View ArticleKiller allowed to leave prison to attend counselling program
MISSION – A killer and long-time gang associate who says he has changed his life will be allowed out of prison to attend a two-month counseling program in Metro Vancouver, the Parole Board of Canada...
View ArticleDelta Police announce charges in fentanyl case
Two Metro Vancouver men are facing 17 charges after Delta Police uncovered a large fentanyl lab in Burnaby. Scott Pipping of Surrey, 34, and Adam Summers, 26, of Richmond, are charged with trafficking...
View ArticleIs running like kale: you only do it because it’s good for you?
This week was the big one in Sun Run training – the week you really take it up a notch and almost run a 10K. The training program for the Run Faster group calls for a 65-minute run where you have to...
View ArticleViolence in Surrey and Vancouver over the weekend
Shootings, stabbings and murders kept police in both Vancouver and Surrey busy over the weekend. The most recent event was a fatal stabbing in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside Sunday afternoon about 4:30...
View ArticleAccused in fentanyl lab case has drug conviction in the U.S.
A man charged after Delta Police raided a major fentanyl lab last week has a previous history for smuggling drugs into the United States, The Vancouver Sun has learned. Scott Theordor Pipping, who is...
View ArticleConvicted smuggler still on bail pending appeal despite new charges
A convicted drug smuggler will remain on bail pending his appeal despite having been charged with three new offences in recent months, the B.C. Court of Appeal has decided. Christopher Lloyd Mehan, 44,...
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