Police looking for information on Chilliwack murder victim
Homicide investigators want the public’s help in determining what a Chilliwack murder victim was doing before her fatal Sept. 2 shooting. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team confirmed that the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Prison lawsuit going to trial next June
Chris Iser was arrested in Vancouver’s Kensington Park in October 2010 as Gang Task Force members descended on him and several other gangsters in the Knight Street park that day. They had all just been...
View ArticleTwo Vancouver Sun reporters named finalists for Webster journalism awards
Two Vancouver Sun reporters have been named finalists for the 2016 Jack Webster Awards. Reporters Kim Bolan and Stephen Hume have each been selected as finalists in the category of excellence in legal...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: IHIT looking for information in the hours before Chilliwack murder
Homicide investigators told us Sept. 2 about a double shooting in Chilliwack that left a 52-year-old woman dead and a young man fighting for his life. Now we have the identity of the woman and police...
View ArticleSurrey crack shack killer getting day parole — again
A convicted killer who pledged to turn her life around has been granted day parole for a third time — after violating conditions on two previous releases from prison. Joanna Larson, now 45, pleaded...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: House of Horrors killer gets day parole again
A lot has been written over the years about the former “little house of horrors” crack shack that police believe was the scene of much violence over several years. The house, which has since been torn...
View ArticlePolice in Canada not 'following the money' of crime groups, international...
Police in Canada are not doing enough to investigate money laundering by more than 650 organized crime groups trying to hide their illicit cash, an international oversight agency says in a new report....
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: BC government says civil forfeiture a big success
The B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office has been open for 10 years, going after the illicit property of criminals through suits filed in B.C. Supreme Court. To mark the anniversary Thursday, Public Safety...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: More than 30 restricted firearms bought by Courtenay man missing
Courtenay resident Bryce McDonald is going to be sentenced Nov. 7 on firearms charges laid after police raided three locations linked to him almost three years ago. And while officers found 19 firearms...
View Article'Strange, and probably sinister': Dozens of Courtenay man's guns still missing
Dozens of restricted guns purchased by a Courtenay man are still missing, even though he was convicted of several firearms charges almost six months ago. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Robin Baird noted...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Charges approved against Surrey Mountie in Creep Catcher sting
For the second time in a week, charges have been laid in B.C. based on evidence gathered by controversial community activists targeting suspected child predators. On Friday, charges were approved...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: VPD confirms double murder in east Vancouver
Vancouver Police have determined that a man and a woman found dead in an East Vancouver home Saturday were murdered. Sgt. Randy Fincham said the pair were discovered just before 10:00 p.m. Saturday...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Abby PD arrest man with firearm at local airport, charges laid –...
UPDATED MONDAY: Charges have been laid against James Thomas Kreitewolf in connection with the incident at Abbotsford Airport Sunday afternoon. James Kreitewolf Charges laid against James Kreitewolf...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: VPD makes arrests in kidnapping related to double-murder
I have been off-line for a couple of days watching the Blue Jays in Seattle (which was very fun!) But I’m back now and wanted to update you on the arrest of three suspects in connection to a kidnapping...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Jamie Bacon makes special court appearance Friday
We got a media notice from the B.C. government Thursday afternoon telling us that Jamie Bacon would be making a special court appearance Friday at 2 p.m. No other details were provided. Maybe we’ll...
View ArticleAccused killer Jamie Bacon’s Surrey Six trial delayed again
Accused killer Jamie Bacon’s murder trial has been delayed until March 2018, more than a decade after the Surrey Six murders he is alleged to have plotted. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Ker said...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Targeted hit in Maple Ridge, Coquitlam victim identified
Ridge Meadows RCMP responded to a shots fired call near 243 Street and 102 Avenue about 2 a.m. Saturday. When officers arrived, they found a 32-year-old man with gunshot wounds. He was transported to...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Two wounded in South Surrey shooting
The gun violence continues in the Lower Mainland. Surrey RCMP issued a release Sunday saying a man and a woman had been injured in a targeted shooting in the 4200-block of 152nd Street. “The male and...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Gangsta rapper appears in court Friday on gun charges
James Carlton Lewis, aka General Beanz, appeared briefly in Vancouver Provincial Court Friday on the gun charges laid against him last May. As you recall, he’s alleged to have pulled a firearm at a...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: IHIT looking for information in the hours before Chilliwack murder
Homicide investigators told us Sept. 2 about a double shooting in Chilliwack that left a 52-year-old woman dead and a young man fighting for his life. Now we have the identity of the woman and police...
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