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Descrease article font size Increase article font size British Columbia’s securities regulator says a recent two-day operation to identify victims of a specific type of cryptocurrency fraud has found 89 people who were drained of more than $4 million in assets. The B.C. Securities Commission says the agency brought together regulators, police, crypto trading platforms…
There are calls for more transparency from Crown prosecutors after charges against a man accused of a violent attack on a senior in Vancouver’s Chinatown were stayed with little public explanation. The Oct. 11, 2022 assault was captured on security video. A 93-year old man was knocked to the ground near Main and Pender Streets….
By n The Canadian Pressn The Canadian Press Posted March 24, 2025 8:24 pm Updated March 24, 2025 9:29 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A teenager has been charged with assault for allegedly stabbing a taxi driver in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside last week. The alleged attack happened last…
The credibility of a star Crown witness has become the focus of an intense cross-examination in the B.C. trial of an alleged contract killer. Brandon Teixeira has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, attempted murder and firearms charges in the October 2017 killing of Nicolas Khabra in Surrey. 2:00 Brandon Teixeira trial hears graphic testimony…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Carrying signs reading “no more femicide” and “justice for Tori Dunn,” a small crowd gathered outside the New Westminster Law Courts where the man accused of killing a 30-year-old Surrey woman appeared on Friday. “We’re advocating for change to the justice system in Canada and this province,”…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 14, 2025 9:28 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size An inmate at a British Columbia prison has been charged with second-degree murder over a death in a cafeteria fight. Homicide investigators say Therae Racette-Beaulieu has been charged in the death of Christopher…
A Vancouver man accused of murder in a decades-old cold-case stabbing in Ontario is back in B.C. after being freed on bail. Lawrence Diehl, 73, is charged with second-degree murder in the April 1996 death of 22-year-old Christopher Smith. Smith was fatally stabbed on the Portage bridge that separates Ottawa and Gatineau, Que. while walking…
WARNING: This story includes graphic details and may not be suitable for all readers. Discretion is advised. A B.C. jury heard the accounting of a brutal 2017 gangland killing in graphic detail on Wednesday, as the alleged accomplice of an accused contract killer continued his testimony. But the witness, whose identity is covered by a…
The B.C. murder trial of an alleged contract killer heard testimony Monday about an alleged accomplice to the crime, who later became an agent for police. Brandon Teixeira has pleaded not guilty to three charges — first-degree murder, attempted murder and discharging a firearm — related to two victims. He’s accused in the October 2017…
A Vancouver Island man accused of murder in the alleged hit-and-run death of a cyclist will undergo a court-ordered psychiatric assessment. Steven Squires is charged with first-degree murder in the Feb. 8 death of 54-year-old Rodney Kelly, near Cumberland. 2:15 Courtenay Good Samaritan stays to help cyclist in fatal hit-and-run Squires will be assessed at…
A dump truck driver has pleaded guilty to charges under the Motor Vehicle Act related to a fatal collision with a cyclist in North Vancouver two years ago. The crash happened at the intersection of Lonsdale Avenue and 23rd Street on March 6, 2023, as the truck was making a right turn. Get breaking National…
A man who attacked two women with a knife in the Vancouver Airbnb will have to wait to find out his fate, after a B.C. judge reserved their sentencing decision on Wednesday. Arvin Pasha pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm for the May 2022 attack last September. He was…
By Anja Karadeglija The Canadian Press Posted February 26, 2025 2:34 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal justice minister has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of second-degree murder in Alberta more than three decades ago. Roy Allan Sobotiak was sentenced to life imprisonment for…
Bombshell allegations are being made in a civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court involving two emergency room physicians, who both worked at Lions Gate Hospital. In a Notice of Claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court, Dr. Averil Ivsins says she attended a staff event at Dachi Restaurant and The Brighton in November 2023. At…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size There was tight security at the B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster on Tuesday, where the trial of an alleged contract killer got underway. Metal detectors were in place at both the front door and the courtroom door, as sheriffs provided a watchful eye. Brandon Teixeira pleaded…
A police conduct board has decided not to recuse itself from a hearing for three British Columbia RCMP officers who are facing possible dismissal over alleged racist group chats. Wes Dutcher-Walls, a defence lawyer for Coquitlam RCMP constables Mersad Mesbah, Ian Solven and Philip Dick, had argued this week that the three-member panel should be…
By The Canadian Press The Canadian Press Posted February 17, 2025 5:24 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police in Richmond, B.C., are searching for seven suspects in an alleged retail theft of fragrances worth more than $2,400. RCMP say the theft took place on Nov. 11 of last…
There is anger and frustration in Duncan, B.C. after two suspects in the beating of a local store owner were released from custody less than 12 hours after they were arrested. Darnell Sterling Grant, who turns 23 this year, and Serenity Hoeft, 22, were arrested Wednesday morning and charged with robbery and assault causing bodily…
The mothers of three young men killed by a suspected drunk driver near Invermere, B.C., are disappointed after the accused was a no-show at her second court appearance. Haley Jade Watson, who turns 23 this year, is accused of three counts of impaired driving causing death and three counts of dangerous driving causing death in…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man who fatally stabbed a Surrey teen outside his high school two years ago won’t spend any additional time behind bars. The offender, whose identity is covered by a publication ban because he was a minor at the time of the killing, pleaded guilty to manslaughter…
All four assaults happened after dark near BC Place and Rogers Arena on April 27 and April 29 in 2023. Source link
A B.C. man is facing Motor Vehicle Act charges over a North Vancouver drive-thru crash that left a worker with serious hot oil injuries last year. The collision happened at an A&W on Marine Drive in March 2024. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 30, 2025 10:06 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A judge is set to sentence a former Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to indecent assault against seven Inuit children more than four decades ago. Crown and defence lawyers have jointly recommended a…
