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Most-wanted fugitive released on bail, minister wants law to change

A mere $3,000 bail got one of Canada's most-wanted fugitives out of jail, and it's making one federal public safety minister rethink the law. Walter Ernesto Guzman of El Salvador appeared before the...

Running shoe with human foot in it found in Vancouver's False Creek

Human remains found in shoe, washed up on shores of downtown Vancouver.

Sexual assault near 29th Ave. Station

 Vancouver Police are issuing a public warning after a young woman was sexually assaulted while walking home from the 29th Avenue SkyTrain Station late Saturday night. Shortly before...

Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu on Vancouver riot arrests

"Canada is not Britain, the courts are different, the riots were different,” Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu said at a news conference at police headquarters today, in response to the public outrage...

Police release sketch of suspect in seawall attacks

 VPD Sex Crimes investigators are releasing a composite drawing after two women were assaulted on the seawall in the past few days.  The first assault took place on August 13th at...

Burnaby man accused of killing mother appears in court

Benedict Bernabe Tomajin, a 24-year-old Burnaby man, appeared in court today after being accused of stabbing his mother to death.  Police found his mother bleeding on the pavement outside...

Cyclist injured in early morning collision

A cyclist is in hospital in critical condition this morning following an early morning collision that closed East 12th Avenue for several hours. East 12th has since been reopened to traffic. Around 5...

Update: Justin Sit, 25, and with schizoaffective disorder, found

Police say Justin has now been found.... The Vancouver Police are asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing 25 year old Vancouver man who was last seen leaving his home in the...

Police identify SFU professor Melanie O'Neill as ninth homicide victim

Vancouver police have identified the ninth homicide victim as Melanie Alexis O'Neill, a professor from Simon Fraser University. O'Neill joined the faculty of chemistry in 2005, serving as the...

Vancouver Police Department's "Most Wanted" list

The VPD’s Con Air Top 10 list now only has seven fugitives, following a second arrest today. At about 11 a.m. this morning, beat officers in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside received an anonymous...
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