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BC Coroners Service release statistics on domestic violence homicides

BC Coroners Service release statistics on domestic violence homicides

The statistics cover the period from Jan. 1, 2004, through Dec. 15, 2014.

Charles Manson & marriage: an ungodly duo

The internet erupted after learning Charles Manson, 80, was granted a license to marry 26-year-old Afton Elaine Burton, who prefers the name “Star,” because Manson says she's a "Star in the...

Gun death in downtown Vancouver: suspected gang execution

Another gun-related death in Vancouver: this time, a brazen shooting in Vancouver's upscale Sheraton's Bar One restaurant. This is the city's first murder of 2012.

Body of baby boy found in Fraser River

A body of a newborn baby boy has been found in the Fraser River in Burnaby. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team are reaching out to the public for any information that will lead to the...

Homicide number nine victim identified: update

Vancouver Police have identified the victim of the city’s ninth homicide of 2011 as being 37-year-old Melanie Alexis O’Neill of Vancouver. Shortly after 10:30 p.m. on July 26, Vancouver Police...

Vancouver police make year's fourth homicide arrest

Victim suffered serious head injuries during beating in Downtown Eastside

Charges laid in Downtown Eastside murder

Vancouver Police are confirming that charges have now been laid in the city's third homicide, which happened in the Downtown Eastside near Carrall and Easthastings on Wednesday.  Twenty-four...

Murder in the Downtown Eastside

A man pulled a knife during a heated fight, stabbing another man and leaving him bleeding to death in the Downtown Eastside last night.  Police have not disclosed the identities of the victim or...

Possible homicide on Gladstone St.

Vancouver Police are in the area of the 3900 block of Gladstone Street investigating a possible homicide. According to unconfirmed reports from the CBC one person is dead and one person is in custody...

Man Shot to Death Today While Driving on East 10th

This afternoon at 1:06 pm, an Asian man in his early 20s was shot while driving in the 1500 block of E.10th Avenue.  The man was rushed to hospital where he died a short time later.  ...