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Vancouver police ask public for help after brutal robbery

The Vancouver police took the rare step of releasing the photograph of a robbery victim who suffered life-altering injuries during the incident and who remains in hospital six months later. The...
Police Investigate Marijuana Store Robbery

Police Investigate Marijuana Store Robbery

Vancouver Police are investigating after two men robbed Weeds Glass & Gifts on Main Street near East 51st Avenue over the weekend, according to a media release.

After Earth, Now You See Me, a new documentary with Roméo Dallaire and four other films reviewed

Will Smith and his son Jaden make a nerve-racking visit to our planet in the space adventure After Earth

Police capture car-jacking suspect

At 7:30 a.m., a 45-year-old Vancouver woman was forced out of her Lexus at knifepoint at a downtown parkade. She told police that she was parking her car on Melville near Bute Street when a man...

VPD investigate break-in to Royal Canadian Mint store

Detectives from the Vancouver Police Department Property Crime Unit are investigating a weekend break-in to the Royal Canadian Mint store in the 700 block Granville Street in which it’s believed...

Face of man wanted Canada-wide

Vancouver Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a man wanted Canada-wide for breach of parole after he failed to return to his halfway house on June 25th. Norman Bert Guimond...

Cops hunt for teen suspects after senior is robbed

Elderly woman says pair grabbed her bag after pretending to ask a question.

Homeless man charged after robbing bookstore with kitchen knife

A homeless man appeared in court Monday morning after being arrested for allegedly robbing a bookstore on Oct. 22 in Vancouver’s downtown eastside. Spartacus Books, a volunteer run bookstore, was...

Vancouver International Film Festival Picks for Day 11: Sunday

Another very busy day at VIFF brings us two BC athletes, unexpected blasts at education and a kind of green energy and a harrowing and mysterious pre-Holocaust story. (read more)