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Two dead in Revelstoke avalanche are from Alberta

Two dead in Revelstoke avalanche are from Alberta

| More By Salim Jiwa REVELSTOKE, B.C. – (Update 3) Two people who were swept away and killed by a massive kilometer-long avalanche on Boulder Mountain have both been... (Continue reading)

Canada, U.S. mourn Grand Imam who took on Osama

Canada, U.S. mourn Grand Imam who took on Osama

| More By Karen Mullins CAIRO – One of the most influential clerics in the Islamic world – the Grand Imam Mohamed Sayyid Tantawi – who took on the... (Continue reading)

Kids rescued, Surrey man faces 16 child sex abuse charges

Kids rescued, Surrey man faces 16 child sex abuse charges

| More SURREY, B.C. – A Surrey man accused of belonging to a world-wide Dirty Club that makes porn pictures of kids known to them has been slapped... (Continue reading)

Okanagan gangster to serve 44 years in Seattle jail

Okanagan gangster to serve 44 years in Seattle jail

SEATTLE -  A former Peachland, B.C. resident who robbed a Tacoma bank with an AK-47 so he could set up a gang to rival the Hell’s Angels has been handed another 20 years in jail. Luke Elliott Sommer, 23, formerly a resident... (Continue reading)

Full police funeral Tuesday for Peel officer

Full police funeral Tuesday for Peel officer

BRAMPTON, ON  - (Update) A full police funeral will be held for policeman Artem James Ochakovsky on Tuesday at the Hershey Centre, located at 5500 Rose Cherry Place, Mississauga on Tuesday at 1 p.m. Ochakovsky, a two-year veteran of the force, was... (Continue reading)

Drugs suspected in deaths of two young girls in Burnaby, Richmond

Drugs suspected in deaths of two young girls in Burnaby, Richmond

VANCOUVER - Hundreds of youngsters are mourning the deaths of a 17-year-old girl from Richmond and a 16-year-old from Vancouver after the two friends died just hours apart.... (Continue reading)

Langley man charged in serial slayings of women

LANGLEY, B.C. – In a highly unusual case, a man now faces a third second degree murder charge relating to three separate murders of women. The serial killings occurred over a two-year period Davey Mato Butorac, 31, is already in custody on... (Continue reading)

500,000 buildings damaged, 700 dead in Chile double-blow

500,000 buildings damaged, 700 dead in Chile double-blow

SANTIAGO – Catastrophic devastation is coming to light in Chile from the 8.8 earthquake with up to 700 dead and some 500,000 homes and buildings damaged from the double-blow of the quake and the resulting Tsunami. President Michelle Bachelet’s  government declared... (Continue reading)

Driver, 19, faces 10 criminal charges in Burnaby double-fatal

Driver, 19, faces 10 criminal charges in Burnaby double-fatal

BURNABY – 19-year-old Baldip Chandi has been slapped with ten charges involving impaired driving causing death and dangerous operation of a vehicle for a crash that killed two and sent three to hospital in critical condition. The crash at 1 a.m.... (Continue reading)

Walter Koenig starts anti-suicide campaign after son found dead

Walter Koenig starts anti-suicide campaign after son found dead

VANCOUVER - Heartbroken parents Judith and Walter Koenig have begun spreadiing the word about depression and suicide just hours after they found their son Andrew, 41, dead in Stanley Park in Vancouver. ... (Continue reading)