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Daniel Sturm found – Amber Alert cancelled

Amber Alert for this boy. Where is Danny?

CHILLIWACK, B.C. – UPDATE 2: Daniel Strum – the 12-year-old who was the subject of an Amber Alert – has been found. The boy was located at 6:30 p.m. In Surrey while he and his father were getting into a cab at Guildford mall. ” At approximately 6:30 pm the Chilliwack RCMP were advised by [...]

August 29th, 2010 | Posted in Featured,LATEST FROM VANCOUVER | Read More »

SURREY: Radio India feud turns into gun fight

Radio station managing director Maninder Gill.

By Salim Jiwa SURREY, B.C. – (Updated) A long feud between Radio India and a man who has been targeted by the radio station through a talk show host has turned violent. Sources said police have cordoned off the Punjabi-language Radio India in Surrey and are looking for a member of management following a shooting [...]

August 28th, 2010 | Posted in Featured,LATEST FROM VANCOUVER | Read More »

International serial rapist captured

Accused international serial rapist.

SANTA ANA, CA – A man suspected of being an international serial rapist is in custody in Orange County after being extradited from Austria following a DNA match through INTERPOL. The suspect was featured on the Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) Ten Most Wanted list. Ali Achekzai, 32, formerly of Ladera Ranch, will be arrived [...]

August 27th, 2010 | Posted in EDITOR'S CHOICE,Featured,United States | Read More »

Vancouver’s top cop urges parliament to keep long gun registry

Jim Chu

VANCOUVER – City police chief Jim Chu has made his case for why the long gun registry must survive a parliamentary vote. Chu released several cases where serious criminal acts have been committed with long guns. “Jim Chu today urged Members of Parliament to vote to keep the long gun registry,” said a statement. He [...]

August 27th, 2010 | Posted in Featured,LATEST FROM VANCOUVER | Read More »

Pakistan floods cover territory the size of England

An Afghan refugee living in Pakistan attempts to salvage his belongings from the mud. While eastern Afghanistan has also suffered from the floods, Pakistan has been by far the worst affected. (August 2010) Photo A. Fazzina for UNHCR/Noor

NEW YORK – Desperate efforts are underway to help 17 million people affected by Pakistan floods that have ravaged territory equal to the size of England, Bangladesh or Cuba. An area of more than 160,000 square kilometres – greater than the entire size of England, Bangladesh or Cuba – has now been ravaged by floods [...]

August 26th, 2010 | Posted in EDITOR'S CHOICE,Featured,World | Read More »

$50,000 reward for identity of Ontario Jane Doe

Who is she?

By Karen Mullins GUELPH, ON – For five years Guelph Police have been trying to figure out the identity of a woman whose remains were found in a wooded area at a rest stop on Highway No. 7. Now the OPP is offering $50,000 for information leading to her identification. On August 28, 2005 the [...]

August 26th, 2010 | Posted in Canada,Featured | Read More »

60,000-plant opium poppy farm shut down in Chilliwack

Crop Busters - Cops in Chillwack poppy field.

CHILLIWACK, B.C. – The largest opium poppy farm ever discovered in Canada had 60,000 plants and the field was approximately seven acres in size, RCMP said after swooping down on the sprawling Chilliwack property. Police suspect the opium poppy was to be used to produce a mild narcotic substance known as Doda. “The field was [...]

August 26th, 2010 | Posted in EDITOR'S CHOICE,Featured,LATEST FROM VANCOUVER | Read More »

BP deploys satellite-controlled boats in Gulf of Mexico

The Wave Glider is controlled via satellite and powered by waves and sunlight.

THEODORE, AL – BP has deployed two satellite controlled robot boats to monitor the oil-fouled Gulf of Mexico. It is the first time the robot unmanned Wave Gliders have been used in the Gulf. The Wave Gliders are state-of-art robot boats designed by Liquid Robotics in Silicon Valley. “The vehicles, known as Wave Gliders and [...]

August 25th, 2010 | Posted in EDITOR'S CHOICE,Featured,Sci-Tech | Read More »

‘Game Tight Soldiers’ gangsters arrested in Prince George

gang jacket

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Cops have pounced on a gang house, arrested 14 members of the Game Tight Soldiers and seized drugs. The home raided by cops is on the same block where a man was found shot dead on on the street on Aug.14. Police did not state if this was part of the [...]

August 23rd, 2010 | Posted in EDITOR'S CHOICE,Featured,LATEST FROM VANCOUVER,More News | Read More »

Limo runs down nine people in downtown Vancouver

cop badge VPD

VANCOUVER – A limousine mounted the curb on a downtown street and slammed into nine pedestrians following an altercation early Sunday morning. Ambulances rushed a total of nine people to hospital with injuries ranging from bruises to abrasions and none of the injuries appeared life threatening, said Vancouver Police spokeswoman Const. Jana McGuinness. “Vancouver Police [...]

August 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Featured,LATEST FROM VANCOUVER | Read More »

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