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By Tom Eley The PNE has banned the Breakout music festival after a riot ignited last September when the headlining act failed to show up, according to a PNE spokesperson. On Sept. 18, a handful of disgruntled fans caused $300,000 in…

By Joyce Liew There is little agreement on the cause of a surging theft rate in the Sunset neighbourhood of South Vancouver. Vancouver Police Department crime data shows that overall, since 2020, vehicle and bicycles…

North Vancouver RCMP have issued a warning regarding reports of an increase in package theft from front door steps this winter holiday season.

From her family’s village in India to the campus on Langara, Prabhleen Kaur Matharu’s name and the details of her life up to her brutal death is being publicly uncovered.

By Cameron Thomson After Kevan O’Brien had the front tire stolen from his locked bike that was inside his Gastown building’s parking garage, he lost his trust in leaving anything there. “On a scale of one to 10 being inside my…

In July 2015, Matthew Kalin Brenner attempted suicide after being charged with murder and sent to the North Fraser Pretrial Centre. Five-and-a-half months later, he slid through the third-floor safety bars in the correctional institution…

In one of Vancouver’s safest neighbourhoods, police point to community engagement as the secret to success.

Reported by Evan Hagedorn The number of shootings in Vancouver is on a sharp increase over previous years and that has Police Chief Adam Palmer worried about a rise in gang activity. A Vancouver Police Department report that went…

A Surrey parent has enrolled her children in a public school in Delta because she was concerned about overcrowding, drug dealers and the presence of gangsters at her neighbourhood school.

Two recent shootings in south Vancouver have residents concerned about safety but Const. Brian Montague of the Vancouver Police Department says they shouldn’t be. Shootings don't need to worry locals “It’s still a very safe…