Kristen Robinson

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• Crown seeks dangerous offender status for convicted Vancouver sex offender

  Gordon James Joseph Leclerc, 75, was originally charged with aggravated sexual assault and sexual assault with a weapon – a cane – between Sept. 7 and Sept. 9, 2021.

  Crime

  Nov 10
• Vancouver’s illegal rental houses reminiscent of Hong Kong’s coffin apartments

  Simon Fraser University's city program director, Andy Yan, told Global News the dividing of homes in Vancouver reminds him of Hong Kong's coffin apartments.

  Canada

  Nov 9
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• Vancouver landlords fined $90K after dividing home into 21 rooms for 17 tenants

  Following an investigation, the Residential Tenancy Branch found the landlords did not maintain the rental property in compliance with health, safety and housing standards.

  Nov 5
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• Where is Jennifer? After almost 2 years, rural B.C. mom of three still missing

  Jennifer Provencal, 51, was last seen on Feb. 5, 2025, by her husband, Tom Boulding, who said they had an argument at their rural B.C. home.

  Canada

  Nov 2
• ‘Heartbreaking’: Family of B.C. pedestrian killed urges drivers to slow down

  Raven Prince, 45, was crossing Main Street at National Avenue at a marked crosswalk shortly after midnight on Sunday Oct. 25, when police said she was hit by a southbound SUV.

  Traffic

  Nov 2
• Man sentenced to 16 years, 8 months for horrifying Surrey bus attack

  On April 1, 2023, security video obtained by Global News showed Abdul Kawam walking onto the bus, followed a few seconds later by his victim.

  Crime

  Oct 29
• ‘Indestructible’ Downtown Eastside toilet suddenly out of service

  Questions surround the sudden closure of a public washroom in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, less than five months after the facility opened.

  Economy

  Oct 28
• Langley man charged in alleged hate-motivated attack against woman, children

  Langley RCMP said on Oct. 20 around 3:30 p.m. they received a report from multiple people of an alleged assault on a woman and her two children near Douglas Park.

  Crime

  Oct 27
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• How the BC Conservatives plan to tackle crime and public safety

  BC Conservatives pledged to end open drug use, improve access to mental health care and empower police to enforce the Mental Health Act to connect people with mandatory treatment.

  Crime

  Oct 26
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• Convicted murderer attending McGill law school was ‘the most brutal and evil,’ former prosecutor says

  Former prosecutor and retired judge, Rick Miller, told Global News that Ewert is "as bad as they come."

  Crime

  Oct 23
• Adam Mann found guilty in murder of Tori Dunn in her Surrey home

  Tori Dunn, 30, was stabbed four times, including an 18 centimetre-deep wound to her abdomen, which killed her, and two defensive wounds to her hands.

  Crime

  Oct 22
• Closing arguments conclude in trial of man accused of killing Tori Dunn

  The closing submissions from Crown and defence have been heard in court and the jury will now begin deliberating a verdict on Wednesday.

  Crime

  Oct 21
• ‘It wasn’t me’: Ontario man denies killing Tori Dunn in Surrey, B.C. home invasion

  “It wasn’t me,” Adam Mann, 42, said Monday while testifying in his own defence at his second-degree murder trial in New Westminster Supreme Court.

  Crime

  Oct 20
• Family devastated after charges stayed in 2018 fatal hit-and-run near Terrace

  Taylor Stogryn, 37, and Conrad Wierzbicki, 35, were charged with indignity to human remains and obstructing justice following a deadly hit-and-run in Terrace nearly eight years ago

  Crime

  Oct 19
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• Burnaby man receives 3.5 years in jail for cross-Canada sextortion

  Crown and defence counsel said the online communications Anwer Jelassi had with the teen girls he demanded money from were “insulting, demeaning and hostile.”

  Crime

  Oct 16
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• Bayside Lounge to close after 47 years as costs rise in Vancouver

  The Bayside Lounge has been a West End staple, supporting local musicians and artists and welcoming visitors from around the world.

  Economy

  Oct 9
• Homicide investigator testifies at Tori Dunn homicide trial

  Const. Ryan Gerlinski took the stand on Thursday. He has been a member of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team for 4.5 years.

  Crime

  Oct 8
• Crown seeks 2-year jail term for B.C. driver in baby stroller hit-and-run

  Kyle Nicholas Luca, 31, pleaded guilty in September to impaired driving causing bodily harm and failing to stop at an accident involving bodily harm.

  Crime

  Oct 7
• Court hears how deadly attack on Tori Dunn happened as murder trial begins

  Tori Dunn was critically injured in an apparent random stabbing attack in her Port Kells home on June 16, 2024 and later died in the hospital.

  Crime

  Oct 5
• Suspect in violent attack on Victoria grocery store manager re-arrested

  Peter Andrew Patrick Statham, 27, is charged with theft, assault causing bodily harm and robbery in the Sept. 19 incident at Save-On-Foods on Pandora Avenue.

  Crime

  Oct 2
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• Vancouver e-scooter riders overwhelmingly don’t wear helmets, police find

  Vancouver police were busy in September, cracking down on e-scooter riders who were not following the rules. Police said that since Sept. 4, there were 1,226 tickets handed out.

  Traffic

  Oct 2
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• Masked group seen on B.C. First Nation land are ‘cowards,’ officials say

  Reaction is pouring in to what appears to be a group of white nationalists holding a demonstration on a B.C. First Nation on Sunday.

  Crime

  Sep 28
• B.C. man who pulled over drivers with fake police lights gets conditional discharge

  A North Vancouver man who impersonated a Mountie and pulled over drivers received a conditional discharge and could avoid a criminal record.

  Crime

  Sep 26
• SRO owner says City of Vancouver failed to act before Powell Street fire

  “I asked him why he's not tearing it down and he said, well, I was never forced to tear it down, so the insurance wouldn't pay me to tear it down," Bob Fontaine said.

  Fire

  Sep 24
• Uber passengers dead in Highway 1 crash with suspected impaired driver

  Drive BC said the crash happened just before 12:30 a.m., shutting down all westbound lanes between Kensington Avenue and Sprott Street in Burnaby.

  Traffic

  Sep 23