Kristen Robinson

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• 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
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• 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
• 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
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• 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 3
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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
• 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
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• Almost a year after collapse warning, future of Vancouver SRO remains in limbo

  Following an Oct. 17, 2025 fire in one of the second-floor rooms, then Chief Building Official Saul Schwebs ordered the Summer Hotel unsafe to occupy due to water damage.

  Fire

  Sep 23
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• Family of 80-year-old community volunteer killed in B.C. hit and run seeks justice

  A memorial is growing near Portage Park for 80-year-old cyclist Kitty Dunham, who is being remembered as a passionate volunteer who loved giving back to her community.

  Crime

  Sep 22
• Surrey mayor says high-risk offenders not welcome in city

  Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, media relations officer for the Surrey Police Service, said two offenders in the span of two days is unsettling, but the timing is coincidental.

  Crime

  Sep 16
• DTES grocery store uncertain of future after spending thousands on security

  The company says that shoplifting losses at that store are double what other locations see on average and it spends thousands on security to keep staff and customers safe.

  Crime

  Sep 15
• Man charged in Mount Pleasant convenience store shooting

  Vancouver police said that on Sept. 6, shortly after 7 a.m., they were called to a store near Main Street and 16th Avenue after a man reported being shot in the leg.

  Crime

  Sep 14
• Questions raised over Vancouver police investigating one of their own officers

  Veteran officer and KidsPlay founder Kal Dosanjh is facing criminal charges following a more than two-year investigation led by the Vancouver Police Department.

  Crime

  Sep 8
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• Vancouver drug advocates open pop-up overdose prevention sites

  Neighbours of a cancelled overdose prevention site in Vancouver say they’re concerned about ad hoc harm reduction services appearing outside the vacant building.

  Health

  Sep 3
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• Vancouver business says social media account vanished after Lake Ontario joke

  The owner of a Vancouver strip club says its Instagram account vanished after the business posted a sign criticizing Trump's Lake Ontario order.

  Aug 31
• Gregor Robertson challenged on the Broadway Construction project

  Fable Diner and SportChek are just two of the most recent businesses to shutter along Broadway near Main Street as construction continues.

  Economy

  Aug 28
• Surrey Six killer loses court battle to have conviction overturned

  In 2014, Red Scorpion Cody Haevischer was convicted of six counts of first-degree murder in the October 2007 killings at Surrey's Balmoral Tower.

  Crime

  Aug 27
• Last remaining tenant of Granville Street SRO has been moved out

  All residents of the Luugat have been relocated to alternative housing," the ministry said in a statement, adding that the tenant was relocated from the building last week.

  Politics

  Aug 26