Stranger Attack

• Kelowna woman calls for action on public safety in wake of frightening attack

  Robertson says she fought back, kicking at her attacker before the two fell to the ground.

  Canada

  Nov 5
  
• Victim of Kits stranger attack shocked to learn suspect already released

  Police recommended he be detained and the Crown also sought to keep him in custody for an overnight fitness assessment, but a judge released him on Tuesday.

  Crime

  Jul 2
  
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• Suspect in Kits Beach stranger attack released after less than 48 hours in custody

  Vancouver police said that they received several 911 calls on June 28, just before 2 p.m., reporting a man striking an unsuspecting woman in the head with a piece of wood.

  Crime

  Jul 1
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• West Vancouver police confirm girl attacked by stranger, but public not informed

  It happened on Wednesday, but police did not tell the public until after Global News started asking questions about the incident.

  Crime

  Jun 8
• Man charged in random assaults, arson in North Vancouver

  Police say the suspect was breaching conditions of a release order from a previous incident in 2023. 

  Crime

  Jan 13, 2025
• Repeat offender allegedly attacks tourist in Vancouver

  Security cameras captured the incident and police arrested a suspect at a rooming house on Pender Street just a few hours later.

  Crime

  Oct 15, 2024
• B.C. open to involuntary care, but needs ‘dignified’ mental health supports: Eby

  Premier David Eby says mental health care in the province for those committed against their will needs to be "dignified and humane" to be effective,.

  Health

  Sep 6, 2024
• Suspect charged in ‘random’ Vancouver attacks that left 1 dead, 1 with a severed hand

  Court documents show Brendan Colin McBride, 34, of White Rock has been charged with murder and aggravated assault in Wednesday's apparently random attacks.

  Crime

  Sep 5, 2024
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• ‘Unprovoked stranger attacks’ leave 1 dead, 1 seriously hurt in downtown Vancouver

  Police have arrested a suspect accused of killing one man and and severing another man's hand in what is being described as a pair of downtown stranger attacks.

  Crime

  Sep 4, 2024
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• ‘Shaken to my core’: Mother considers leaving Vancouver after verbal attack by stranger

  A Vancouver woman says she was verbally attacked and followed by a stranger while walking her baby along the seawall in Yaleton over the weekend.

  Crime

  Jul 29, 2024