Vancouver Police Department

• Vancouver police investigate three stabbings in Downtown Eastside

  Vancouver police are investigating after three stabbings took place between Tuesday and Wednesday in the Downtown Eastside.

  Crime

  Oct 6
• No charges for man who confronted Vancouver mayor in Yaletown shop

  Vancouver police have determined no criminal offence occurred when a man confronted Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart at a wine shop last month.

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  Oct 6
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• Man taken to hospital Tuesday after threatening Helijet staff, jumping into the ocean

  Police said just before 12:30 p.m. they received a call about a man at Harbour Helijet who was threatening to shoot staff and was preventing helicopters from landing.

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  Sep 29
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• Police investigating after man confronts Vancouver mayor at Yaletown shop

  Vancouver police are investigating after Mayor Kennedy Stewart complained that a man was harassing him and his wife while shopping on Saturday.

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  Sep 20
• 11 Vancouver officers attacked, assaulted during violent long weekend: police

  Vancouver police said between January and July, 108 police officers were assaulted in the city, which is a 64 per cent increase from 2018.

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  Sep 8
• Gatineau, Que. woman accused of falsely acting as nurse at Ottawa clinic

  Ottawa police have charged a woman from Gatineau after they allege she took on the identities of registered nurses to gain employment at a local clinic.

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  Sep 1
• Vancouver police see 129% increase in sex assaults by strangers in July alone

  Police said since July 1, there have been eight incidents related to the Granville Entertainment District, ranging from unwanted touching (groping) to forced sexual intercourse.

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  Aug 11
• Vancouver police’s billboard on distraction theft already vandalized

  Anti-police graffiti was sprayed over the original message on the billboard, which read, "Be cautious of strangers getting close or asking for help."

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  Jul 26
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• VPD officers deploy flashbang grenade in Main Street arrest

  Officers deployed a flashbang grenade as a distraction and arrested the man.

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  Jul 16
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• Vancouver police release photos of men who allegedly assaulted officers at English Bay

  Officers with the beach patrol were called just after 7 p.m. on June 18 to investigate a large fight and a possible assault involving 10 people.

  Crime

  Jun 25