Police in Surrey investigate shooting believed to be extortion-related

A home and a vehicle in Surrey’s Newton neighbourhood were damaged in an early-morning shooting Monday. Surrey Police Service is investigating after attending a home in the 12300-block of 77A Avenue Monday (March 30) around 1:45 a.m. for a shots fired report. SPS officer observed damage to a home and an unoccupied vehicle that was […]

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Surrey police shoot, injure suspect, watchdog investigating

B.C.’s provincial police watchdog is investigating a Sunday night officer-imvolved shooting that left one man injured. Shortly before 8 p.m. on Sunday (March 29), Surrey Police Service officers attended a residence in the 13400-block of 81 Avenue for a report of someone with a weapon. As SPS officers attempted to take the man into custody,

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$300K in contraband seized at Agassiz correctional institution

Officers at Mountain Institution in Agassiz have seized more than $300,000 in unauthorized items and contraband in a recent operation on March 26. On Monday, March 30, Correctional Service Canada (CSC) stated that among the contraband seized were cell phones, charging cables, accessories and shatter – concentrated cannabis with a glassy texture. The total institutional

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Long arm of Lilli: devastating armlock propels B.C. martial artist to international victory

With gold on the line, Vernon Brazilian jiu jitsu fighter Lillian Marchand said to hell with the sister city. Marchand used a devastating armlock submission to defeat Elisabeth Clay from the Ares BJJ Association – located in Vernon’s sister city of Modesto, Cal. – in the female black belt middleweight division final at the 2026

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Life sentences of Surrey mechanic’s teen killers overturned

Warning: this story contains graphic details that some readers may find disturbing. Teens who were sentenced as adults 3.5 years ago to life in custody for the “brutal and senseless” killing of popular South Surrey mechanic Paul Prestbakmo in 2019 have had their penalty reverted to the maximum allowed under the Youth Criminal Justice Act

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