RCMP are praising a “very observant” parent who intervened after a man in a bunny mask attempted to abduct a child at an elementary school in Chilliwack. The incident happened around 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 13 where a man went onto Central Elementary School property and tried to remove a seven-year-old girl. School was […]
A police anti-gang unit busted a drug dealer in Maple Ridge who gave new meaning to the term “organized crime.” On April 29, police officers with the province’s combined forces Uniform Gang Enforcement Team (UGET) stopped a cyclist who was riding without a helmet. What began as a routine interaction quickly escalated, said police, after
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Langley Township has abandoned its appeal of a court ruling that overturned a Township development fee policy that once raised millions for community facilities. According to the B.C. Court of Appeal Registry, the Township filed its appeal of the case – known as Lorval Developments v. Langley Township – last July. Mayor Eric Woodward had
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Charges have been upgraded for a man charged with a homicide at an Abbotsford homeless camp. Ryan Easton, 49, was initially charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of a 47-year-old man on April 24. But the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) announced on Friday (May 15) that Easton is now instead charged with
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The workers that provide 99 per cent of the initial 911 calls for B.C. have overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action. The Emergency Communications Professionals of B.C. voted 95 per cent in favour of job action following a 24-hour electronic strike vote that opened May 13, the union announced in a release Thursday (May
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