Spokesperson Deborah Marshall says adding extra sailings on the busiest routes have helped with the holiday volume, including a few overloads at some terminals. Marshall says over fifty extra sailings were added throughout the long weekend, "This is typical traffic for what we are seeing for a long weekend. Generally, an Easter long weekend, … [Read more...]
One of the region’s ten most wanted car thieves has been arrested
March 16, 2012 by
One of the region's ten most wanted car thieves won't be getting behind the wheel again for a while. Thirty-four year old Kevin Michael Beech was busted last night in Surrey. Police had been scouting areas he was known to frequent when he and two other people were spotted in a vehicle. Police say when officers stopped the vehicle, Beech tried … [Read more...]
The NDP MLA threatened by a man says a deal has been reached, charges stayed.
March 5, 2012 by
The NDP MLA who had been threatened by a man leading to an arrest,charges, and court says a deal has been reached allowing those charges to be stayed. NDP MLA Jenny Kwan says the deal includes an apology from Kimberly Burton Pollock who threatened her and her family. Kwan said "We are now at the stage where an agreement has been … [Read more...]
Suspect in coffee-shop stabbing had just been in hospital
February 23, 2012 by
Vancouver Police are now saying a 30-year-old man charged in a coffee-shop stabbing was apprehended for mental-health reasons two days earlier, taken to hospital, and then released. Charges of attempted murder and obstructing a peace officer were laid today against Mohamed Amer after a 71-year-old man was stabbed yesterday in a coffee shop … [Read more...]
One of the original Occupy Vancouver protesters says the movement has been “hijacked.”
October 26, 2011 by
One of the original Occupy Vancouver protesters says it might be time to call it a day and pack the tents up. Tim Moorley says over the last little while another group has moved in and hijacked the Occupy Vancouver protest. Moorley says the group hides behind the protest as a whole refusing to give their names or take … [Read more...]
Moammar Gadhafi has been captured and killed
October 20, 2011 by
SIRTE, Libya _ Libyan transitional government officials said Moammar Gadhafi was captured and killed when revolutionary forces overwhelmed the ousted leader's hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime fell. Amid the fighting, NATO blasted a fleeing convoy that fighters said was carrying Gadhafi CKNW … [Read more...]
Have you been immunized for the measles?
August 23, 2011 by
The BC Centre for Disease Control is issuing a public health advisory, after someone with a case of measles passed through Vancouver International Airport on August 15th. Doctor Monika Naus says a passenger on Air Canada Flight 244 was travelling with the disease, "At this point, it would be an advisory to make people aware that they may have been … [Read more...]
