Vancouver Police say the search is still on for brazen car thief. It all started after 4:00 this afternoon when police say a man forced a woman into the passenger seat of a car at Kingsway and Boundary and took off -- smashing into two cars and two buses before colliding with a car at Tyne and 50th where he allegedly sprinted from the … [Read more...]
Booze, out-of-control crowd caused riot: Report
September 3, 2011 by
Police were overwhelmed by the massive crowd gathered on Vancouver’s streets during the June 15 Stanley Cup riot, according to a report released Thursday. An independent review entitled “The Night the City Became a Stadium” — authored by John Furlong and Douglas Keefe — found that police lost control of the large crowd, many fuelled by alcohol, … [Read more...]