A "no show" from admitted sled dog killer Robert Fawcett, in North Vancouver Provincial Court Tuesday morning.Perhaps it was the crowd of protesters outside the courthouse that kept him away.Animal rights advocates holding banners, one even comparing Fawcett to body parts suspect Luka Magnotta.Trial dates were supposed to be set, but even that did … [Read more...]
Girl seeks information on fathers killer
May 16, 2012 by
An appeal for information today, exactly three years after a local man was gunned down at the Legacy Bar in Cloverdale. Police say Chris Whitmee was an innocent victim, just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Today in Surrey, his 12 year old daughter, Lexus, says someone must know something that could lead to an arrest. "Hopefully they … [Read more...]
Roommate killer found guilty
May 10, 2012 by
A Surrey man has been found guilty of murder and weapons charges -- after killing his roommate and taking shots at police. IHIT Sgt. Jennifer Pound says the conviction stems from an incident in August of 2010, when Mounties were called to a home in Bolivar Heights. "Upon attendance they were met by a male who fired shots at them and fled the … [Read more...]
Gas-and-dash killer to be released again this week
April 29, 2012 by
The now-22-year-old man who killed Grant De Patie during a gas-and-dash seven years ago will be let out on statutory release this week, for the third time. Darnell Pratt was first released in June of 2010 and again in November 2011, but violated his parole both times. “It’s having him rehabilitated and returned to our community as a … [Read more...]
Killer Wireless-N 1202 and E2200 Ethernet controller launch, aim to squash your ping times
April 22, 2012 by
Killer Technology -- formerly known as Bigfoot Networks -- has certainly come a long way from its days as a scrappy startup, and now the outfit's taking one more step towards ping domination with the introduction of two new products. Qualcomm Atheros is actually doing the honors, as it formally reveals the Killer Wireless-N 1202 WiFi module with … [Read more...]
Help SPCA stop cat killer
March 23, 2012 by
The BC SPCA wants to know who's been mutilating cats in Maple Ridge. The Society says the incidents date as early as June 2011. SPCA Constable Eileen Drever says the cats have been severed in half by a sharp object, "I would like to also remind people to certainly keep their cats indoors and don't let them out at this time." Anyone … [Read more...]
Cop says superiors had no real desire to hunt serial killer
January 30, 2012 by
The primary investigator of Vancouver's Missing Women file says she doesn't believe her superior officers had any real desire to search for a serial killer in 1998. That's when Vancouver Police had evidence Robert Pickton was murdering women, but he was not arrested until 2002. When a working group on the file dissolved in september of … [Read more...]
Convicted killer guilty of murdering wife
January 20, 2012 by
SURREY, B.C. - A 57-year-old Surrey, B.C., man has become a two-time convicted killer after being found guilty of murdering his wife, who was also a convicted murderer.A B.C. Supreme Court judge convicted Thomas Robert Elton of the second-degree murder of 59-year-old Brenda Turcan.She was stabbed to death at the couple's apartment in 2009, and … [Read more...]
“Jack the Giant Killer” Delayed Nine Months
January 19, 2012 by
Warners has shaken up its schedule with three films getting delays. The big move is Bryan Singer's "Jack and the Giant Killer 3D" being pushed back a full nine months from June 15th to March 22nd 2013 says The Hollywood Reporter. The move has had a knock on effect for two other films. David Dobkin's proposed "Arthur and Lancelot" fantasy epic … [Read more...]
Man who assaulted child killer gets more time
January 16, 2012 by
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - A young man who viciously attacked child killer Allan Schoenborn and a staff member at a psychiatric hospital near Coquitlam, B.C., will have to spend another 24 months there.Just one day after the 22-year-old man identified only as M.P. pleaded guilty to beating Schoenborn with a billiard ball last April, he severely injured … [Read more...]
