A month after making dozens of recommendations aimed at protecting the vulnerable and improving police services, BC's Missing Women Commissioner says he's been assured the work has already started. "I'm confident that the government will move forward." But Wally Oppal admits it could take time to make his longtime wish for a regional … [Read more...]
Missing Women Special Report [audio]
January 16, 2013 by
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In late December, nearly 11 years after serial killer Robert Pickton was finally stopped, BC's missing women commissioner published his findings. Oppal made 65 recommendations. Listen to CKNW reporter Marcella Bernardo's special reports below. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]
VPD request your help finding missing person
January 9, 2013 by
Vancouver Police are asking for your help locating a handicapped 18 year old boy. Quintin Martin was last seen at about 8:30 Tuesday morning near the 11 hundred block east 53rd Avenue where he was to board a bus to school. Quintin never arrived. Shortly after 1:00 p.m. he made a call to his support worker, but it is unknown from where or … [Read more...]
Patient at UBC Hospital missing
January 6, 2013 by
Mounties say a patient at UBC Hospital has gone missing. They say shortly after 6:30 Saturday evening, 21 year old Woo Fay (Cory) Krushell was reported to have not returned from a walk. He'd left the Detwiller Pavilion. Krushell is described as white, with medium brown hair, and a medium build. He was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, white … [Read more...]
Police ask for help finding missing 13-year-old boy
December 30, 2012 by
The Vancouver Police Department is asking the public to help them find Nicholas Graham, a 13-year-old Autistic boy. Nicholas has been missing since 3:30 Sunday afternoon after leaving his home in the 1600 block of Comox Street. He is 5'4, 190 pounds, and was last seen wearing a dark-coloured Nike hoodie, dark coloured pants and black runners. If … [Read more...]
Oppal releases Missing Women report
December 17, 2012 by
Missing Women Commissioner Wally Oppal reaches some common-sense conclusions in his massive report into the failed police investigation into serial killer Robert Pickton. In the report called "Forsaken", he makes 63 recommendations. Oppal says there systemic bias against the poor, drug-addicted sex workers Pickton targeted. He says … [Read more...]
Report from BC’s Missing Women Commissioner to be released Monday
December 16, 2012 by
The long awaited final report from BC's Missing Women Commissioner will be made public Monday. Wally Oppal spent several months reviewing the events leading up to the 2002 arrest of serial killer Robert Pickton, and why police were not able to stop him sooner. The report , which is more than 14-hundred pages long, contains recommendations aimed at … [Read more...]
Police searching for missing 11-year-old girl
December 15, 2012 by
Vancouver Police are appealing to the public for help in finding a missing 11-year-old girl. They say Tyne Theodore needs immediate medical attention, and police are worried about her well-being. She was last seen leaving her home on 14th avenue at 5:30 Saturday night. Searches on transit, around her neighborhood, at local hospitals and with other … [Read more...]
Police searching for missing West Vancouver man
December 15, 2012 by
West Vancouver Police are searching for a sixty-year-old man last seen leaving his home on Marlowe Place Thursday. Jimmy Chau is five-foot-ten, on hundred and seventy pounds, with grey hair and brown eyes. Police say he travels by public transit, and frequently visits park royal shopping centre. He was last seen wearing a grey jacket, with a fur … [Read more...]
Still no sign of missing teacher
December 12, 2012 by
Crews have been searching all day, but still no sign of missing Clearwater teacher Courtney Buck. Buck and her husband Skye were killed when their vehicle went off icy Highway 5 and plunged into the North Thompson river Sunday night. The husband's body has since been recovered, but there has been no sign of the wife. She was seven months pregnant … [Read more...]
