The family of a missing 79-year-old woman with dementia is still pleading with the public to look out for her, after more unconfirmed sightings. Yu Lan Rou Lin has been missing from Burnaby for nearly 48 hours now. She was last seen leaving her family’s store on Imperial Street Thursday afternoon. Hayley Chiang says her grandmother … [Read more...]
Burnaby RCMP searching for missing senior
March 16, 2012 by
RCMP in Burnaby want help locating a 79-year old woman who has dementia. Yu Lan Rou Lin left her home on Imperial Street about 5pm. Police say there's been one unconfirmed sighting of her in the Metrotown area. Rou Lin only speaks Mandarin and she does not have any identification on her. She's likely wearing a grey fleece jacket, grey pants and a … [Read more...]
Four senior VPD officers set to testify next at missing women inquiry
March 11, 2012 by
The next panel of witnesses to testify at B.C.’s missing women inquiry will feature four senior Vancouver police officers working in the years before serial killer Robert Pickton was arrested. In the late 1990s, Inspectors Fred Biddlecombe and Dan Dureau, Sgt. Geramy Field and Deputy Chief Const. Brian McGuinness each had a hand in the search … [Read more...]
Fraser Health to appoint senior director to reduce infection
March 3, 2012 by
The CEO of the Fraser Health Authority says confidence needs to be restored in how staff control infections. So he's going to look across Canada for a new senior medical director. This, after doctors at Burnaby Hospital said in a letter that C. difficile bacteria has been responsible for 84 deaths there. “We have a Fraser Health-wide medical … [Read more...]
Senior stabbed by stranger
February 23, 2012 by
A Vancouver senior is in critical condition after he was stabbed in the chest Wednesday by a stranger at a coffee shop. Vancouver police spokesperson Const. Lindsey Houghton said Mohamed Amer, 30, has been charged with one count each of attempted murder and obstructing a peace officer in the 3 p.m. stabbing. The 71-year-old man was sitting by … [Read more...]
Senior citizen stabber gets life
February 21, 2012 by
The man who stabbed a 79-year old more than 130 times has been sentenced to life in prison. 65-year old George Phillip Holt was found guilty of second-degree murder last November. He stabbed Reginald Haynes 134 times in a room at the Columbia Hotel on the downtown eastside in August of 2004. The crime went unsolved for years, until Holt was … [Read more...]
VPD-Missing Senior
September 5, 2011 by
Vancouver Police are asking for public help in finding a 70-year-old man, not seen since last Thursday (September 1st). Family didn't realize Henry Peters was missing from his home in the 2100-block of Harrison Drive until September 4th. Police say Peters has a history of volunteering on the Downtown Eastside and has many personal connections … [Read more...]
Llama attack 'a nightmare,' senior says
August 5, 2011 by
Beginning of Story Content A bizarre attack by a llama has turned a summer vacation in B.C. into a harrowing ordeal for a 75-year-old woman from Montreal. France Pilotte was on a family outing to a ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
Richmond senior honoured at Vancouver Airport
July 26, 2011 by
Harold Cross smiles during a media interview on his 90th birthday, Richmond, July 25 2011. He has been coming to the same place every day for lunch for over 35 ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
Preliminary inquiry begins into murder of Vancouver senior
July 21, 2011 by
A preliminary inquiry began this week in B.C. Provincial Court for two men accused of killing a Vancouver senior and stuffing his body into the trunk of a Cadillac.Glen Roberts Ahnert, 39, and ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
