Crime

Orlan Marcel Dennis is charged with two counts of second-degree murder after two people were found dead in a home in the remote First Nations community of Tsay Keh Dene on April 9, 2024. (File photo/Phil McLachlan)

Man charged with 2nd-degree murder of 2 people in remote B.C. community

Orlan Marcel Dennis alleged to be behind April 9 killings in Tsay Keh Dene

Orlan Marcel Dennis is charged with two counts of second-degree murder after two people were found dead in a home in the remote First Nations community of Tsay Keh Dene on April 9, 2024. (File photo/Phil McLachlan)
A still from bus surveillance footage shows the man Vancouver police believe may be behind a number of recent purse-snatching incidents. (VPD)

Vancouver police release video of suspected purse-snatcher

Man believed to be responsible for attacking two women in last couple of months

A still from bus surveillance footage shows the man Vancouver police believe may be behind a number of recent purse-snatching incidents. (VPD)
Two people were found dead and a third person was injured by police following a shots-fired called in a remote B.C. community on April 9, 2024. (Black Press Media file photo)

2 found dead, 1 shot by police in remote northern B.C. community: RCMP

RCMP investigating deaths, police watchdog investigating officer actions

Two people were found dead and a third person was injured by police following a shots-fired called in a remote B.C. community on April 9, 2024. (Black Press Media file photo)
Brook Ervin’s late daughter, Hannah, playing on a bouncy castle that was recently stolen from Ervin, who rents out inflatable party equipment. (Courtesy Brooke Ervin)

Stolen bouncy castle last seen headed north on Vancouver Island highway

Business owner calls for return of bouncy castle that she dropped off at Langford house

Brook Ervin’s late daughter, Hannah, playing on a bouncy castle that was recently stolen from Ervin, who rents out inflatable party equipment. (Courtesy Brooke Ervin)
Police in New Westminster arrested two people on April 10, 2024, after witnesses reported a man in possession of what appeared to be a handgun. The gun turned out to be a handgun-style lighter. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke

Man arrested after brandishing gun-style lighter at New West SkyTrain stop

Police say they treat any suspected firearm as real, are seeking further witnesses to incident

Police in New Westminster arrested two people on April 10, 2024, after witnesses reported a man in possession of what appeared to be a handgun. The gun turned out to be a handgun-style lighter. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke
The home screen for the trailer for Stand Up Eight - The True Crime Podcast by Lenore Rattray. (youtube still)

3 decades after being held captive in the woods, B.C. woman shares story

Lenore Rattray shares the 8 days she spent held captive by a wanted murderer via podcast

  • Apr 8, 2024
The home screen for the trailer for Stand Up Eight - The True Crime Podcast by Lenore Rattray. (youtube still)
Richmond RCMP are investigating a series of purse snatchings and urging any other victims to come forward. (Black Press Media file photo)

Police warn of 6 purse-snatching incidents in Richmond in last month

RCMP urging any other victims to come forward

Richmond RCMP are investigating a series of purse snatchings and urging any other victims to come forward. (Black Press Media file photo)
An area near Burnaby’s Metropolis at Metrotown shopping mall is cordoned off with police tape in the early hours of March 26, 2024, after a 43-year-old man was stabbed there. (Credit: Shane MacKichan)

Man stabbed overnight near Burnaby’s Metrotown mall

29-year-old arrested with help of police dogs

An area near Burnaby’s Metropolis at Metrotown shopping mall is cordoned off with police tape in the early hours of March 26, 2024, after a 43-year-old man was stabbed there. (Credit: Shane MacKichan)
RCMP say they are investigating the deaths of four people at a rural home near Neudorf, Sask., east of Regina. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force’s ‘E’ division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Police say 4 found dead in rural Saskatchewan home

Major crimes investigation under way after wellness check leads to discovery of bodies

RCMP say they are investigating the deaths of four people at a rural home near Neudorf, Sask., east of Regina. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force’s ‘E’ division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Vivianne Petit Frere, of Haiti, sits at a table in the Haitian restaurant she runs Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in downtown Tijuana, Mexico. When she fled to Brazil in 2019, walked through Panamanian jungle two years later, met her husband in Mexico and opened the restaurant, Petit Frere always felt she would eventually return home. Until now. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

For Haitian diaspora, gang violence back home is personal

Hopes of return dimming as crime continues to escalate

Vivianne Petit Frere, of Haiti, sits at a table in the Haitian restaurant she runs Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in downtown Tijuana, Mexico. When she fled to Brazil in 2019, walked through Panamanian jungle two years later, met her husband in Mexico and opened the restaurant, Petit Frere always felt she would eventually return home. Until now. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
FILE - Parents wait for news about the kidnapped LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga students in Kuriga, Kaduna, Nigeria, on March 9, 2024. Nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state have been released, the state governor said Sunday, March 24, more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Half of 287 abducted schoolchildren freed after weeks of captivity in Nigeria

More than 100 kids still awaiting rescue

FILE - Parents wait for news about the kidnapped LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga students in Kuriga, Kaduna, Nigeria, on March 9, 2024. Nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state have been released, the state governor said Sunday, March 24, more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. Vancouver police say a suspect armed with a knife who chased down people on a city street had only been released from prison five days before his arrest. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. suspect accused of chasing people with knife was just out of jail

Police chief says man appears to have mental health challenges

A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. Vancouver police say a suspect armed with a knife who chased down people on a city street had only been released from prison five days before his arrest. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Vancouver police are investigating a stabbing on March 20, 2024 that left one person injured. A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform during a call in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

1 stabbed in Vancouver after reports of man chasing people with knife

Police say 46-year-old man in custody

Vancouver police are investigating a stabbing on March 20, 2024 that left one person injured. A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform during a call in Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Graham Christopher Bowering is banned from ever teaching in B.C.’s Kindergarten to Grade 12 school system again, after he pleaded guiltyon Feb. 2, 2022 to possessing child pornography. Bowering was an elementary school teacher in the North Vancouver School District. (Pixabay)

Lifetime teaching ban for B.C. man convicted on child porn charge

Graham Bowering was teaching at a North Van elementary school during the years of his offence

Graham Christopher Bowering is banned from ever teaching in B.C.’s Kindergarten to Grade 12 school system again, after he pleaded guiltyon Feb. 2, 2022 to possessing child pornography. Bowering was an elementary school teacher in the North Vancouver School District. (Pixabay)
Ashley Heide (left) and Jamey McIntyre (right) are wanted suspects in the 2022 break and enter of a commercial warehouse in Burnaby. (Burnaby RCMP handouts)

Suspects sought after $370K of home appliances stolen from Burnaby warehouse

Charges approved for 2 suspects, but they remain at large

Ashley Heide (left) and Jamey McIntyre (right) are wanted suspects in the 2022 break and enter of a commercial warehouse in Burnaby. (Burnaby RCMP handouts)
Richmond RCMP seized about 1,000 alleged stolen items from a home on Feb. 29, 2024, including two large collections of Lego and Jellycat stuffies. (Richmond RCMP)

Massive Lego and Jellycat collections seized from B.C. home, believed stolen

Richmond RCMP found over 1,000 toys and T-shirts valued at over $150,000

Richmond RCMP seized about 1,000 alleged stolen items from a home on Feb. 29, 2024, including two large collections of Lego and Jellycat stuffies. (Richmond RCMP)
A Victoria police officer has let their notebook fall into the hands of a “criminal element,” compromising personal information in the second such information incident within the department in just over one year. (Black Press Media file photo)

2nd Victoria police officer loses notebook containing personal information

Lawyer says the compromised information includes his client’s name, address and vehicle information

  • Mar 14, 2024
A Victoria police officer has let their notebook fall into the hands of a “criminal element,” compromising personal information in the second such information incident within the department in just over one year. (Black Press Media file photo)
The armed robbery of a Port Coquitlam dealership and an ensuing car chase sent police throughout the Lower Mainland on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. On March 7, 2024, two of the suspects in the incident pleaded guilty to their involvement. (@GurmyM/Twitter)

2 men plead guilty for role in dealership robbery, Lower Mainland police chase

Kwabena Bosiako and Omar Demetris among 4 suspects who exchanged fire with police while stealing car

The armed robbery of a Port Coquitlam dealership and an ensuing car chase sent police throughout the Lower Mainland on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. On March 7, 2024, two of the suspects in the incident pleaded guilty to their involvement. (@GurmyM/Twitter)
RCMP are investigating a suspicious death after a body was found on Salmon River Forest Service Road outside of Prince George on Saturday, March 9, 2024. (Pixabay)

Police investigating after body found on rural Prince George roadside

Police say death considered suspicious, but no danger exists to public

RCMP are investigating a suspicious death after a body was found on Salmon River Forest Service Road outside of Prince George on Saturday, March 9, 2024. (Pixabay)
Coquitlam RCMP are searching for a man captured on surveillance footage entering a home near Dawes Hill Road and Warrick Street on March 6, where one resident was assaulted. (Coquitlam RCMP handouts)

RCMP release video of suspect in violent Coquitlam home invasion

Police say unknown man entered a home, assaulted 1 resident and then fled

Coquitlam RCMP are searching for a man captured on surveillance footage entering a home near Dawes Hill Road and Warrick Street on March 6, where one resident was assaulted. (Coquitlam RCMP handouts)