Crime

Air Canada says it bears no responsibility for the daring theft of a cargo container loaded with gold bars and cash from its facilities earlier this year. An Air Canada jet taxis at the airport in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Air Canada rejects Brink’s claim after 400kg of gold swiped from airport

Carrier responds to lawsuit launched after $23.8M theft from Toronto’s Pearson Airport

Air Canada says it bears no responsibility for the daring theft of a cargo container loaded with gold bars and cash from its facilities earlier this year. An Air Canada jet taxis at the airport in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Vancouver police are asking for help identifying the suspect in an Aug. 24, 2023 assault at the Main Street SkyTrain station. (Vancouver Police Department)

Vancouver police release images of SkyTrain assault suspect

Man alleged to have assaulted a woman, pointed gun at group that tried to intervene

Vancouver police are asking for help identifying the suspect in an Aug. 24, 2023 assault at the Main Street SkyTrain station. (Vancouver Police Department)
Colombian performer Shakira leaves court in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Global pop star Shakira is summoned on Monday to a Barcelona courthouse for the opening day of her trial for allegedly defrauding Spanish tax officials of millions of euros. Shakira faces six counts of failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros (now $15.8 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)

Pop star Shakira reaches a deal with Spanish prosecutors on the first day of tax fraud trial

After having maintained her innocence for nearly five years, pop star Shakira…

Colombian performer Shakira leaves court in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Global pop star Shakira is summoned on Monday to a Barcelona courthouse for the opening day of her trial for allegedly defrauding Spanish tax officials of millions of euros. Shakira faces six counts of failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros (now $15.8 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)
The B.C. government is closing the Prince George Youth Custody Centre as of the end of March 2024. Youth there will be transferred to the province’s only remaining youth custody centre, in Burnaby. (BC Corrections)

B.C. to have just 1 youth custody centre after Prince George site closes

Minister of Children says closure as a result of steady decline in incarcerated young offenders

The B.C. government is closing the Prince George Youth Custody Centre as of the end of March 2024. Youth there will be transferred to the province’s only remaining youth custody centre, in Burnaby. (BC Corrections)
FILE - In this image taken from San Francisco Police Department body-camera video, the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, right, fights for control of a hammer with his assailant David DePape during a brutal attack in the couple’s San Francisco home on Oct. 28, 2022. Opening statements are scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 8, 2023, in the federal trial of the man accused of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home seeking to kidnap her and bludgeoning her husband with a hammer. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)

B.C. man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband convicted of federal assault

David DePape, who grew up in B.C., broke into former U.S. House Speaker’s home in October 2022

FILE - In this image taken from San Francisco Police Department body-camera video, the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, right, fights for control of a hammer with his assailant David DePape during a brutal attack in the couple’s San Francisco home on Oct. 28, 2022. Opening statements are scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 8, 2023, in the federal trial of the man accused of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home seeking to kidnap her and bludgeoning her husband with a hammer. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)
A senior on a fixed income who walks with canes came out to find her vehicle not only have its ignition and window punched out but offensive words written on her vehicle that point to the vandalism was part of a TikTok challenge. (Submitted)

Mobility-challenged B.C. senior’s car trashed in apparent TikTok challenge

Elderly victim can’t afford to pay another deductible after Kia targeted twice in a few months

A senior on a fixed income who walks with canes came out to find her vehicle not only have its ignition and window punched out but offensive words written on her vehicle that point to the vandalism was part of a TikTok challenge. (Submitted)
VPD has also released pictures of convicted sex offender Randall Hopley on Nov. 10, 2023, taken in 2018 and 2019. Hopley was arrested Nov. 14 by an off-duty Vancouver Police officer outside of a Downtown Eastside police station, after a 10-day search. (Vancouver Police Department handout)

B.C. sex offender arrested by off-duty cop outside Vancouver Police station

58-year-old Randall Hopley was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant during a 10-day search

VPD has also released pictures of convicted sex offender Randall Hopley on Nov. 10, 2023, taken in 2018 and 2019. Hopley was arrested Nov. 14 by an off-duty Vancouver Police officer outside of a Downtown Eastside police station, after a 10-day search. (Vancouver Police Department handout)
A company that provides encrypted email service is disputing a former RCMP official’s claim it secretly worked on behalf of an intelligence agency. Cameron Jay Ortis testified in Ontario Superior Court that a foreign ally told him of a plan to encourage targets to begin using an online encryption service called Tutanota. Ortis arrives to the Ottawa Courthouse in Ottawa on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Encrypted email service denies accused RCMP leaker’s claim it has intelligence ties

Former RCMP official says Tutanota is a ‘storefront’ for an intelligence agency

A company that provides encrypted email service is disputing a former RCMP official’s claim it secretly worked on behalf of an intelligence agency. Cameron Jay Ortis testified in Ontario Superior Court that a foreign ally told him of a plan to encourage targets to begin using an online encryption service called Tutanota. Ortis arrives to the Ottawa Courthouse in Ottawa on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Seen through a police vehicle window, Peter Nygard arrives to a Courthouse in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, to attend his trial, accused of five counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement in alleged incidents ranging from the 1980s to mid-2000s. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Peter Nygard found guilty of 4 sexual assault charges, acquitted on 2 others

82-year-old still faces separate criminal charges in Quebec, Manitoba and the U.S.

Seen through a police vehicle window, Peter Nygard arrives to a Courthouse in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, to attend his trial, accused of five counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement in alleged incidents ranging from the 1980s to mid-2000s. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Convicted sex offender Randall Hopley is wanted Canada-wide after fleeing his halfway house on Nov. 4 and removing his electronic monitoring bracelet, police say. The latest images show how Hopley appeared on Nov. 4, 2023 .(Vancouver Police Department handout)

Police release more photos of B.C. sex offender Hopley, 7 days into search

Randall Hopley left his halfway house Nov. 4 and is wanted Canada-wide

Convicted sex offender Randall Hopley is wanted Canada-wide after fleeing his halfway house on Nov. 4 and removing his electronic monitoring bracelet, police say. The latest images show how Hopley appeared on Nov. 4, 2023 .(Vancouver Police Department handout)
Acting Supt. Colin Derksen, EPS Criminal Investigations Division, speaks about the shooting deaths of a father and 11-year-old son, in Edmonton, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.

Boy, 11, deliberately shot dead outside Edmonton fast food restaurant

Dad also gunned down, police say both killings were targeted

Acting Supt. Colin Derksen, EPS Criminal Investigations Division, speaks about the shooting deaths of a father and 11-year-old son, in Edmonton, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
Photos released from the Vancouver Police Department show convicted child sex offender and abductor Randall Hopley leaving his halfway house on Nov. 4. Hopley is wanted Canada wide. (Courtesy of VPD)

New photos of at-large B.C. sex offender released, 5 days into search

Vancouver police say 18 full-time investigators searching for 58-year-old Randall Hopley

Photos released from the Vancouver Police Department show convicted child sex offender and abductor Randall Hopley leaving his halfway house on Nov. 4. Hopley is wanted Canada wide. (Courtesy of VPD)
In this May 9, 2017, file photo, a package from Amazon Prime is loaded for delivery in New York. Burnaby RCMP arrested an Amazon driver in September 2023 who allegedly stole 32 packages instead of delivering them. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

B.C. Amazon driver accused of stealing 32 packages, selling them online

Driver allegedly marked deliveries as complete, but pocketed the items instead

In this May 9, 2017, file photo, a package from Amazon Prime is loaded for delivery in New York. Burnaby RCMP arrested an Amazon driver in September 2023 who allegedly stole 32 packages instead of delivering them. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Vancouver police are searching for a driver they say failed to pull over for a traffic stop on Nov. 8, 2023. The driver is alleged to have fled the scene and crashed into a pedestrian and another vehicle. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

2 people in hospital after driver flees Vancouver traffic stop

Police say driver hit a pedestrian, then crashed into another vehicle before fleeing the scene

Vancouver police are searching for a driver they say failed to pull over for a traffic stop on Nov. 8, 2023. The driver is alleged to have fled the scene and crashed into a pedestrian and another vehicle. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Black Press file

Man with ties to Kelowna equestrian community arrested by Sex Crimes Unit

Kelowna RCMP believe there may be additional victims

Black Press file
FILE - In this image from video released by the House Select Committee, an exhibit shows Ivanka Trump, during a video interview with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol at the hearing Thursday, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. It’s Ivanka Trump’s turn to take the witness stand in the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing into former President Donald Trump’s family business. (House Select Committee via AP)

Ivanka Trump takes witness stand in the civil fraud trial that’s scrutinizing the family business

Ivanka Trump began testifying Wednesday in the the civil fraud trial that…

FILE - In this image from video released by the House Select Committee, an exhibit shows Ivanka Trump, during a video interview with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol at the hearing Thursday, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. It’s Ivanka Trump’s turn to take the witness stand in the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing into former President Donald Trump’s family business. (House Select Committee via AP)
UBC students Emily Selwood and Evan Smith were killed on Sept. 26, 2021 after a vehicle veered into them while they were walking on the sidewalk. Tim Goerner of Vancouver has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing their deaths. (Photos courtesy of B.C. RCMP)

Driver should serve 3 years after killing 2 UBC students: Crown

Tim Goerner awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death

UBC students Emily Selwood and Evan Smith were killed on Sept. 26, 2021 after a vehicle veered into them while they were walking on the sidewalk. Tim Goerner of Vancouver has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing their deaths. (Photos courtesy of B.C. RCMP)
Randall Hopley, 58, is wanted Canada-wide after he failed to return to his Vancouver halfway house on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. He is a convicted child sex offender and abductor. (Courtesy of VPD)

Hopley slipped ankle bracelet, search for former B.C. sex offender continues

Police say fugitive likely worried about an upcoming court appearance and took ‘deliberate actions’

Randall Hopley, 58, is wanted Canada-wide after he failed to return to his Vancouver halfway house on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. He is a convicted child sex offender and abductor. (Courtesy of VPD)
FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a break in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Oct. 25, 2023, in New York. The Donald Trump who testifies at a New York civil trial on Monday may be more subdued than the version often seen in campaign rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Trump’s decades of testimony provide clues on how he’ll fight for real estate empire

Former president has testified in court in at least 8 trials since 1986

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a break in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Oct. 25, 2023, in New York. The Donald Trump who testifies at a New York civil trial on Monday may be more subdued than the version often seen in campaign rallies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
A criminal investigation into the conduct of 19 B.C. municipal police officers at an undercover police training event in Vancouver in 2022 has been completed. The Ministry of Public Safety is not releasing the results publicly yet. (Black Press Media file photo)

Criminal investigation of B.C. police training event complete

Ministry of Public Safety reviewing findings, but not releasing them publicly yet

A criminal investigation into the conduct of 19 B.C. municipal police officers at an undercover police training event in Vancouver in 2022 has been completed. The Ministry of Public Safety is not releasing the results publicly yet. (Black Press Media file photo)