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Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, January 9, 2021. Vancouver police have arrested and charged a suspect in the stabbing death of a Japanese restaurant chef last week.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Murder charge laid in downtown stabbing of Vancouver chef

Police say suspect and victim did not know each other prior to the fatal attack

 

The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Ibrahim Ali sticks fingers in ears as victim’s dad tells court of his torment

Ali received a mandatory life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years

 

Police tape at the scene of shooting Friday, Feb. 2 in Surrey at 84 Avenue and Scott Road. (Photo: Anna Burns)

Mayor grieves stabbing death of chef near Vancouver’s Chinatown

Wataru Kakiuchi was a talented chef in a Yaletown Japanese restaurant

 

The murder trial of Mohamed Daud Omar began on June 4 at the Victoria Law Courts. (Black Press Media File Photo)

Trial begins for man accused of fatal stabbing outside Victoria’s Lucky Bar

Mohamed Daud Omar is accused of second-degree murder in the death of 30-year-old John Dickinson

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The murder trial of Mohamed Daud Omar began on June 4 at the Victoria Law Courts. (Black Press Media File Photo)
Tatjana Stefanski’s ex-husband, Vitali Stefanski, has been charged with second-degree murder in relation to the death of the Lumby mother in April 2024. (Jason Gaudreault photo)

Ex-husband of slain Lumby mother charged with second-degree murder

Vitali Stefanski was arrested and charged Friday, May 31

Tatjana Stefanski’s ex-husband, Vitali Stefanski, has been charged with second-degree murder in relation to the death of the Lumby mother in April 2024. (Jason Gaudreault photo)
Pacific Institution in Abbotsford

Killer of Calgary man dies while in B.C. prison

Bradley Koester sentenced in 1984 for murder of Frank Vervoort

Pacific Institution in Abbotsford
RCMP say a man has been charged with attempted murder and other offences after he slashed a knife at cars before attacking a motorcyclist in North Vancouver over the weekend. The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. motorcyclist attacked, cars slashed, attempted murder charge laid

Police say officer also assaulted in North Vancouver incident

RCMP say a man has been charged with attempted murder and other offences after he slashed a knife at cars before attacking a motorcyclist in North Vancouver over the weekend. The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Jason Gaudreault, whose partner Tatjana Stefanski was found dead on April 14 after disappearing a day earlier, shows a photograph of her on his phone, in Lumby, B.C., on Monday, May 13, 2024. RCMP say Stefanski, 44, was last seen on April 13 with her ex-husband before “departing unexpectedly” with him in a black Audi. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

‘Looking over our shoulders’: A killing looms large in a little B.C. town

Things haven’t been the same in the village of Lumby since Tatjana Stefanski disappeared one April day

Jason Gaudreault, whose partner Tatjana Stefanski was found dead on April 14 after disappearing a day earlier, shows a photograph of her on his phone, in Lumby, B.C., on Monday, May 13, 2024. RCMP say Stefanski, 44, was last seen on April 13 with her ex-husband before “departing unexpectedly” with him in a black Audi. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Members of Sikh community hold a protest against the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Four Indian nationals accused in the murder of British Columbia Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar will all appear in court today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Muhammad Sajjad

Indian nationals accused of killing B.C. Sikh activist appear in court today

Four men accused of playing a role in the June 2023 murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

Members of Sikh community hold a protest against the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Four Indian nationals accused in the murder of British Columbia Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar will all appear in court today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Muhammad Sajjad
Kevin Louis Vermette, 70, is wanted Canada-wide as a suspect in the 1997 triple murder of three young people in Kitimat, B.C. (Images courtesy of B.C. RCMP)

Suspect in B.C. triple murder case still sought by police, 27 years on

Kevin Louis Vermette, now 70, believed to be behind 1997 Kitimat killings

Kevin Louis Vermette, 70, is wanted Canada-wide as a suspect in the 1997 triple murder of three young people in Kitimat, B.C. (Images courtesy of B.C. RCMP)
Karan Brar is shown in this undated police handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, RCMP

Nijjar murder suspect says he had Canadian study permit

Immigration firm’s video shows Karan Brar saying his ‘study visa has arrived’

Karan Brar is shown in this undated police handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, RCMP
India’s Foreign Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar says Canada is his country’s “biggest problem” when it comes to Sikh separatism. India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar waits for Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as he makes a courtesy visit to Kishida at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Friday, March 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Hiro Komae

India reacts to Nijjar murder charges, claims Canada welcomes criminals

Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot and killed in Surrey in June 2023

India’s Foreign Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar says Canada is his country’s “biggest problem” when it comes to Sikh separatism. India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar waits for Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as he makes a courtesy visit to Kishida at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Friday, March 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Hiro Komae
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged the charges laid in connection with the killing of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, speaking at an event on Saturday (May 4, 2024). (The Canadian Press)

Trudeau acknowledges charges in Nijjar killing, notes importance of democracy

3 Indian nationals charged in 2023 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged the charges laid in connection with the killing of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, speaking at an event on Saturday (May 4, 2024). (The Canadian Press)
Scott Ian MacKay, who is serving a life sentence for murder a University of Victoria student, is set to be released on day parole in Vancouver, police announced April 17, 2024. (VPD)

Man convicted of killing UVic student to live in Vancouver on day parole

Scott Ian MacKay serving life sentence for murder of Greater Victoria’s Marguerite Telesford

Scott Ian MacKay, who is serving a life sentence for murder a University of Victoria student, is set to be released on day parole in Vancouver, police announced April 17, 2024. (VPD)
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)
RCMP say the deaths of parents and their two adult children on a rural property in southern Saskatchewan were the result of a murder-suicide. An RCMP member and a dog walk together at a home northeast of Neudorf, Sask., Tuesday, March 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

4 families members dead in Saskatchewan murder/suicide

Husband and wife among those killed near Neudorf, about 130 kilometres east of Regina

RCMP say the deaths of parents and their two adult children on a rural property in southern Saskatchewan were the result of a murder-suicide. An RCMP member and a dog walk together at a home northeast of Neudorf, Sask., Tuesday, March 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Lorence Williams is charged with second-degree murder. (Contributed)

Voodoo, witchcraft and surprise guilty plea in Kelowna murder trial

Lorence Williams entered a guilty plea for manslaughter on the 15 day of a 45 day murder trial

Lorence Williams is charged with second-degree murder. (Contributed)
In this composite image made from two photographs, Rebecca Julian, left, Anna Mae Pictou Aquash’s eldest sister, and Aquash’s eldest daughter, Denise Maloney, hold a portrait of Aquash in Shubenacadie, N.S., on June 20, 2003; At right, Naneek Graham holds a photograph of her father John Graham, who is incarcerated in the South Dakota State Penitentiary after being extradited to the U.S. in 2007 and convicted three years later in the 1975 murder of Pictou Aquash, while posing for a portrait at her home in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Carson Walker, Darryl Dyck

2 daughters, 2 parents, and echoes of a murder that rocked Indigenous activism

Convicted killer looking to return to Canada to serve the remainder of his sentence

In this composite image made from two photographs, Rebecca Julian, left, Anna Mae Pictou Aquash’s eldest sister, and Aquash’s eldest daughter, Denise Maloney, hold a portrait of Aquash in Shubenacadie, N.S., on June 20, 2003; At right, Naneek Graham holds a photograph of her father John Graham, who is incarcerated in the South Dakota State Penitentiary after being extradited to the U.S. in 2007 and convicted three years later in the 1975 murder of Pictou Aquash, while posing for a portrait at her home in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Carson Walker, Darryl Dyck
Conor D’Monte (inset), is back in Canada to face trial for the murder of Kevin LeClair, gunned down in a Langley parking lot 15 years ago. (Langley Advance Times file)

Suspect in Langley gang slaying back in Canada after years on the run

Conor D’Monte is charged with murder in the death of Kevin LeClair

Conor D’Monte (inset), is back in Canada to face trial for the murder of Kevin LeClair, gunned down in a Langley parking lot 15 years ago. (Langley Advance Times file)
Yang “Christopher” Liang was charged March 21, 2024 with the second-degree murder of a woman found dead on UBC Endowment Lands on March 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke

2nd-degree murder charge laid in killing of woman near UBC

Homicide team says murder may have been the result of intimate partner violence

Yang “Christopher” Liang was charged March 21, 2024 with the second-degree murder of a woman found dead on UBC Endowment Lands on March 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke