SkyTrain

Howard Geddes Skelding was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of assault causing bodily harm and forcible confinement for assaulting a SkyTrain attendant back in 2021. (Now-Leader file photo)

B.C. sex offender gets 10 years for assault on SkyTrain attendant

Howard Geddes Skelding was released into Surrey in 2020, 11 months before the assault

 

Screenshots taken from an April 8, 2024 Instagram video show a social media stunt person perched between two train cars while riding the SkyTrain through Vancouver. (Instagram/nightrunner45)

SkyTrain-straddling social media stunt sparks B.C. police investigation

Police say ‘extremely dangerous’ stunt could land daredevil fines or criminal charges

 

Metro Vancouver Transit Police say a man has been charged with assault in connection with an attack on a 70-year-old man at the Granville SkyTrain Station on March 11. (Photo: Shane MacKichan)

Charges laid after 70-year-old pushed headfirst into Vancouver SkyTrain

Senior had to undergo surgery for facial and head injuries, transit police say

 

Police say a 35-year-old man has been arrested and released pending charges after being found riding the SkyTrain on Christmas Day with a rack of allegedly stolen coats. A SkyTrain is pictured in Burnaby, B.C., Tuesday, April 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Alleged thief arrested with 34 winter coats on SkyTrain in Vancouver

Police say the 34 coats on the rack were worth an estimated $6,100

Police say a 35-year-old man has been arrested and released pending charges after being found riding the SkyTrain on Christmas Day with a rack of allegedly stolen coats. A SkyTrain is pictured in Burnaby, B.C., Tuesday, April 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Langley City council members Paul Albrecht (left), Leith White, Mayor Nathan Pachal, Rosemary Wallace and Teri James, along with Langley MP Andrew Merciaer (rear centre) and Cloverdale-Langley City MP John Aldag (right) were at the SkyTrain announcement Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (Heather Colpitts/Black Press Media)

SkyTrain sticks with geographical names for stations of Surrey-Langley line extension

Federal, provincial and municipal representatives announced station names and gave project update

Langley City council members Paul Albrecht (left), Leith White, Mayor Nathan Pachal, Rosemary Wallace and Teri James, along with Langley MP Andrew Merciaer (rear centre) and Cloverdale-Langley City MP John Aldag (right) were at the SkyTrain announcement Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (Heather Colpitts/Black Press Media)
On Dec. 30, after 44 years at the intersection of Fraser Highway and Willowbrook Drive, the White Spot restaurant is closing to make way for a new SkyTrain station at the same location.(Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

News that Langley’s last car hop restaurant is closing triggers flood of memories

Willowbrook White Spot will be replaced by SkyTrain station

On Dec. 30, after 44 years at the intersection of Fraser Highway and Willowbrook Drive, the White Spot restaurant is closing to make way for a new SkyTrain station at the same location.(Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
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)
New Westminster Police during an investigation on April 18, 2023. Police say a victim was punched in the face by a stranger at the entrance to the New Westminster SkyTrain station Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. (Shane MacKichan)

Victim punched in the face in stranger assault at B.C. SkyTrain station

New Westminster Police now looking for suspect who is described as a 35-year-old man

New Westminster Police during an investigation on April 18, 2023. Police say a victim was punched in the face by a stranger at the entrance to the New Westminster SkyTrain station Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. (Shane MacKichan)
Const. Jazz Nijjar of Metro Vancouver Transit Police holds a rabbit named “Mercedes Sprinter” after it was caught running loose at downtown Vancouver’s SkyTrain transit station in this Aug. 31, 2023 handout photo. The transit police reunited the support rabbit with her owner who says the bunny jumped the tracks as she was boarding a train. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Metro Vancouver Transit Police

Track-hopping emotional support bunny rescued at B.C. SkyTrain station

Woman reunited with Mercedes Sprinter after they became separated in Vancouver

Const. Jazz Nijjar of Metro Vancouver Transit Police holds a rabbit named “Mercedes Sprinter” after it was caught running loose at downtown Vancouver’s SkyTrain transit station in this Aug. 31, 2023 handout photo. The transit police reunited the support rabbit with her owner who says the bunny jumped the tracks as she was boarding a train. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Metro Vancouver Transit Police
TransLink is partnering with three local businesses to bring on-the-goal meals to SkyTrain station vending machines, with sushi as one of the options. The pilot project has already launched at three stations. (Buzzer/TransLink)

Sushi on the SkyTrain? Vending machines coming to Metro Vancouver stations

TransLink partnering with local businesses for on-the-go meals

TransLink is partnering with three local businesses to bring on-the-goal meals to SkyTrain station vending machines, with sushi as one of the options. The pilot project has already launched at three stations. (Buzzer/TransLink)
FILE - New Westminster Police say charges relating to aggravated assault, robbery and assault with a weapon were approved against a 16- and 17-year-old following the April 10 stabbing at Columbia SkyTrain Station. New Westminster Police are pictured during a shooting investigation April 18, 2023. (Shane MacKichan)

2 teens charged in connection with stabbing at B.C. transit station

Police say man was stabbed, woman assaulted at Lower Mainland SkyTrain station

FILE - New Westminster Police say charges relating to aggravated assault, robbery and assault with a weapon were approved against a 16- and 17-year-old following the April 10 stabbing at Columbia SkyTrain Station. New Westminster Police are pictured during a shooting investigation April 18, 2023. (Shane MacKichan)
Police are investigating a sudden death at Vancouver’s Rupert SkyTrain station April 29, 2023. (Shane MacKichan)

’Sudden death’ at Vancouver SkyTrain station, police and coroner investigating

Body found outside Rupert Station in East Vancouver

Police are investigating a sudden death at Vancouver’s Rupert SkyTrain station April 29, 2023. (Shane MacKichan)
Metro Vancouver Transit Police and Surrey RCMP investigate after the third stabbing on the city’s transit in as many weeks on April 17, 2023. (Shane MacKichan photo)

Petition calls for better safety on Lower Mainland transit

There have been several stabbings buses and SkyTrains in the last month

Metro Vancouver Transit Police and Surrey RCMP investigate after the third stabbing on the city’s transit in as many weeks on April 17, 2023. (Shane MacKichan photo)
New Westminster Police are investigating after a person was stabbed at a SkyTrain station April 10, 2023. (File: Black Press Media files)

Person stabbed at New Westminster SkyTrain station, police looking for 3 suspects

New Westminster Police say victim, suspects not known to each other

New Westminster Police are investigating after a person was stabbed at a SkyTrain station April 10, 2023. (File: Black Press Media files)
A screenshot of the TikTok video of a man alleged to have issued homophobic slurs who later turned himself in to the Vancouver Police Department. (Twitter/ @jamiepine)

Chilliwack man turns himself in to police following viral homophobic video

Man caught on video making homophobic comments and other insults outside SkyTrain station

A screenshot of the TikTok video of a man alleged to have issued homophobic slurs who later turned himself in to the Vancouver Police Department. (Twitter/ @jamiepine)
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B.C. man arrested after assaulting young women, biting passengers on SkyTrain

Police are recommending multiple assault charges against the 33-year-old New Westminster man

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Brown areas are within a five-minute walk of one of the planned local SkyTrain stations. Areas in tan are within a 10-minute walk. (Langley City OCP)

Most land on Langley City SkyTrain route already bought by developers: realtor

Langley City land assemblages are ready to be redeveloped over the next few years

Brown areas are within a five-minute walk of one of the planned local SkyTrain stations. Areas in tan are within a 10-minute walk. (Langley City OCP)
An image commuter Zahra Ahmdz says she took at the Stadium-Chinatown SkyTrain station on March 22, 2022 appears to show a pigeon dead inside a cage. (Credit: Zahra Ahmdz)

Dead pigeons in SkyTrain cages not neglect but caused by hawk killings: pest control company

More than 2,000 people have signed a petition over concerns arouund the dead birds

An image commuter Zahra Ahmdz says she took at the Stadium-Chinatown SkyTrain station on March 22, 2022 appears to show a pigeon dead inside a cage. (Credit: Zahra Ahmdz)
A B.C. man was denied a $5,000 damage claim May 10, for an injury he sustained from a falling portable speaker at the Columbia SkyTrain station. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. man denied $5K claim after portable speaker hit his shin at SkyTrain station

Speaker fell after a fellow passenger’s bag tore open

A B.C. man was denied a $5,000 damage claim May 10, for an injury he sustained from a falling portable speaker at the Columbia SkyTrain station. (Black Press Media file photo)
SkyTrain riders will now see short video advertisements projected onto windows when they ride through Dunsmuir tunnel, eastbound from Waterfront Station to Burrard Station. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)

SkyTrain to start featuring video advertising on windows; 1st of its kind in North America

10-second silent videos play on train windows when riders enter Dunsmuir tunnel

SkyTrain riders will now see short video advertisements projected onto windows when they ride through Dunsmuir tunnel, eastbound from Waterfront Station to Burrard Station. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)