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Metro snowstorm forces bridge closure, ferry and school cancellations

Metro snowstorm forces bridge closure, ferry and school cancellations

VANCOUVER - The new, multi-billion-dollar Port Mann Bridge appears to have failed its first storm test. The B.C.
Drop-in centre ramps up services with cash influx following inquiry report

Drop-in centre ramps up services with cash influx following inquiry report

VANCOUVER - Kate Gibson needs a lot of advice.
Falling ice closes Port Mann Bridge as Lower Mainland gets snowy blast

Falling ice closes Port Mann Bridge as Lower Mainland gets snowy blast

The Port Mann Bridge has been shut down in both directions because of falling ice from the bridge, which injured a motorist.
Youth, 16, charged in beating of guard

Youth, 16, charged in beating of guard

COQUITLAM — A 16-year-old youth has been charged with aggravated assault in connection with the severe beating of a security guard in Port Coquitlam.
Alleged pot toss to prisoner leads to wife’s arrest

Alleged pot toss to prisoner leads to wife’s arrest

GORD HOEKSTRA Vancouver Sun A woman tried to ensure her common-law husband had a little entertainment in jail by throwing him a bag of pot while he was in court.
Hit-and-run driver found guilty in fatality

Hit-and-run driver found guilty in fatality

VERNON — A man charged with dangerous driving causing death has been found guilty of the crime that ended the life of a 22-year-old woman as she walked along a highway near Vernon.
Stranded snowboarder cold, but no major injuries after 2 days on North Shore mountain

Stranded snowboarder cold, but no major injuries after 2 days on North Shore mountain

METRO VANCOUVER - The turnaround came at about 2 p.m. Tuesday, when a helicopter searching for a snowboarder lost in the North Shore mountains since Sunday morning spotted fresh tracks in the snow.
Pickton inquiry report may not push through opposition to regional police force

Pickton inquiry report may not push through opposition to regional police force

VANCOUVER - The final report into the failures that allowed Robert Pickton to remain at large for so long has revived a decades-old debate about whether there should be a regional police department in the Vancouver area, one of the only major cities
Pickton victims treated as 'throwaways': inquiry commissioner

Pickton victims treated as 'throwaways': inquiry commissioner

VANCOUVER - The families of Robert Pickton's victims have received public confirmation of something they already knew to be true: if their daughters, sisters and mothers weren't poor, drug-addicted sex workers from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, many
Pickton victims' families cautious but hopeful for change following inquiry

Pickton victims' families cautious but hopeful for change following inquiry

VANCOUVER - Families of women believed murdered by serial-killer Robert Pickton welcomed the massive inquiry report into the police bungling that allowed the pig farmer to continue killing, saying wearily they hope it will lead to positive change.