Fitness trial begins for man accused of killing B.C. Mountie Shaelyn Yang in 2022

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - A fitness hearing has begun in B.C. Supreme Court for Jongwon Ham, charged with first-degree murder in the 2022 stabbing death of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang.

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Inside the 'con code', the unwritten rules that could be fuelling prison violence

Darryl Greer / nationalobserver - In a Surrey, BC, pretrial centre, an inmate is goaded into fighting his cellmate — dubbed a "rat" by fellow prisoners — but then dies after being put in a 10-minute chokehold.

Back to Top / Friday, February 6, 2026, 6:21 am / permalink 18827 / 6 stories in 28 days

British man who was living in Vancouver convicted in U.S. dark web drug trafficking

Amy Judd / globalnews - Paul Anthony Nicholls, 47, was living in Vancouver, B.C., in 2017 and conspired with at least one other person to run a drug trafficking operation titled Canada1.

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Toronto, Vancouver show biggest signs of mortgage stress: CMHC

sootoday - The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says it sees signs of financial stress among homeowners in Toronto and Vancouver, with missed mortgage payments projected to steadily increase, albeit from a low level.

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PavCo offers to operate at ‘net zero’ to keep Whitecaps at BC Place; team declines

Ashley Joannou / theglobeandmail - Whitecaps CEO says ‘this effort alone isn’t the game changer that is needed for long-term sustainability’

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Three men arrested in Surrey, B.C., after alleged extortion-related shooting

sootoday - SURREY — The Surrey Police Service says three men have been arrested after an early-morning shooting Sunday believed to be related to extortions. Police said officers were on patrol in the city's Crescent Beach neighbourhood just before 4 a.m.

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Evacuation orders lifted in B.C.’s Comox Valley after flooding

Pooja Misra / globalnews - Evacuation alerts were cancelled and all evacuation orders rescinded in B.C.’s Comox Valley after flooding conditions improved and safety assessments were completed.

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CFIA official tells of threats and harassment that dogged ostrich cull operation

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - As Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers prepared for a cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm, they came under a variety of harassment from opponents of the operation, said a senior official with the agency. They peaked with the “extr…

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B.C mining firm says 10 workers have been abducted from mine in Sinaloa, Mexico

Jackson Loy / westernstandard - Vancouver-based mining company, Vizsla Silver Corp., has released a statement saying that ten individuals have been abducted from a mining site in Concordia, Mexico.

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National summit on extortion crisis to be held in B.C., premier says

Amy Judd / globalnews - Premier David Eby said on Wednesday that the federal government is committing 20 more officers and helicopter support to police in B.C.

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Why two skulls unearthed in B.C. could be harbingers for future archeological woes

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Last June, landscapers working on a site in Kamloops, B.C., came upon a troubling discovery — two human skulls and jawbones.

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Vancouver hearing into Myles Gray's death is set to resume after obscenity caused delay

The Canadian Press / nationalobserver - A hearing into the death of Myles Gray, who died in 2015 after a violent altercation with Vancouver police, is set to resume today after it was delayed by an obscene remark that was captured on an audio feed of the proceeding last week.

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Man accused of helping with B.C. jailbreak in 2022 extradited back to Canada

News Staff / citynews - SURREY — A man accused of helping with the escape of a gangland killer from a British Columbia correctional facility in 2022 is back in Canada after being arrested in Spain four months ago. A statement from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of …

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WATCH: Protestors at UBC force Dallas Brodie, Frances Widdowson off campus

Jarryd Jäger / westernstandard - When OneBC leader Dallas Brodie and former professor Frances Widdowson arrived at the University of British Columbia on Thursday morning, they were greeted by hundreds of protestors.

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Man acquitted in 1984 slaying of Winnipeg teen facing charges in Vancouver

Aaron D’Andrea / globalnews - The man convicted and then later acquitted in the murder of a 13-year-old Winnipeg girl 41 years ago is facing new charges in British Columbia.

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Eby tells anti-extortion chief to demonstrate urgency or step down

sootoday - British Columbia Premier David Eby has warned the head of a police anti-extortion task force to step aside if he cannot demonstrate "a sense of urgency" in the fight against blackmailers who have been shooting up homes and businesses in the Lower Mai

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B.C.’s balmy January brings out blossoms, but a cold snap could put plants in peril

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - A couple weeks ago, North Vancouver resident Larry Sewell looked down a street in his neighbourhood and did a double take.

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Tribunal upholds $10K fine for B.C. ostrich farm over failure to report sick birds

sootoday - The Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal has upheld a $10,000 fine handed to the British Columbia ostrich farm whose flock of more than 300 birds was culled last fall, nearly 11 months after the confirmation of an avian influenza outbreak.

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Cypress Mountain chairlift fall claims life of Maple Ridge man

Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - An 18-year-old man from Maple Ridge has died following a fall from a chairlift at Cypress Mountain Resort, West Vancouver Police confirmed Friday.

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