93 m. ago Report on claim of VPD ‘Task Force Barrage’ arrest quota coming in June

The Vancouver Police Board says a "full report" into a complaint about political motivations and arrest quotas for a crackdown on Downtown Eastside crime will be delivered in June.

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5 h. ago ‘I HOPE HE ROTS’: Toronto woman reveals horrific details of alleged random attack in Vancouver

A Toronto woman has gone into detail about the horrific beating she says she took from a random stranger while on vacation in Vancouver this month. The young woman named Stephanie said she was attacked along the Coal Harbour seawall. According to Vancouver Police, the assault occurred in the early morning hours of April 15. […]

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9 h. ago Vancouver police investigating East Hastings Street fire that damaged 3 businesses as suspicious

The fire burned for several hours and damaged three businesses on East Hastings Street.

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10 h. ago Hastings fire that destroyed historic businesses now considered suspicious

Vancouver police confirmed on Thursday morning that Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services has now engaged the police's major crime section.

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28 h. ago VPD whistleblower alleges arrest quotas in Downtown Eastside crackdown

An email from the anonymous whistleblower is on the agenda for Thursday's meeting of the Vancouver Police Board

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28 h. ago VPD whistleblower alleges ‘Task Force Barrage’ arrest quotas

B.C.'s police watchdog says the Vancouver Police Board must look into an officer's allegation that arrest quotas have been issued as part of Mayor Ken Sim's "Task Force Barrage."

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55 h. ago Stabbing in Vancouver’s Strathcona neighbourhood leaves man dead

Vancouver police are investigating a stabbing in the Strathcona neighbourhood on Sunday afternoon that left a man dead.

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3 d. ago Vancouver Police Department public safety trailers vandalized in Downtown Eastside

Police confirmed the wires were cut and tires slashed on the mobile surveillance unit at Main and Hastings Streets sometime between late Friday and Saturday.

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3 d. ago Vancouver police arrest sex offender missing from halfway house

Hayden McCorriston, 30, absconded on the first day of his release from prison on sex charges

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4 d. ago Lost hiker dies in North Vancouver’s Mount Seymour area: police

NORTH VANCOUVER — Police say a hiker has died in North Vancouver’s Mount Seymour area. RCMP say in a social media post that officers had worked with the local search and rescue team in an effort to find the hiker, who had become lost on Saturday. But the post from about 4:20 p.m. that day […]

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5 d. ago Police investigate 'extremist' vandalism at Sikh temple in Vancouver

The Khalsa Diwan Society blames the vandalism on a small group of Sikh separatists trying to create division within the community.

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5 d. ago Police investigate 'extremist' vandalism at Vancouver Sikh gurdwara, Surrey Hindu mandir

The Khalsa Diwan Society blames the vandalism on a small group of Sikh separatists trying to create division within the community.

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5 d. ago Police investigate 'extremist' vandalism at Metro Vancouver Sikh and Hindu temples

The Khalsa Diwan Society blames the vandalism on a small group of Sikh separatists trying to create division within the community.

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6 d. ago Warrant for sex offender issued 1 day after Vancouver police issue warning

Hayden McCorriston, 30, was last seen leaving his halfway house on Homer Street, in Downtown Vancouver, at 10:25 a.m. on Friday. He has not been seen since.

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7 d. ago Seth Rogen's jokes about Trump edited out of Oscars of science awards coverage

Vancouver A-lister's criticisms of Trump’s policies and big tech's support of POTUS cut from from 2025 Breakthrough Prize ceremony video

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7 d. ago Man convicted in Metrotown sex assaults released to live in Vancouver

In the spring of 2022, Hayden McCorriston committed more than a dozen crimes during a four-day spree in Burnaby and Vancouver. He slapped several women on the buttocks and fled, and also robbed an elderly couple.

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8 d. ago Police investigating after truck strikes overpass in Langley

It appears it is not the first time the same overpass has been hit by passing trucks. In February, an investigation was launched against a trucking company when one of its trucks struck an overpass and the same CP Rail overpass in the same morning.

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9 d. ago Vancouver council approves policy to boost new hotel development

The move comes amid growing concern about the city's hotel capacity as the clock ticks down on Vancouver's turn as host city for the FIFA 2026 World Cup.

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9 d. ago VPD boost security amid reports of plot to kill officer in Downtown Eastside

In an internal email obtained by Global News, officers are advised of the possible threat, which indicates there's a group of young men aiming to kill an officer.

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1 week ago Watchdog finds no ‘neglect in duty to care’ in B.C. police officer’s death

Sgt. Matthew Ball took his own life a day after Vancouver police revealed sexual assault charges against him and another Central Saanich police officer.

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