18 h. ago B.C. crime briefs: Man found stabbed in Surrey's Holland Park | RCMP allege man threatened mall staff in Burnaby with bear spray

Here are some crime stories from around B.C. on Friday, April 25, 2025.

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7 d. ago Woman dies from being hit by vehicle in Sherwood Park Mall parking lot

A 60-year-old woman died Thursday afternoon after a vehicle caught on a median and trying to get unstuck accelerated too quickly and hit her, according to Strathcona County RCMP.

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7 d. ago Woman, 60, fatally struck by vehicle at Sherwood Park Mall parking lot

Police say initial findings suggest the vehicle that struck the woman was caught on a median before the driver stepped hard on the gas, causing the vehicle to crash into the victim.

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1 week ago First lawsuit filed over deadly nightclub roof collapse in Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The first known lawsuit has been filed against the owners of a legendary nightclub whose roof collapsed and killed 231 people in the Dominican Republic. The family of one victim sued Jet Set nightclub owner Antonio Espaillat and his mother, Ana Grecia Lopez, along with the Dominican government and the […]

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2 w. ago American man who abducted, sexually abused Edmonton girl faces sentencing, could receive decades behind bars

Warning: This story deals with child sex abuse.  The Oregon podcaster who groomed and kidnapped an Edmonton girl — taking her across the border in the trunk of his car — is set to begin a sentencing hearing Tuesday. Noah Madrano, 43, pleaded guilty in January to two U.S. felony counts for the 2022 abduction […]

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2 w. ago Prosecutors seek life in prison for American man who abducted, sexually abused Edmonton girl

Warning: This story deals with child sex abuse.  U.S. prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence the Oregon podcaster who kidnapped and sexually abused an Edmonton girl to life in prison. Noah Madrano, 43, pleaded guilty in January to two U.S. felony counts for the 2022 abduction of the then-13-year-old girl. During a sentencing hearing […]

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2 w. ago American man who abducted, sexually abused Edmonton girl sentenced to 50 years in prison

Moments after Madrano, 43, spoke to court, Mosman said he had "never" seen a person who pleaded guilty "show less acceptance of responsibility for that crime."

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3 w. ago Victim’s mother angered over teen girl’s sentence in mall parking lot killing

Nearly a year after 16-year-old Ahmad Al Marrach was killed in Halifax, the first of four youths charged in connection to his death has been sentenced.

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