Hudson Hope car stolen with child still belted inside
On May 7, at 12:48 p.m. the Hudson’s Hope RCMP received a report that a vehicle had just been stolen with a three-year-old child still inside. Officers immediately attended the scene and obtained details as quick as possible in order to activate an Amber Alert. Surrounding RCMP detachments in every direction possible were...
$10,000 reward offered to catch/convict Surrey prison escapee
Surrey RCMP is requesting the public’s assistance in providing information regarding a male subject wanted on several warrants. Shawn Merrick, 43 years old from Surrey, is currently wanted on a Canada wide warrant for Escape from Lawful Custody. He escaped from a minimum security institution on March 31, 2015. He was serving...
Updated: False bomb threat shuts down Coquitlam school
The precautionary lockdown implemented at Scott Creek Middle School this morning has been lifted. Shortly after 8 a.m. this morning, the Coquitlam RCMP received an anonymous phone call claiming there was a bomb at Scott Creek Middle School. The RCMP immediately deployed its full resources to the school to ensure the safety ...
Civic Elections Hazardous to Municipal CAOs
Local elections across B.C. were supposed to be buried and done with last November, but some of the fallout from a few races is still coming home to roost and there are a few lessons to learn from it. The top ones? Local elections are a perilous time to be a chief administrative officer (CAO), the passing the buck saga continues...
BC government told multi-billion dollar resource road network an asset and a liability
In a new report on the state of access management, the Forest Practices Board estimates that B.C. now has over 600,000 kilometres of resource roads and concludes that the provincial government's information about and management of these roads remains inadequate. "It is extremely difficult for the public and other users of...
50 cops undertake massive ground search for missing Comox woman
Police continue to investigate the disappearance of Julia Strobach, who was last seen in Courtenay, BC, on Oct. 31, 2013, then 27 years old. Investigators have confirmed the last sighting of Julia was in the 1000 block of Braidwood Road, Courtenay, in the early evening hours. As a result of information gathered through the ...
Police continue to grapple with gang turf wars in Surrey/Delta
Today the Surrey RCMP, RCMP Lower Mainland District and the City of Surrey announced the creation of a tip line dedicated to gathering information about the shootings that have occurred in Surrey and Delta over the past six weeks. The tip line is 604-915-6566 and will be monitored 24/7. The commander of the RCMP’s Lower...
Some Interesting Corporate Political Donations to BC Parties in 2014
Children sing that “when you wish upon a star, it makes no difference who you are.” By adulthood, most of us have given up on that idea and a few – just to hedge their bets – donate to political parties rather than testing their luck on a star. And that's what makes the annual financial reports from B.C.'s political parties...
Jewellery store robbers caught by police a block away
Unfortunately for two males who had just robbed a jewellery store, they were observed by plain clothes police officers who were at the right place and time a block away. handcuffs with blue and red lights The incident unfolded on April 7 in North Vancouver when at approximately 11 a.m. two males entered a jewellery store in...
Police garner guilty plea in three Surrey homicides
One man has pled guilty to three homicides after a lengthy investigation by the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. On February 24, 2013, Amritpal Saran was found deceased on Colebrook Road in Surrey. This was followed by two deaths in New Westminster. August 12, 2013 Jill Lyons was found deceased in an apartment on the...
