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  • 1 month ago | globalnews.ca | Jordan Armstrong

    The man who sexually assaulted as many as 140 women and children across the Lower Mainland during the 1970s and 1980s has been denied parole again. John Horace Oughton is known as the "Paper Bag Rapist" as he assaulted his victims while wearing theatre makeup, or a paper bag.

  • 1 month ago | globalnews.ca | Jordan Armstrong

    Residents of West Vancouver have been left without an ambulance station in their community after the existing facility became so dilapidated it was shut down. From the outside, Station 255, located on Fulton Avenue just a block from City Hall, looks like a small, rundown house. On the inside, the decay has reached a dangerous state. Global News has learned rot and mould have made the building uninhabitable.

  • Feb 21, 2025 | globalnews.ca | Jordan Armstrong

    An explosive accusation has been circulating for two years that Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim was stopped by Vancouver police in January 2023 for drinking and driving. There were also accusations that the Vancouver Police Department covered it up. Global News has learned that the Vancouver police became aware of social media posts from developer and ex-political commentator Alex Tsakumis in late 2023, claiming officers had stopped Sim on West 4th Avenue earlier that year and Sim was let off.

  • Jan 29, 2025 | globalnews.ca | Jordan Armstrong

    Premier David Eby is facing increased pressure to intervene in the Metro Vancouver Regional District amid ongoing criticism over spending. On Wednesday, the mayor of the largest city in the region announced he would boycott Metro Vancouver meetings. In a statement to Global News, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said "Metro Vancouver's governance is broken.""Moving forward - I will not be attending metro meetings and supporting a system that lacks accountability," Sim added.

  • Dec 16, 2024 | globalnews.ca | Jordan Armstrong

    A passenger aboard a BC Ferry during this weekend's windstorm is describing a nerve-wracking close call as the vessel arrived in Tsawwassen on Saturday. The Coastal Inspiration was forced to drop anchor as it arrived from Duke Point during the 3:15 p.m. sailing, coming within 100 metres of a rocky breakwater, according to passenger Doug Hallett. "It was really close," he said.

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10 Jun 25

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2 Jun 25

NEW: @GlobalBC has obtained shocking video of a second shooting at a Panorama Ridge home in 12 days. The gunman unloads his weapons (two guns) directly in front of a @surreyps surveillance trailer parked there after the first shooting. Video at 5 & 6. https://t.co/F5rea1cFVK