Kristen Robinson
Reporter and Producer at Global News
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globalnews.ca | Kristen Robinson
Vancouver’s newly elected COPE councillor is igniting controversy at city hall for previous anti-police comments on social media, but Sean Orr denies his posts were intended to incite violence against law enforcement. Past X commentary from Orr includes, “All Pigs Must Die,” “Cops aren’t people,” “The cops are the violent bums,” “The VPD are murderers,” and in July 2024, an animated image of a pig in a police uniform.
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globalnews.ca | Kristen Robinson
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1 week ago |
globalnews.ca | Kristen Robinson
British Columbia’s Property Assessment Review Panel has approved a nearly threefold increase in the 2025 assessed value of Vancouver’s former Dunsmuir hotel site, after a citizen launched a rare third-party appeal. “I do feel that there’s a little bit of justice,” planning and real estate consultant Michael Geller told Global News in an interview.
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2 weeks ago |
globalnews.ca | Kristen Robinson
There are calls for more transparency from Crown prosecutors after charges against a man accused of a violent attack on a senior in Vancouver's Chinatown were stayed with little public explanation. The Oct. 11, 2022 assault was captured on security video. A 93-year old man was knocked to the ground near Main and Pender Streets. Vancouver police said the victim, a neighbourhood resident for three decades, suffered a broken hip. Story continues below advertisementA suspect was identified and on Feb.
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3 weeks ago |
globalnews.ca | Kristen Robinson
A charge of assault causing bodily harm has been stayed against a suspect accused of shoving a 93-year-old man in Vancouver's Chinatown in a stranger attack captured on security video in the fall of 2022. A bench warrant was issued for Henry Paul Wiens on April 22, 2024, when he failed to attend court on the first day of his trial. Some information was then provided to the Crown, according to the BC Prosecution Service (BCPS), and as a result, the remaining trial dates were cancelled.
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