Kristen Robinson
Reporter and Producer at Global News
Journalist. News hound. Dog lover. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
globalnews.ca | Kristen Robinson
After 15 years of navigating what he describes as a "war zone" of illegal activity outside his doors, the owner of a popular Caribbean restaurant has almost given up on trying to run a legitimate business in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
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3 weeks ago |
globalnews.ca | Kristen Robinson
Two Vancouver nightclub owners struggling to survive amid a 'flood' of problems are seeking compensation in the form of rent relief from the provincial government, claiming their extensive, ongoing losses and damages have been caused by policies that moved people from encampments into the Granville Entertainment District during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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1 month ago |
globalnews.ca | Kristen Robinson
Six months after a Good Samaritan was stabbed while trying to help a security guard confront a group of suspected shoplifters in Vancouver's Olympic Village, four young suspects - including two minors - have been charged. A 16-year-old male youth from Surrey is accused of robbing the security guard and the aggravated assault of the Good Samaritan. A female youth from New Westminster, also 16, is charged with theft under $5,000.
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1 month ago |
globalnews.ca | Kristen Robinson
Horrific details emerged Thursday at a sentencing hearing for two Indian nationals who, according to the Crown, deliberately dragged a man they struck with their vehicle for 1.3 kilometres through Surrey - before dumping his body in the street. The men, both 22, came to Canada on international student visas and are now facing deportation after pleading guilty to dangerous driving, failing to stop at an accident and offer assistance, and interfering with a dead body.
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1 month ago |
globalnews.ca | Kristen Robinson
A motion to rename the city of Vancouver's first legal graffiti wall in honour of Downtown Eastside (DTES) advocate and artist Trey Helten will be considered by council at the Standing Committee meeting on May 21. Helten, who spearheaded council's May 2021 approval of the city's inaugural painting wall in the back lane of 133 West Pender Street, died suddenly on April 22 at the age of 42. In his motion titled 'Honouring Trey Helten: Renaming "Ashtrey Alley "', COPE Coun.
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