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Man who stabbed 3 at Vancouver Chinatown festival found not criminally responsible
October 24, 2025 - 1:55 PM

VANCOUVER — A man accused of aggravated assault for stabbing three people at a Vancouver Chinatown festival, in an attack that prompted debate over the handling of some psychiatric patients, has been found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder.
Fatal halfway-house shooting by Surrey officers justified, B.C. police watchdog rules
October 23, 2025 - 12:26 PM

SURREY — British Columbia's police watchdog says two Surrey officers' use of force was "justified and lawful" in the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding man at a Corrections Canada halfway house last January.
VPD officer had no option but to shoot man in Vancouver 7-Eleven stabbing: IIO report
October 22, 2025 - 2:19 PM

British Columbia's police watchdog says an officer was justified and "bound by his duty" when he shot and killed a man armed with a knife who stabbed an employee at a Vancouver convenience store last December.
Former B.C. lawyer planned murder of his client, Crown tells court
October 07, 2025 - 4:58 PM

VANCOUVER — The Crown attorney in the first-degree murder trial of a former Kamloops lawyer says the accused methodically planned the murder of his client for more than a week.
B.C. man who claims he stabbed 3 on 'God's will' isn't responsible, lawyer says
September 18, 2025 - 5:27 PM

VANCOUVER — The lawyer for the man accused of an attack at a Vancouver Chinatown festival says his client had no motivation other than a direction from God to stab three people and he should be found not criminally responsible because of a mental disorder.
'Holy Spirit was leading me': Vancouver Chinatown stabbing suspect Donnelly testifies
September 09, 2025 - 4:22 PM

VANCOUVER — The man accused of stabbing three people at a Vancouver Chinatown festival in 2023 while on leave from a psychiatric hospital has testified that he felt compelled by God to carry out the attack.
Suspect pleads not guilty in triple stabbing at 2023 Vancouver Chinatown festival
September 08, 2025 - 4:51 PM

VANCOUVER — The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver’s Chinatown in September 2023 has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault.
B.C. Appeal Court rules man's sentencing improperly considered deportation risk
August 23, 2025 - 4:51 PM

VANCOUVER — In March 2024, a middle-aged man was having a cigarette outside his Surrey, B.C., social housing complex when he noticed Jae Won Lee, a 23-year-old Australian-born permanent resident of Canada, lifting the cover off another resident's motorcycle.
Traffic jam: RCMP clean up blueberry spill on B.C. highway
July 09, 2025 - 1:14 PM

MISSION, B.C. — Police in Mission, B.C., say they were recently called to a "juicy incident" which then set off a series of puns from the local RCMP detachment.
Wildfire of note downgraded in B.C., remains burning out of control
June 20, 2025 - 11:42 AM

A recent soaking of rain in northeastern British Columbia has helped to remove the one remaining fire out of the so-called wildfire of note category, although the Summit Lake blaze is still labelled as burning out of control.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
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Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
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Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

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Man who stabbed 3 at Vancouver Chinatown festival found not criminally responsible

Fatal halfway-house shooting by Surrey officers justified, B.C. police watchdog rules

VPD officer had no option but to shoot man in Vancouver 7-Eleven stabbing: IIO report

Former B.C. lawyer planned murder of his client, Crown tells court

B.C. man who claims he stabbed 3 on 'God's will' isn't responsible, lawyer says

'Holy Spirit was leading me': Vancouver Chinatown stabbing suspect Donnelly testifies

Suspect pleads not guilty in triple stabbing at 2023 Vancouver Chinatown festival

B.C. Appeal Court rules man's sentencing improperly considered deportation risk

Traffic jam: RCMP clean up blueberry spill on B.C. highway

Wildfire of note downgraded in B.C., remains burning out of control

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