The RCMP is on its way back as the police force in Metro Vancouver’s largest city after Surrey council voted to dump its municipal force, rejecting a provincial government recommendation that came with a $150-million transition offer, the mayor said Friday. Brenda Locke, acknowledging the decision will cost the city “millions,” said she has spoken…
Surrey, BC, to Stay With RCMP Over Independent Force, Costing the City Millions
Twenty-Year-Old Arrested Following Stabbing Death of Teen on Surrey, BC, Bus
Police say they have arrested a 20-year–old man from Burnaby, B.C., in connection with the stabbing of a teenager on a Metro Vancouver transit bus last week. Seventeen-year–old Ethan Bespflug was killed on a bus in Surrey, B.C., last Tuesday. Police say they don’t believe the attack was random and they hope to have an…
20-Year-Old Arrested Following Stabbing Death of Teen on Bus in Surrey, BC
Police say they have arrested a 20-year–old man from Burnaby, B.C., in connection with the stabbing of a teenager on a Metro Vancouver transit bus last week. Seventeen-year–old Ethan Bespflug was killed on a bus in Surrey, B.C., last Tuesday. Police say they don’t believe the attack was random and they hope to have an…
Family of Teen Stabbed on Surrey Bus: ‘We are not supposed to fear our children going to school’
Ethan Bespflug, 17, lost his life after being stabbed on a bus this week in Surrey, B.C., on his way home from a friend’s house. His mother was waiting to pick him up at a bus stop and was following the GPS tracker on his phone when she saw the tracker depart from his route…
Surrey Knife Attack Case Is Being Treated as Terrorism: RCMP
The investigation into the attack on a transit bus in Surrey, B.C., over the weekend has been taken over by the RCMP national security police and is being treated as terrorism. Abdul Aziz Kawam was initially charged with attempted murder for allegedly slashing a victim’s throat with a knife on Saturday morning. But on Monday,…
Ex-mayor of Surrey, BC, Doug McCallum Not Guilty of Mischief
Former mayor of Surrey, B.C., Doug McCallum has been found not guilty of public mischief by a provincial court judge. McCallum was charged after telling police that a woman opposed to his plans to replace the Surrey RCMP with a municipal police force used her car to run over his foot in a grocery store…
Car Running Over Foot May Not Break Bones, Expert Witness Tells BC Mayor’s Trial
An expert in fractures has told the mischief trial of Surrey, B.C., Mayor Doug McCallum that broken bones may not necessarily be the result if someone’s foot is run over by a car. Biomechanical engineer Dennis Chimich testified for the defence on Wednesday as McCallum’s lawyers opened their case by presenting evidence to suggest the…
Video Inconclusive on BC Mayor’s Foot, but Other Evidence Backs Mischief Case: RCMP
Surveillance video is inconclusive about whether a woman ran over Surrey, B.C., Mayor Doug McCallum’s foot as he told police, but other issues related to his complaint led to a charge of public mischief, the primary investigator said at his trial. RCMP Sgt. André Johnny told provincial court Tuesday that a bush in a grocery…
Lawyer for BC Mayor Charged With Public Mischief Suggests Client Treated Unfairly
A lawyer representing Surrey, B.C., Mayor Doug McCallum suggests RCMP decided early into an investigation that his client deceived police by saying his foot was run over in a grocery store parking lot. Richard Peck is questioning the primary investigator at McCallum’s provincial court mischief trial and says police couldn’t tell in surveillance video if…
Vehicle Convoy Held in Surrey to Support Girl Beaten By Bullies
More than 100 people attended a rally and vehicle convoy in Surrey, British Columbia, in support of a 15-year-old girl who was beaten by several bullies. The victim was attacked on May 7 outside of Hillcrest Elementary School in Cloverdale, B.C. The girl was lured there, expecting to meet friends for a birthday cake, but instead…
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