Kristen Robinson

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• Starbucks closures in B.C. shock staff and customers

  A review of Starbucks locations revealed that many are falling short of financial performance targets or are failing to create the environment customers expect.

  Economy

  3 hours
• Edgewood residents stay silent on ostrich farm controversy over safety fears, ‘very volatile’

  “I think there’s general sympathy for the birds but not for the farm itself due to their inability to be forthright and honest from the get-go,” Randy Donselaar said.

  Canada

  Sep 26
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• Judge releases Chinatown stabbing exhibits, suspect’s video interrogation

  A B.C. Supreme Court judge will decide next month whether the accused Chinatown stabber is guilty of aggravated assault or not criminally responsible.

  Crime

  Sep 24
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• Convicted sex offender Randall Hopley released from custody, living in Vancouver again

  In November 2023, Hopley was on a long-term supervision order when he left the Salvation Army Harbour Light and cut off his ankle monitor, sparking a 10-day Canada-wide manhunt.

  Crime

  Sep 23
• Foul play suspected in disappearance of B.C. mother last seen in February

  “I miss the long calls that I would have with Jennifer on the phone and hearing the love that she had for her sons, she loved being a mom,” said Johanne Provencal in a message.

  Crime

  Sep 23
• ‘Under siege’: Owners of Prince George brewery lost to arson urge province to act on street disorder

  The building at 508 George Street in downtown Prince George, which housed CrossRoads Brewing & Distillery, was destroyed when a fire broke out just before 3:00 a.m. on Sept. 5.

  Crime

  Sep 22
• Canada Post labour dispute leaves community theatre flyers sitting in limbo

  “If those ones aren’t moved, we end up having to destroy them because there’s no way we can afford FedEx or another mailing service,” artistic producer Donna Spencer said.

  Economy

  Sep 22
• ‘Fed up’: Street disorder tops agenda at annual B.C. municipalities convention

  “Municipal politicians are tired of having to deal with a problem they cannot fix and they did not cause,” said Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog, who will join Dominato on the panel.

  Politics

  Sep 19
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• B.C. spa owner convicted of sexually assaulting 7 women sentenced to 11 years

  Farshad Khojsteh-Kashani worked as a GP in Iran but was not certified as a doctor in Canada and said the sexual assaults were misunderstandings.

  Crime

  Sep 16
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• E-bike battery fire displaces 11 people from Vancouver home

  Last year, Matthew Trudeau said they responded to about one fire a week caused by an e-bike and so far, they are on track to match that number this year.

  Fire

  Sep 15
• West Van council upholds demolition order for illegally-built structure on $6.7 million property

  “Everything we have done, everything we have achieved until now has been by the book,” Kamran Gerami told councillors at Monday’s meeting.

  Politics

  Sep 11
• Accused in Chinatown triple stabbing says he was ‘prompted by God’

  Blair Donnelly has admitted to the stabbings, and his lawyer told the judge-only trial that the relevant factor in the incident was his client's mental state at the time.

  Crime

  Sep 9
• Accused Chinatown stabber’s trial will hinge on mental state on day of attack: Crown

  Blair Donnelly pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault as his trial began at the Vancouver Supreme Court on Monday.

  Crime

  Sep 8
• B.C. man with history of protest violence receives 2 years probation for assaulting officer

  On Nov. 14, 2023, up to 250 protesters gathered outside a cocktail bar in Chinatown, which Trudeau was attending on personal time.

  Crime

  Sep 8
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• Nanaimo store owners mull moving back to India due to rampant crime

  An immigrant couple who sunk their life savings into a Nanaimo supermarket are considering selling and leaving the country due to rampant crime.

  Crime

  Sep 5
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• Owners of illegally-built West Van building claim complaint was racially motivated

  The District of West Vancouver ordered the the demolition of the 1,500-square foot building located in the Brothers Creek area in July.

  Sep 5
• ‘She saved me’: Vigil set for missing B.C. woman at centre of homicide probe

  Homicide investigators continue to probe the mysterious disappearance of Jessica Cunningham following the discovery of human remains inside her Maple Ridge home.

  Crime

  Sep 3
• B.C. advocates talk recovery, safer supply on International Overdose Awareness Day

  Demonstrators placed a long line of photos memorializing some of the thousands of British Columbians whose lives have been lost to drugs on the steps to the B.C. legislature.

  Health

  Sep 1
• Vancouver man charged with assaulting transit police officer has long history of violence

  A Vancouver man with a long history of violence has now also been charged assaulting a police officer during an altercation at Waterfront Station.

  Crime

  Aug 30
• ‘Its become a magnet’: Vacant home draws ire of East Vancouver neighbours

  Neighbours say the former tenants were hoarders, and since the fire the property has become inundated with trash and debris that's attracted a cavalcade of scavengers. 

  Crime

  Aug 27
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• Vancouver whale watching company charged with disturbing a marine mammal

  A Vancouver whale watching company has been charged with disturbing a marine mammal under the federal Fisheries Act.

  Environment

  Aug 27
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• B.C. groups press federal minister on action against gender-based violence

  The organizations included groups from rural and remote B.C., sexual assault centres, inner city services and girls' rights advocates. 

  Crime

  Aug 26
• Owners fight order to demolish illegal West Vancouver secondary home

  The owners of an unpermitted secondary home on a West Vancouver property are fighting a recent municipal order that they demolish the structure.

  Politics

  Aug 26
• Home of boater involved in fatal North Vancouver crash riddled with gunfire

  North Vancouver RCMP said the home in the 900 block of Tollcross Road was occupied when shots rang out around 4 a.m. on Monday.

  Crime

  Aug 25
• ‘Project Muralize’ aims to revitalize Vancouver’s Chinatown

  A Vancouver police officer with connections to Chinatown is behind a new initiative to bring colour and culture back to the neighbourhood.

  Aug 22