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REAL SCOOP: Canadian Hells Angels agreed to do hit for El Chapo, trial hears
There has been several references to Canadian cartel connections at the New York trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman including testimony by his former “right-hand man” this week that the man hired...
View ArticleHundreds attend special Saturday jury selection for Jamie Bacon trial
Hundreds of potential jurors for the upcoming Jamie Bacon trial gathered Saturday at the Vancouver Law Courts for a rare weekend sitting. There were so many who received notices for the Feb. 4 trial...
View ArticleUltimate respect as B.C. gang squad media officer Kirk is laid to rest
Hundreds of family and friends gathered at Delta’s Riverside Funeral Home Saturday to pay final respects to retired Abbotsford Police Sgt. Shinder Kirk. Kirk, 59, died Dec. 22 in a two-vehicle...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Bacon jury selection begins at Vancouver Law Courts
I was the only reporter at the Vancouver Law Courts Saturday for the beginning of the jury selection process for Jamie Bacon’s upcoming trial. It was fairly extraordinary event – more potential jurors...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Retired gang squad media officer laid to rest
I remember that I was out Christmas shopping last month when someone texted me about the sad news that Shinder Kirk had been killed in a car accident. It was devastating to hear. Shinder was the former...
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Guards charged with assaulting prisoner in Maple Ridge jail where many with...
Four guards from the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre will appear in Port Coquitlam provincial court on Monday charged with assault causing bodily harm for an alleged attack on an prisoner more than...
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REAL SCOOP: Guards charged with assaulting inmate in Fraser Regional
It is unusual when correctional officers face charges in connection with their daily interactions with inmates in B.C. jails. Four guards are in jail today, charged with assault causing bodily harm for...
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Cannabis edibles seller says he knows who used his company name to distribute...
A Vancouver man who sells cannabis edibles online says he has figured out who used his company name to distribute pot-laced candies outside a trade show earlier this month. Adam Osborne, owner of...
View ArticleSUN RUN: Off-season injuries don't have to keep you from training
It’s my fifth year in my amazing Sun Run clinic at Vancouver’s Hillcrest community centre. Those of us who’ve been attending for years have gotten to know each other pretty well and try to keep up the...
View ArticleFormer accused in B.C. money laundering case file defence in civil forfeiture...
Two Vancouver residents linked to an unlicensed Richmond money business say police violated their Charter rights while conducting searches of their offices in October 2015. And Caixuan Qin, a director...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Former accused in money laundering case deny allegations
Last month, the B.C. Director of Civil Forfeiture filed a lawsuit against Silver International Inc. and Vancouver residents Caixuan Qin,and Jian Jun Zhu – just a month after criminal charges against...
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Charge of conspiracy to kill Red Scorpion gangsters stayed
B.C. prosecutors have stayed a conspiracy to murder charge laid against a Calgary gangster who was allegedly part of a United Nations plot to slay rivals in B.C.’s Red Scorpions gang. Billy Ly had been...
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REAL SCOOP: Earth Edibles' owner says someone misused his logo
Earth’s Edibles is selling cannabis-infused frozen dinners online, as well as various strains of marijuana. What the company is not selling, owner Adam Osborne says, are the pot candies left on...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Murder conspiracy charge stayed against UN gangster
There have been several stays in high-profile criminal cases in B.C. courts in recent months – including in the big E-Pirate money laundering case. I was surprised when I learned that Calgary gangster...
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Okanagan gangster faces heroin smuggling charges in Thailand
A B.C. man who has been linked to the Independent Soldiers gang is facing drug smuggling charges in Thailand. Blair Curtis Stephens, 38, was arrested earlier this month in Bangkok, along with a Thai...
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REAL SCOOP: B.C. gangster faces drug-smuggling charges in Thailand
Another B.C. man is facing serious charges in Thailand. Blair Stephens, who is from the Okanagan, could get life in prison is convicted. His charges come after other BC men convicted on drug charges in...
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$100,000 reward offered for arrest of accused UN gang killer
It has been eight years since UN gang boss Conor D’Monte was charged with murder and conspiracy for allegedly hunting rival members of the Red Scorpion gang. Since then, a dozen members and associates...
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REAL SCOOP: $100,000 reward for arrest of UN gang boss Conor D'Monte
Conor D’Monte’s name has come out frequently in trials I have covered over the last several years. Most recently, details of his alleged role in the Kevin LeClair murder came out at the trial of...
View ArticleSupreme Court of Canada dismisses appeal of Greeks gang killers
The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal of murder convictions of three members of the notorious Greeks gang from Vernon. The country’s highest court issued a statement Thursday dismissing...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Greeks killers lose their final appeal
It has been more than six years since three men linked to the Greeks gang in Vernon were convicted of murder. They continue to appeal those convictions, trying to get an audience before the Supreme...
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