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REAL SCOOP: Former Bacon associate testifies against him

The first of two former associates of Jamie Bacon has taken the stand against him. The man, who can only be identified as AB, said he was a good friend of Bacon’s, as well as a business partner in the...

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Former Bacon associate told Karbovanec he was behind botched hit, trial hears

A former drug trafficking partner of Jamie Bacon says he was willing to take the blame for a failed 2008 hit on their mutual associate Dennis Karbovanec “because Jamie was my boss and a friend at that...

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REAL SCOOP: AB tried to protect Bacon after Karbovanec shooting

There was more interesting testimony at the Bacon trial Friday as witness AB said he was so loyal to Jamie Bacon at the time that he tried to convince Dennis Karbovanec that Bacon had nothing to do...

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Video of shooting victim played at Bacon trial

An animated Dennis Karbovanec described in a police interview what happened the night his friends tried to kill him on New Year’s Eve in 2008. Karbovanec told police in the recorded statement that the...

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REAL SCOOP: Video of Karbovanec played at Bacon trial

Former Jamie Bacon associate AB continued his testimony Monday. The most interesting part of the day was when the Crown played video clips of shooting victim Dennis Karbovanec in court describing the...

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REAL SCOOP: More charges laid against Kang group after major gang investigation

Vancouver Police say four men have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder after a successful multi-agency investigation to disrupt gang violence on the Lower Mainland. Newly charged in the...

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Former Jamie Bacon associate gets grilled in cross-examination

A defence lawyer for Jamie Bacon suggested Tuesday that a key Crown witness was lying when he testified that Bacon was the man’s drug boss around the time another associate was targeted in a shooting....

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REAL SCOOP: Former Bacon associate admits crimes on witness stand

It was another interesting day at the Bacon trial Tuesday when a defence lawyer for the accused got his chance to poke holes in the testimony of former associate Witness AB. Here’s my story: Former...

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Bacon trial witness admits he disliked shooting victim

A defence lawyer for Jamie Bacon suggested Wednesday that a key Crown witness had more conflict with their former associate Dennis Karbovanec than Bacon did at the time Karbovanec was targeted in a...

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REAL SCOOP: Witness AB admits dislike of Karbovanec

AB is still under cross-examination at the Jamie Bacon trial. But he likely won’t be back on the stand until at least next week after the case was adjourned Thursday due to an issue that arose. Here’s...

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Doing other sports can help your Sun Run training

We are over the half-way mark of our Sun Run 2019 training! It’s amazing how fast the program flies by. The snow is mostly gone. Our Run 10K Hillcrest group is now running for much longer stretches....

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Jamie Bacon trial witness admits crew prepared to kill second man

A witness at the Jamie Bacon trial admitted Monday that his crew was prepared to kill a second associate the night it targeted Dennis Karbovanec more than a decade ago. The man, who can only be...

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REAL SCOOP: Crown witness says his crew was prepared to kill Johnston

AB – the former associate of Jamie Bacon now testifying against him – was back under cross-examination Monday by Bacon defence lawyer Kimberly Eldred. Bacon seemed very involved in his defence, writing...

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Parts of Hells Angels report ruled inadmissible at civil forfeiture trial

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has criticized an “expert” report about the Hells Angels filed by the Director of Civil Forfeiture as full of biased, unsubstantiated claims about the biker club. Justice...

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REAL SCOOP: Ruling cuts parts of expert report in HA civil forfeiture case

The B.C. government’s civil forfeiture case against the Hells Angels took a hit this week when a judge struck parts of an “expert” report the government filed in support of its efforts to get three...

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Bacon witness says he didn't panic when gunman opened fire

A witness at the Jamie Bacon trial said Wednesday that he didn’t run away as bullets “whizzed by” his head during an attempted murder a decade ago because he knew the gunman wasn’t aiming at him. The...

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REAL SCOOP: Witness says bullets "whizzed by" his head, but he didn't run

The cross-examination of AB is winding down at the Jamie Bacon trial. He held his ground Wednesday when Bacon’s lawyer Kimberly Eldred suggested the shooting of Dennis Karbovanec wasn’t premeditated,...

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Kamloops hit with unprecedented level of gang violence

KAMLOOPS — Sonia Dhaliwal was working at the front desk of the Super 8 Motel on Jan. 23 when someone told her a man was lying in the parking lot outside. Cody Mathieu was found shot dead in the parking...

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REAL SCOOP: James Vidal gunned down in Chilliwack

Just getting back to the blog after being up in Kamloops earlier this week to research a story on the gang violence that has plagued the community this year. So I have yet to post on the murder of...

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REAL SCOOP: Kamloops facing deadly gang violence

Kamloops had three fatal shootings in the first six weeks of 2019 – a record for the small hub city. Contributing to the problem are bigger city gangs that have some control over the local Kamloops...

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