1. B.C. man charged in historical sex crimes case involving young girl
A Prince George man is facing multiple charges in connection to a series of alleged historical sexual offences against a young girl in Vancouver and Prince George. Police said Kevin Alexander Roberts, 46, was driving through Chilliwack for work on Monday when he was arrested, after the alleged victim, now an adult, came forward.
2. South Surrey child Holocaust survivor 鈥榡ust cannot forget what happened鈥�
As the years pass, Alex Buckman is finding it harder and harder to speak about the Holocaust. The Belgium-born South Surrey man was just 5陆 years old when Nazi concentration camps were liberated in 1945.
| South Surrey resident Alex Buckman speaks to Earl Marriott Secondary French immersion students Tuesday morning, as one of two child survivors featured during a bilingual Holocaust symposium at the high school. (Tracy Holmes/Peace Arch News) |
3. B.C. sees biggest spike in homicides across Canada, at 34%
The figures, published Wednesday in a Statistics Canada report, say B.C. saw 118 homicides in 2017, up from 88 the year prior.
Just over two-thirds of the increase was attributed to gun violence, largely because of gangs.
4. 10 years jail for B.C. man who killed girlfriend with hammer, burned her body
Deep in the throes of a multi-day crack cocaine binge two years ago, Ryan Jack Armstrong kept working at his day job as a carpenter.
Then, the unthinkable happened.
| Ryan Armstrong claimed in Chilliwack court to victim鈥檚 family the drug-addled crime was an accident. (Black Press Media) |
5. Bernier鈥檚 People鈥檚 Party of Canada arrives in the Fraser Valley
The PPC is the creation of Maxime Bernier who lost the leadership of the federal Conservative Party to Andrew Scheer in May 2017 by a margin of 50.95 per cent to 49.05 per cent. He then fled the Conservatives calling the party 鈥渢oo intellectually and morally corrupt.鈥�
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