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11/20/2009
METRO VANCOUVER
It appears a Templeton High School student accused of posting an online hit list will not spend any more time in jail.
David Karp, the lawyer for the young man, says he the crown made a deal in court yesterday that will see his client plead guilty to three threat and weapons-related charges.
Karp says the crown has told him it will not seek any jail time, although the judge has the final say.
The teen, who's now attending S-F-U, will be sentenced in January.
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11/20/2009
VANCOUVER ISLAND/CKNW(AM980)
Officials in Duncan on Vancouver Island have declared a state of emergency as flood waters rise.
North Cowichan RCMP Cst. Ed Power says about two square kilometres of Duncan are affected.
Up to 20 homes have been ordered evacuated and several have been damaged by flooding, "Beverly Street at Howard Street in Duncan here are completely closed off. We have fire and also ground search and rescue there."
There are two nearby schools; one of them is sending up to 50 students to help with sandbagging.
Evacuees are being asked to go to the Island Savings Centre, a nearby rec centre for further information.
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11/20/2009
VANCOUVER/CKNW AM 980
A Quesnel RCMP officer has been charged with assaulting a handcuffed prisoner at the local detachment on July 20th.
Investigators say another member was a witness when constable Tim Wang slapped the prisoner in the face.
Wang, who's been with the RCMP for 12 years, has not been suspended, but he is being investigated by internal affairs.
His next court appearance is set for December 8th in Quesnel.
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11/20/2009
METRO VANCOUVER/CKNW AM 980
Police have released more details about the recent killing of a Kelowna woman at a so-called 'party' house in Surrey.
On Hallowe'en, 26-year old Roxanne Flora Charlie was the victim of an early morning shooting.
The mother of two was in Surrey visiting friends and ended up at an after hours party in the house on 152-A near 102 avenue.
Investigators have questioned a man from eastern Canada who was injured at the same party, but they're not saying if he's a suspect in Charlie's death.
They're still trying to determine if the woman, who had no criminal record, was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Her children --who are both under age four-- are now being cared for by family members.
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11/20/2009
METRO VANCOUVER/CKNW AM 980
The RCMP's Commercial Crime Division is talking with municipal police forces across the Lower Mainland about a massive debit card scam that is compromising customers banking info.
CKNW has been hearing from victims for over a month and has reported on it before but there was no ongoing police investigation....nor would any of the banks who's customers had been targetted provide any information beyond general advice about how to protect your pin number.
Sgt. Peter Thiessen now says thousands of people have likely been victimized, but he won't say which financial institutions or businesses have been affected.
CKNW heard from one victim who says she was told by her Van City branch manager that upwards of 200 of their customers had their pin numbers comprimised in the Abbotsford area.
We also heard from a number of victims who all shopped at a Burnaby Safeway.
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11/20/2009
SEATTLE/CKNW(AM980)
A drug trafficker who pleaded guilty to importing marijuana from BC into Washington State has been sentenced in Seattle.
44 year old David Mendoza, a former resident of Bellevue, Washington got 14 years in prison and 5 years supervised release for conspiracy to import one thousand kilos of BC Bud.
As part of his plea agreement, Mendoza will also forfeit four properties to the U-S Government including a movie theatre in Bend, Oregon.
Prosecutors noted the man had been trafficking drugs for more than two decades.
Mendoza admits he used loads of lumber and a helicopter to get his dope across the border.
When first indicted in 2006, Mendoza fled to Spain but was successfully extradited in May of this year.
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11/20/2009
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
Cutting down a tree in Vancouver without a permit could now cost you up to ten thousand dollars.
City Council has passed a motion requiring a permit to remove trees with a diameter larger than 20 centimetres.
It also makes it easier for inspectors to go onto private properties and boosts the fine for not having a permit.
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11/20/2009
BURNABY/CKNW(AM980)
A Coroner's Jury has come with a list of recommendations for the Province, police and the BC Ambulance Service following the in-custody death of Robert Knipstrom.
The 36-year-old died five days after he was arrested in November 2007 for refusing to leave a Chilliwack rental depot.
Knipstrom was pepper sprayed, struck with batons and Tasered at least six times by Chilliwack RCMP.
The Coroner ruled his death an accident.
A Coroner's Jury recommends health regions, and emergency responders review their training procedures when it comes to dealing with patients who show signs of excited delirium. They also recommend police call in an advanced life support team before arresting a person showing signs of excited delirium.
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11/20/2009
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
St. Paul's Hospital is once again bathed in Christmas lights!
A crowd of about 100 people braved the rain Thursday evening to watch organizers flip the switch on a four storey light display along the front facade of the hospital on Burrard Street.
St. Paul's Hospital Foundation President Stephen Shapiro says the display dubbed Lights of Hope is now in its 12th year, "It really is an undertaking that starts virtually from the spring each year. It takes one full day to put up the lights that you see."
The lights are usually switched off after New Years, but because of the Olympics, they'll be staying on until mid-March.
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11/20/2009
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
The union representing BC Paramedics says it will not participate in an industrial inquiry commission examining labour relations with the Province until the Province assures them of its independence.
CUPE Local 873 spokesperson BJ Chute says it's a stretch for the Government to call the inquiry independent, because Commission Chair Chris Trumpy has a long history of working with the Campbell Liberals, "It needs to really be independent and over a long period of time. Initially, when we spoke to the Government, this review was going to be completed by December 15th. I see now in the press release that it's January 15th. That's not, like I say, over a long period
The Province promised the Commission as part of Bill 21, which legislated paramedics back to work after a seven month strike.
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