Vancouver police say a man considered a high risk and violent sex offender is missing after he failed to check in to his halfway house yesterday.
They say 36-year-old Johnny Walkus is wanted Canada-wide.
Walkus is serving a sentence for two counts of sexual assault, and one count each of break and enter with intent and uttering threats.
Police say Walkus is five-foot, eight inches tall with a heavy build, short black hair, and the name Johnny Cash tattooed on his right forearm.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says newly agreed-upon "humanitarian pauses" to temporarily end fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip must last long enough for people to leave the area and for aid to arrive. The White House says that Israel has agreed to put in place four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in its assault on Hamas in northern Gaza, beginning today.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to table the federal government's fall economic statement on Nov. 21. The mini-budget is set to offer an update on federal finances, as well as new measures that reflect the government's priorities.
Montreal police say two Jewish schools were hit overnight by gunshots, in what seems to be the latest violent event in the city tied to the war between Israel and Hamas. Staff members discovered bullet holes on the exterior of the buildings when they arrived Thursday morning. Police said nobody was inside at the time of the shootings.
Police say two women have been taken to hospital after an S-U-V fled from police in downtown Vancouver, causing two separate crashes. Vancouver police say the driver of a grey Dodge Durango failed to stop for officers at about 7:30 a-m yesterday on Burrard Street after allegedly hitting a pedestrian near Howe and Hasting streets.
Inappropriate social media activity has cost Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi his job as deputy leader of the BC Green Party and he's also resigned as a Green candidate in the 2024 provincial election. An online message posted Wednesday by BC Green Leader Sonia Furstenau says Gandhi was removed when she learned the details.
B.C.'s police watchdog is now investigating after a car hit a pedestrian in downtown Vancouver. Investigators with the Independent Investigations Office were called to the scene this morning where roads had been closed for several hours.