A Vancouver man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2021 death of a man in Grandview Park.
Jeff Arnie Lincoln was sentenced to six months in prison, in addition to a credit of 21 months for time that he has already served pre-sentence.
Police say the victim, 60-year-old Gilles Hebert, was assaulted in August of 2021 and later died of his injuries.
Lincoln will also serve two years of probation and be subject to a 10-year firearms ban after being released from custody.
A new study from U-B-C suggests British Columbians have mixed feelings about self-driving cars. Researchers engaged more than 11-hundred participants from across the province, asking them to watch eight videos showing interactions between pedestrians and vehicles at crosswalks.
Police in Edmonton have charged two people in an alleged Ponzi scheme targeting residents of Alberta and B-C. The department's financial crimes section says it became aware of the alleged scam in early 2020.
The Office of British Columbia's Police Complaint Commissioner has ordered a review of the case of a Surrey Police Service officer it says asked to be let off when he was caught driving while impaired. It says an investigation by Surrey police confirmed two allegations of discreditable conduct and another of corrupt practice against Const. Rajbir Thaper, but proposed discipline amounting to five days of unpaid suspension was inadequate.
A Richmond business owner is donating 10-million-dollars to the city's hospital. Dan-D Foods founder and owner Dan On says he wants to contribute to the community where he lives and works after living in poverty in Vietnam before moving to Canada and forming his company.
A statement from the regional emergeny operations centre says only people whose properties are completely destroyed or damaged to the point they're uninhabitable will be invited to participate at this time.
Police say a woman is in hospital after being stabbed in Abbotsford. Police say officers responded to reports of suspicious activity in an area near Nadeau Park yesterday afternoon and found a 46-year-old woman suffering from stab wounds.