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This Friday, Sept 29, 2023, photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Duane Keith Davis following his arrest outside his home in Henderson, Nev. Davis, known as “Keffe D,” was indicted on a murder charge in the Sept. 7, 1996, killing of rap music icon Tupac Shakur. After 27 years, Davis became the first person arrested in one of hip-hop’s most enduring mysteries. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)

Police bodycam video shows arrest of suspect in 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur

Newly released police body camera video shows officers arresting Duane “Keffe D”…

This Friday, Sept 29, 2023, photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Duane Keith Davis following his arrest outside his home in Henderson, Nev. Davis, known as “Keffe D,” was indicted on a murder charge in the Sept. 7, 1996, killing of rap music icon Tupac Shakur. After 27 years, Davis became the first person arrested in one of hip-hop’s most enduring mysteries. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)
Would-be robber run over by victim in Kelowna. (Black Press file photo)

Suspect brandishing fake gun attempts to rob driver, gets run over in Kelowna

The suspect is known to police

Would-be robber run over by victim in Kelowna. (Black Press file photo)
Border services officers discovered nearly 200kg of opium inside two shipping containers entering B.C. in August. (Photo courtesy of Canada Border Services Agency)

Opium found stuffed in furniture, machinery entering B.C.

CBSA discovered nearly 200 kg of the drug inside shipping containers in August

Border services officers discovered nearly 200kg of opium inside two shipping containers entering B.C. in August. (Photo courtesy of Canada Border Services Agency)
Former President Donald Trump speaks with journalists during a midday break from court proceedings in New York, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, as he attends the start of a civil trial in a lawsuit that already has resulted in a judge ruling that he committed fraud in his business dealings. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Trump turns his fraud trial into a campaign stop as he seeks to capitalize on his legal woes

Donald Trump’s court appearances are no longer distractions from his campaign to…

Former President Donald Trump speaks with journalists during a midday break from court proceedings in New York, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, as he attends the start of a civil trial in a lawsuit that already has resulted in a judge ruling that he committed fraud in his business dealings. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
This photo provided by her family on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, shows Charlotte Sena, 9, who vanished during a camping trip in upstate New York. Officials fear Charlotte may have been abducted while riding her bicycle Saturday evening, Sept. 30, 2023, in Moreau Lake State Park, about 35 miles (60 kilometers) north of Albany, N.Y. (Family photo via AP)

9-year-old who vanished from New York state park found safe and man linked to ransom note arrested

A 9-year-old girl who vanished during a family camping trip in upstate…

This photo provided by her family on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, shows Charlotte Sena, 9, who vanished during a camping trip in upstate New York. Officials fear Charlotte may have been abducted while riding her bicycle Saturday evening, Sept. 30, 2023, in Moreau Lake State Park, about 35 miles (60 kilometers) north of Albany, N.Y. (Family photo via AP)
FILE - Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1996. Authorities in Nevada confirmed Tuesday, July 18, 2023, that they served a search warrant this week in connection with the long-unsolved killing of the late rapper Shakur. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese, File)

Tupac breakthrough? Vegas police make arrest in star’s fatal 1996 shooting

Hip-hop icon was gunned down on the Las Vegas Strip 27 years ago

FILE - Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1996. Authorities in Nevada confirmed Tuesday, July 18, 2023, that they served a search warrant this week in connection with the long-unsolved killing of the late rapper Shakur. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese, File)
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Body of missing murder trial witness found by Vancouver police

Dr. Tracy Pickett, 55, found dead in Southlands neighbourhood

A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Delta Mayor George Harvie says criminal activity is “rampant” in the port due to a lack of funds for policing. (Grace Kennedy file photo)

Organized crime corrupting B.C. ports, mayor expects problem to get worse

Delta’s George Harvie says more police resources needed to fortify security in wake of new report

Delta Mayor George Harvie says criminal activity is “rampant” in the port due to a lack of funds for policing. (Grace Kennedy file photo)
Four B.C. men, including one full patch Hells Angels member, have pleaded guilty to charges related to drug trafficking. (Photo courtesy of CFSEU-BC)

4 plead guilty in B.C. drug trafficking investigation

Full patch Hells Angels member among those charged

Four B.C. men, including one full patch Hells Angels member, have pleaded guilty to charges related to drug trafficking. (Photo courtesy of CFSEU-BC)
FILE - El Paso Walmart shooting suspect Patrick Crusius pleads not guilty during his arraignment, Oct. 10, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. On Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, Crusius, the white gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Texas Walmart in 2019, agreed to pay more than $5 million to families of the victims. (Briana Sanchez/The El Paso Times via AP, Pool, File)

Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attack

A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack…

FILE - El Paso Walmart shooting suspect Patrick Crusius pleads not guilty during his arraignment, Oct. 10, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. On Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, Crusius, the white gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Texas Walmart in 2019, agreed to pay more than $5 million to families of the victims. (Briana Sanchez/The El Paso Times via AP, Pool, File)
Police are seeking a suspect, described as a masked individual wearing a Bugs Bunny hooded sweater, in relation to the break and enter of TD Canada Trust in Duncan. (RCMP Handout)

Suspect sought in B&E at Duncan bank

A masked individual wearing a Bugs Bunny hooded sweatshirt is the prime…

Police are seeking a suspect, described as a masked individual wearing a Bugs Bunny hooded sweater, in relation to the break and enter of TD Canada Trust in Duncan. (RCMP Handout)
This undated photo issued by Cheshire Constabulary, shows nurse Lucy Letby. Letby, a former neonatal nurse who was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of seven babies in her care and trying to kill six others at a U.K. hospital will face a retrial on a charge of attempting to murder a newborn baby girl, prosecutors said Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (Cheshire Constabulary via AP)

A former UK nurse will be retried on a charge that she tried to murder a baby girl at a hospital

A former neonatal nurse who was sentenced to life in prison for…

This undated photo issued by Cheshire Constabulary, shows nurse Lucy Letby. Letby, a former neonatal nurse who was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of seven babies in her care and trying to kill six others at a U.K. hospital will face a retrial on a charge of attempting to murder a newborn baby girl, prosecutors said Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (Cheshire Constabulary via AP)
Attendees of the Breakout Festival in Vancouver Sunday (Sept. 18) were caught on video destroying venue structures, in apparent anger after the night’s headliner Lil Baby cancelled last minute. (Twitter screenshot/@mc1040597)

15 youth charged in destruction that followed 2022 Vancouver music festival

Angered attendees caused $300,000 in damage after Lil Baby cancelled last minute

Attendees of the Breakout Festival in Vancouver Sunday (Sept. 18) were caught on video destroying venue structures, in apparent anger after the night’s headliner Lil Baby cancelled last minute. (Twitter screenshot/@mc1040597)
FILE - Travis Scott performs at Day 1 of the Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Houston. The rap superstar was questioned on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, in a deposition he is giving in connection with hundreds of lawsuits that were filed against him and others over the deaths and injuries at the 2021 Astroworld festival. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Rapper Travis Scott is questioned over deadly crowd surge at Texas festival in wave of lawsuits

Rap superstar Travis Scott was questioned for several hours on Monday in…

FILE - Travis Scott performs at Day 1 of the Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Houston. The rap superstar was questioned on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, in a deposition he is giving in connection with hundreds of lawsuits that were filed against him and others over the deaths and injuries at the 2021 Astroworld festival. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
Russell Brand leaves the Troubabour Wembley Park theater in northwest London after performing a comedy set on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. Three British news organizations are reporting that comedian and social influencer has been accused of rape, sexual assault and abuse based on allegations from four women who knew him over a seven-year period at the height of his fame. Brand denied the allegations. (James Manning/PA via AP)

UK police urged to investigate sex assault allegations against comedian Russell Brand

Senior British politicians on Monday urged police to investigate sexual assault allegations…

Russell Brand leaves the Troubabour Wembley Park theater in northwest London after performing a comedy set on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. Three British news organizations are reporting that comedian and social influencer has been accused of rape, sexual assault and abuse based on allegations from four women who knew him over a seven-year period at the height of his fame. Brand denied the allegations. (James Manning/PA via AP)
RCMP in Williams Lake continue to guard the scene Sunday of a property where a man died in the early morning hours Saturday (Sept. 16). (Angie Mindus photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Williams Lake RCMP investigating suspicious death of man

Residents said they heard four gun shots in the Glendale area early Saturday morning

RCMP in Williams Lake continue to guard the scene Sunday of a property where a man died in the early morning hours Saturday (Sept. 16). (Angie Mindus photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
FILE- In this Monday March 30, 2020, file photo, the exterior of the Singer Museum is seen in Laren, Netherlands. A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh has been recovered more than three years after it was stolen from a museum that was shut to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Van Gogh’s “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring,” which was painted in 1884, was snatched in an overnight raid in March 2020 from The Singer Laren museum east of Amsterdam. It was there on loan from the Groninger Museum. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Stolen Dutch van Gogh recovered more than 3 years later

1884 painting was snatched in an overnight raid in March 2020 from a museum east of Amsterdam

FILE- In this Monday March 30, 2020, file photo, the exterior of the Singer Museum is seen in Laren, Netherlands. A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh has been recovered more than three years after it was stolen from a museum that was shut to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Van Gogh’s “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring,” which was painted in 1884, was snatched in an overnight raid in March 2020 from The Singer Laren museum east of Amsterdam. It was there on loan from the Groninger Museum. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
John Starnes was driving on Highway 19A when his vehicle was struck by a rock at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Sept. 9. (Submitted photos)

‘Nearly killed me’: Oceanside RCMP investigate rock-throwing incidents

Police have received 5 complaints of rocks striking vehicles on Highway 19A

John Starnes was driving on Highway 19A when his vehicle was struck by a rock at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Sept. 9. (Submitted photos)
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‘Like a wrecking ball’: Kootenay woman arrested after twerking at RCMP

The the woman was arrested for breach of peace and public intoxication

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Premier David Eby says a yet-to-be named independent person will look into why the suspect in the recent Chinatown stabbings was out on day parole. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)

Eby ‘white hot angry’ about Chinatown stabbings, promises action

Premier pledges independent review of weekend stabbings that left three people injured

Premier David Eby says a yet-to-be named independent person will look into why the suspect in the recent Chinatown stabbings was out on day parole. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)