“The Tyee is just learning about this now because it took 16 months for the Vancouver Police Department to release requested data about how many of its officers were trained on decriminalization.” thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Three years and four FOIs later, here's everything we know about the stranger assault scare that gripped Vancouver in an election year – as the attacks were dramatically decreasing in frequency, unbeknownst to voters. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

VPD was aware of the intense public interest – and also of the “fear and anxiety” news of stranger assaults was causing in 2022. VPD issued at least 52 releases mentioning stranger assaults, but provided no updated data about the frequency of these crimes. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

“We essentially just held our breath for the minute that this was taking place. He came up and started licking the side mirror. Then he started licking our door, and the next thing you know, he was sticking his head into the car” www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

“He engaged in predatory and exploitative criminal behaviour toward a large number of vulnerable young victims. His conduct was punctuated by coercion and sexual violence toward a number of them…All were traumatized” www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

“They’re so delightful…It gives you a really good feeling. It’s something you can ‘joy scroll’ to counteract all of the scary and bad things going on in the world right now. That seems like something that is resonating with a lot of people.”

A B.C. man who is already in prison for sexually assaulting an adolescent girl has been sentenced for crimes against two additional victims – both vulnerable teens in foster care.

‘No one is talking to us:’ B.C. woman searching for answers after brother’s death in jail www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...