Press Clippings

• Jack Knox: Amid Nanaimo’s street disorder crisis, compassion wrestles with exasperationTimes Colonist | October 15, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Chilliwack RCMP looking to ID person of interest in District 1881 break and enter investigationFraser Valley TodayOctober 15, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Merritt man jailed after smashing into boarded homeMerritt Herald | October 15, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• More police, prosecutors: CentreBC unveils public safety plansBlack Press | October 15, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Vernon MP calls for audit of Turning Points, citing safety, accountability concernsBlack Press | October 15, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Nanaimo mayoral candidates address the homelessness crisisThe Discourse | October 15, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Rutland business association wants action on provincial poverty reduction siteBlack Press | October 14, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Seven illicit drug deaths recorded in Kamloops over the summerCFJCOctober 14, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Eby Targets Gangs, Guns and ExtortionBCNDP | October 14, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• New Poll: BC Voters Want Public Safety InvestmentsNational Police FederationOctober 14, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Public safety town hall planned in ParksvillePQB News | October 13, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Lorne Doerkson’s B.C. Conservatives promise extortion crackdown and dedicated court stream for repeat offendersDaily Hive | October 13, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• B.C. crime news: Man wanted countrywide for failure to return to Vancouver halfway house | Stranger assault leaves elderly woman in hospitalVancouver SunOctober 13, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• The Two Sides Of DowntownDouglas Magazine | October 13, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Crime and safety: what can local governments do? (Includes Jess Ketchum)CBC Daybreak SouthOctober 13, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• 77-year-old woman assaulted by stranger in Vancouver’s Fairview neighbourhoodCityNews | October 13, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Break and enter, theft, at Castlegar business: RCMPCityNews | October 12, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Nanaimo’s most prolific criminal has been released from jailCHEKOctober 11, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• ELECTION 2026: Kamloops mayoral hopefuls have different ideas on public safetyCastanet | October 10, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Opinion: Whoever wins inherits a homelessness crisis. There are solutions they can champion.CHEK | October 9, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Suspect arrested for alleged theft, assault following altercation at Popkum gas station: Agassiz RCMPFraser Valley TodayOctober 9, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Tires worth more than $10,000 stolen in CastlegarMyKootenayNow | October 9, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Canada-wide warrant issued for man who escaped Victoria halfway houseBlack PressOctober 9, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Langley Cactus Club shooting victim was warned by police before his deathThe Province | October 9, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Seven years in jail for Quesnel drug traffickerQuesnel Cariboo Observer | October 9, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Victoria streets would be ‘far worse off’ without safety plan, official saysTimes Colonist | October 9, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• ‘Problematic’: VPD touts crime drop days before Vancouver election, raising questions about timingVancouver Sun | October 8, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• ‘I’m so shameful:’ Nanaimo OPS drug trafficker avoids jailNanaimo News NowOctober 8, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• ABC Wants More Involuntary Care. No, Say Vancouver LiberalsThe Tyee | October 8, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Downtown PG encourages local businesses to report criminal activityPrince George Citizen | October 8, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Block after block of death and despair. This is Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, where all hope is now lostPostmedia | October 8, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Safety, police funding, services for unhoused residents discussed at Victoria’s last meeting before electionCHEK | October 8, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• CHARBONNEAU – The fundamental contradiction in Canada’s drug lawsArmchair Mayor | October 8, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• New Poll: Homelessness Hits Closer to Home for More Canadians; They Want Government Action on Proven SolutionsCanadian Alliance to End HomelessnessOctober 8, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Prolific Nanaimo drug trafficker sentenced to nine yearsTimes Colonist | October 8, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Vancouver civic election 2026: What the parties say about public safetyLodestar Media | October 7, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Editorial: The unsafe side effects of ‘safer supply’Globe and Mail | October 7, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• B.C. crime news: ‘Unprovoked, random’ arson attack on man sitting on Vancouver park bench | Man convicted of dragging RCMP officer with vehicle on highwayVancouver Sun | October 7, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• B.C. crime news: Woman allegedly assaults baby in DTES | Man wanted for rape in U.S. arrested in Vancouver during traffic stopVancouver Sun | October 6, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Lorne Doerkson vows to ‘take back’ streets from hard drugs and disorderDaily Hive | October 6, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Mayor asks province to help address encampment near Mission railway tracksMission Record | October 6, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Rob Shaw: B.C. parties promise more on crime and health care, but where’s the money?CHEK | October 6, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Vancouver Downtown Eastside stabbing: Police search for suspectConnect FM | October 6, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Dyas and Cannan on crime, disorder, and addiction treatmentKelowna Daily Courier | October 6, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• One dead after shooting at Langley restaurantLangley Advance Times | October 6, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• B.C. Conservatives plan to hire more police, stop illegal drug use in hospitals, sheltersBlack press | October 6, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
• Female tourist visiting Vancouver pushed into traffic from behindDaily Hive | October 5, 2026 (opens in a new tab)

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