Kim Bolan

The first in my series about the international reach of BC gangs/criminal organizations. No paywall on the stories. Thanks to the Lieutenant Governor’s Journalism Fellowship, I was able to visit 6 countries to do research/interviews. vancouversun.com/feature/lethal…

@AngusK18 @LeilaLamar1234 Paying local journalists their salaries so we can do our jobs IS investing in local journalism. Surely you get that?

@kbolan @LeilaLamar1234 Agree but any funds given to post media will go to the hedge fund and not local journalism....postmedia has no plans to invest in local journalism

Rookie Surrey Mountie Dawwd Soukary was determined to aid his gangster buddies. Here's how the RCMP's Anti-Corruption Unit took him down. He will be sentenced next month. vancouversun.com/news/how-major…

Anyone can be a target of #HumanTrafficking and it’s happening in communities across Canada. Get the facts. Learn the signs: canada.ca/en/public-safe…

@LeilaLamar1234 $1 is a good deal. Support local journalism please. So many cuts lately. We are all struggling to survive.

@kbolan 😑 paywall

@Johnsmithctb3 That’s what I had heard as well, and I tried to confirm it for my big piece on Lil Man last month, but couldn’t get enough corroboration to publish.

@kbolan I know exactly who MN was As soon as I read the initials for the criminals Dawwd was in contact with we last name first and first name last. I’m sure the RCMP don’t want to say who they are and which gang they are connected to because GK family could probably sue the RCMP

@Johnsmithctb3 I spent a long time trying to nail down exactly that. But couldn’t get any confirmation from anyone. And if MN and GK are dead, why not name them?

@kbolan Funny how he access info with someone by the initials “GK” on New Year’s Day 2021 and few days later someone by those same initials got murdered at his home when some people showed up pretending to be police doing a curfew check. Not a good look RCMP

@Donna27B @kbolen Maybe get the 6-month sub, then cancel before the price goes up.

@kbolan I’d love to read this but you need a subscription to the Vancouver Sun in order to do so. Is there another way to access the article @kbolen?

@Reality_Slam That’s all you’ve got?

@kbolan If we send money will you replace those ridiculous looking glasses?

I’m still waiting for my Mount St. Helen’s compensation. cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

@OhCehnehdeh At least I’m smart enough to recognize sarcasm!

@kbolan Such a ridiculous take, you can’t mitigate volcanic eruptions. I have second hand embarrassment for you. Be smarter.

@JimmyDunks If you understood sarcasm, you might be a happier camper!

@kbolan If you understood the difference between a volcanic eruption and a forest fire you’d probably have a higher paying job than a poverty reporter.

@Lindley2 I was in Courtenay!

@kbolan I remember that. Lived in Nanaimo at the time. My car had a fine dusting of yellowish ash a few days later

As a sovereign state the U.S. has to control their volcanoes and the dirty, disgusting eruptions that impact the lungs of Canadians.

From Osoyoos BC: As you can see, thick smoke is rolling in from the south & the smell of forest fire is strong. This isn't from a fire in Canada, it's from a big fire in Nespelem, Washington state, but we're not complaining. Know why? Because we understand how fire, wind, & the jetstream work. Hoping our southerly neighbors in Washington stay safe & obey evac orders. Prayers up for those in harm's way.

To every American bitching about the smoke from the wildfires. Learn this name. Nicholas Dale. A Canadian pilot who lost his life assisting with a wildfire in Colorado.

@barbarafriesen He has a life sentence so he’ll be monitored for life. And in addition, he has all kinds of special conditions because of the nature of his crimes. But I also understand people being concerned given that he killed two women three years apart.

@kbolan People need to learn about our parole system. Kim can you educate people on it? People jump to conclusions because they think he isn’t being monitored but he will be sent back to prison for any slight infraction of bail conditions.

A former VPD officer who killed a girlfriend in 1993 and a common-law spouse in 1996 is granted day parole. The son of victim Patti Ducharme said his family is “profoundly disappointed, shocked and heartbroken by the Parole Board of Canada’s decision.” vancouversun.com/news/crime/for…

Case Update: Nitish Kaushal has been arrested in Vermont. Help the #FBI locate other fugitives wanted for committing crimes related to criminal enterprise investigations: fbi.gov/wanted/cei

Another dark day for media - thinking of my former colleagues at @GlobalEdmonton westernstandard.news/news/exclusive…

@xXSugeWhiteXx @ZeeMatic1 Yes, especially in an extradition case.

@ZeeMatic1 @kbolan Standard procedure and that’s not only in bc …. 😂😂😂

Despite no criminal charges in Canada after last week's arrest of 4 BC men in the FBI's Operation Hard Ball probe, a second civil forfeiture suit has been filed against accused smuggler Ravinder Dhanda, days after a suit was filed against Garinder Deo. vancouversun.com/news/bc-goes-a…