2 more anti-Olympic protesters charged
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | 8:40 PM PT
CBC News
Related
Vancouver police say they have arrested a man suspected of damaging property during an anti-Olympic protest Saturday. (CBC)Vancouver Police say they have charged two more people in connection with protests that included an anti-Olympic rampage through downtown Vancouver on Saturday.
A small group of people wearing masks and hoodies to hide their identities smashed windows in the Hudson Bay Company's store and spray-painted cars along West Georgia Street.
Guillame Joseph-Marc Beaulieu, 27, of Vancouver has been charged with mischief over $5,000, police said in a news release late Tuesday.
Lliam Brander, 27, of North Vancouver was charged with assault after he was arrested Sunday in connection with an assault on two journalists during a protest march, police said. The release did not specify when or where that protest occurred.
Police said a total of 11 people have been arrested in connection with the series of Olympic protests resulting in charges to a total of five people so far.
An unsigned letter distributed to news media Tuesday from the so-called "Black Bloc" anarchists suggested there would be more protests targeting Olympic sponsors.
The Saturday property attacks were "non-violent" because no people were harmed, the letter claimed.
Share Tools
Latest British Columbia News Headlines
- Ryder Hesjedal wins prestigious Giro d'Italia
- Victoria native Ryder Hesjedal has become the first Canadian to win one of the cycling world's three Grand Tour events, wrapping up the 2012 Giro d'Italia with an excellent performance in the final stage in Milan. more »
- Surrey RCMP seek hit-run driver
- Police are looking for a light-coloured Chrysler with damage to the driver's front side after a pedestrian was hit in Surrey, B.C., early Sunday morning. more »
- B.C. man who scaled Everest returns home
- A Vancouver man who climbed the world's highest mountain is back home and talking about the adventure. more »
- Fort Langley restaurant damaged in fire
- A sushi restaurant in Fort Langley, B.C., was damaged in a fire early Sunday morning. more »
Top News Headlines
- Canadian Pacific strikers face back-to-work legislation
- Labour Minister Lisa Raitt is prepared to end the Canadian Pacific Railway strike if necessary, after both CP and the union rejected a proposal for voluntary arbitration by the government-appointed negotiator on Sunday. Raitt says she is "extremely disappointed." more »
- Syrian regime denies role in Houla massacre
- The UN Security Council condemned the Syrian regime at an emergency meeting Sunday, holding president Bashar al-Assad's military responsible for the massacre of more than 100 people, dozens of whom were children younger than 10 years old. more »
- Ryder Hesjedal wins prestigious Giro d'Italia
- Victoria native Ryder Hesjedal has become the first Canadian to win one of the cycling world's three Grand Tour events, wrapping up the 2012 Giro d'Italia with an excellent performance in the final stage in Milan. more »
- Neighbour may have helped find missing kids in Mexico
- Two Winnipeg children who had been missing for nearly four years were found in Mexico after a man raised concerns about his neighbour, according to a private investigator. more »
- B.C. NDP calls for unity in fighting coast guard closure
- Surrey RCMP seek hit-run driver
- B.C. man who scaled Everest returns home
- Fort Langley restaurant damaged in fire
- Passengers' families sue for fatal B.C. plane crash
- B.C. Coast Guard Auxiliary gets new name
- Tsunami motorcycle heading to Harley museum
- Psych ward escapes worry neighbours
- Gang forum honours Surrey 6 victim
