Girl accosted
West Vancouver police have arrested a man in his 50s who demanded money from a 12-year-old girl Tuesday at a footbridge on Esquimalt Avenue. The suspect asked the child if she spoke English, then approached her, grabbed her by the neck and spun her around. The victim said a woman came to her aid and told the suspect to let the child go. The girl fled the scene but the man followed her home and demanded money. Police are crediting an alert businessman for spotting a man who matched the suspect's description.
Shooting gallery
PHS Community Services Society is considering opening a second supervised safe-injection site for intravenous drug users in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, according to reports. PHS executive director Mark Townsend said Insite is operating at capacity of about 600 injections per day. According to the report, the location of a second safe injection site hasn't been confirmed but plans are to open it in a building operated by PHS.
SFU tops
Maclean's Magazine ranked Simon Fraser University first in the comprehensive category for the second consecutive year. The category is made up of schools, which conduct a significant amount of research and offer professional degrees along with a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs. University of Victoria finished second in the national ranking while UBC remained in a hold pattern from last year in fourth spot.
