News:Man In Wheelchair Tackles Aggressive Counterfeiter

A man in a wheelchair and several other Good Samaritans apprehended a man who became aggressive with a female employee at a Vancouver convenience store after she wouldn't accept a fake $50 US bill.

The incident was caught on surveillance video at a 24-hour convenience store on Commercial Drive near East Broadway last Saturday night.


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News: Homeless Man Set On Fire

From the Globe and Mail

A man was set on fire Saturday night by three assailants after he fell asleep on a couch on a sidewalk just around the corner from the Commercial Drive bar where he had been drinking with friends.

The 26-year-old Filipino man from New Westminster suffered minor burns to his chest and right wrist, saved from a worse outcome because witnesses quickly intervened. The first witness, a homeless man, ran to help and got in a fight with the three white attackers. Another witness approached and the men ran away.

Speculation about the motive for the attack and whether a hate crime had been committed was rampant yesterday. The description of the men - white, dressed all in black with tattoos and piercings, one with a bald or shaved head - evoked the image of racist skinheads.

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