Here are Black Press Media鈥檚 top stories for Wednesday, April 3.
1. Student, 23, charged with arson in connection to Langara College fires
Charged is Nasradin Abdusamad Ali with one count of arson and one count of possessing incendiary material, police said in a news release Tuesday. He is a student at the college and is from Surrey.
2. Woman on life support after daylight shooting in North Vancouver
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team announced it is taking over the case Tuesday, just hours after the woman was taken to hospital in critical condition after shots were fired near 12 Street and Lonsdale Avenue.
JUST IN: Health officials have confirmed another case of measles in the Lower Mainland. Infection was caught abroad, but the person used public transit through Vancouver on March 27. TOTAL CASES: 22 since start of year. More to come.
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3. Another case of measles confirmed in the Lower Mainland
Health officials said in a statement Tuesday that the person caught the infection abroad, but took public transit while contagious. This is the 22nd confirmed case since the beginning of the year.
4. Woman sentenced for prison murder in Maple Ridge
Surrey resident Gloria Crystle Zerbinos, 35, was sentenced to life in prison with no eligility for parole until 2031 on March 28 in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster.
5. Mission woman nets PETA award for pulling cup off skunk鈥檚 head
A Compassionate Action Award is on its way to Tanya Krasuin, who sprang into action on March 13 when she spotted a skunk whose head was stuck inside a plastic Burger King cup outside her home.
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