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The first RCMP officer to launch an investigation focusing on Robert Pickton says he just couldn't gather enough firm evidence required to launch a full-scale investigation of the suspected killer. More...

The RCMP has issued an apology for not catching B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton earlier. More...

A renowned criminologist who warned the Vancouver Police Department that a serial killer might be at work while women went missing told the Pickton inquiry on Tuesday that a planned news release to alert the public was scrapped. More...

RCMP say they are reviewing allegations that police could have obtained a search warrant for convicted serial killer Robert Pickton years before they arrested him. More...

A high-profile Mountie who recently came forward with allegations of sexual harassment says investigators in the Robert Pickton case were more interested in claiming overtime and drinking than doing police work. More...

The RCMP failed to share important information about Robert Pickton with their counterparts, were quick to dismiss informants and botched an interview with Pickton, a senior Vancouver police officer told the Missing Women Inquiry Wednesday. More...

The head of the missing women inquiry says sex workers will not be named if they testify at the hearings examining the Robert Pickton case. More...

The Missing Women's Commission of Inquiry will hold its first public forum Wednesday in Vancouver. The commission was set up to investigate how Robert Pickton, who was convicted of six second-degree murder charges in 2007, was not arrested before 2002. The public inquiry was ordered by B.C.'s...

Convict wins stay on 20 other killings VANCOUVER, British Columbia, A Canadian judge ruled a man already serving a life sentence for six murders will not stand trial for 20 additional slayings, court records showed. Convicted serial killer Robert Pickton is serving a life sentence for killing...

Canadian serial killer launches appeal VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - A pig farmer who was convicted in 2007 of murdering six prostitutes in western Canada has launched his appeal, calling on a regional judge to declare a mistrial. Lawyers for Robert Pickton told the British Columbia Court of...