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Jackie Tran, whose deportation saga began in 2004, had his appeal denied Friday by the Immigration and Refugee Board.Tran is "disappointed" with the decision, and is considering taking advantage of his 15 days to appeal."That's something that we're definitely looking at,"said Ram Sankaran, Tran's lawyer.In the latest step of a process that has been ongoing for five years, the board concluded that Tran--whose full name is Nghia Trong Nguyen-Tran -- is a member and associate of the FOB Killers gang, referred to as FK, a factor that was held against him in the decision."His ongoing association with the members of this gang is not demonstrative of rehabilitation. It also undermines the credibility of the appellant and his witnesses' evidence regarding the genuineness of his effort to rehabilitate," reads the decision from board member Renee Miller.Tran denies belonging to the criminal gang, but admits to social contact with members.Tran's f...

suspected crack house in Surrey was sprayed with bullets Thursday night, but nobody was injured in the Lower Mainland's latest shooting.It was the fifth shooting in Surrey and the eighth across the Lower Mainland since Tuesday evening in what police describe as a violent turf war for control of the region's illegal drug trade. Mounties said residents living near 125th Street and 62A Avenue reported hearing shots just before 9:30 p.m. and seeing a dark van speeding away after the shooting.Surrey RCMP Insp. Darren Lench said police found some evidence of drug activity inside the rental home and a lot of shell casings on the road outside, but did not find the vehicle and made no arrests.He said the incident might be connected to a series of tit-for-tat shootings related to the local drug trade."It just seems at times, an eye for an eye, so if it happens in one respect, they somehow have to pay back the other way," said Lench.

On Friday, reputed gangster Shaun Roberts was granted bail with strict conditions, including 24-hour house arrest pending four court appearances to face charges -- including four counts of attempted murder -- in connection with the Nov. 16 gunplay. Earlier in the week, a 17-year-old associate of Roberts, facing charges in the same shootout, was granted bail with a $20,000 bond and house arrest. Deputy Chief Murray Stooke concedes gang crimes have put Calgary in an unenviable place among the nation's major cities. "In 2008, we had the second-highest number of homicides in 30 years and about 35% involved gang activity," he said. "What we're mostly concerned about is we have a running battle between two gangs that has cost lives." Statistics Canada findings show this city, along with Edmonton and Winnipeg, topped the nation for the number of gang homicides in 2007. That year, cops reported 117 homicides nationwide as gang-related, which includes killings of gan...

David Joseph Ouellette, 38, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Douglas James Edgett, 25, who was found shot to death in February 1991.Frances Edgett wiped away tears outside a courtroom Friday after the appearance of a man charged in two unsolved killings in New Brunswick, including the murder of her son.Edgett said she always held out hope an arrest would be made in the case. "I'm glad charges were laid," Edgett said as she left the courtroom in Moncton. Ouellette was also charged with manslaughter in the death of Cheryl Pyne, 28, who disappeared more than four years ago.Her remains have never been found.Ouellette pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter charge, but has not yet entered a plea on the murder charge. He has elected to stand trial by judge and jury in both cases. He showed no emotion during the brief court appearance.Outside court, Ouellette's lawyer, James Matheson, said his client is in penitentiary in Renous, N.B., serving a 10-year s...

Kyle Weese was arrested in February 2005 for a Sherbourne St. shooting that left one man wounded.When he was arrested at a rooming house three weeks later, Weese faced eight charges, including assault with a handgun and aggravated assault, for that shooting.Court documents show Weese pled guilty to one charge of discharging a firearm with intent to wound, maim or disfigure. In exchange, the Crown dropped the other seven charges in January 2006.He was sentenced to four years less time served. But because he had already served time in jail, he was to serve 25 months and one week. Weese was also given a lifetime firearms ban.

20-year-old Alberta woman was shot and killed over the weekend, the unintended victim of a vicious gang war that has claimed a number of lives at a collection of reserves south of Edmonton. Delema Dixon, who also goes by the last name Lefthand, was shot in the head Saturday night when her home was riddled by gunfire on the Samson reserve -- one of four First Nations in Hobbema, Alta. Dixon's mother, Vernadee Applegarth, told CTV News that she believed it was her son -- who is in a gang -- who was the target. It wasn't the first time that their home was shot up in the last few years. Applegarth is now left to take care of her daughter's 18-month-old child. "I'm angry so much that I want to get revenge," she said. Dixon's father, Darren Applejohn, likened living on the reserve to living in a warzone. "It's just like living in Iraq -- terrorist town -- that's how I see it. Bunch of terrorists here," he said. Gun complaints are nearly an ever...