VANCOUVER —A notorious character with prior run-ins with Vancouver Police briefly snatched a knife from a crime scene, but the cops aren’t recommending charges. He says the crow had a red tag on its leg, as does Canuck, and Vancouver Const. That’s because the knife thief is believed to be Canuck the Crow, an infamous bird with a dedicated social media following and more than 12,000 Facebook fans. The incident unfolded after police shot and wounded a man in East Vancouver on Tuesday, prompting media including Vancouver Courier reporter Mike Howell to race to the scene. Montague says an officer took a photo of the crow when it flew into a police cruiser and stole a button from the keyboard of an on-board computer.

Source: National Post May 26, 2016 14:11 UTC