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Nanaimo RCMP closed a section of Hammond Bay Road in March 6, 2019, after a pedestrian was hit at the Brigantine Drive intersection. (News Bulletin file photo)

Parents in B.C. awarded damages based on Korean tradition after son’s death

17-year-old was struck and killed by vehicle at crosswalk on Vancouver Island in 2019

 

A B.C. judge ruled a Vancouver woman is allowed to keep her two guinea fowl hens, saying they fall under the category of exotic bird pets in the city’s animal control bylaw. (Pixabay/mirceaadrian72)

Vancouver woman allowed to keep guinea fowls for ‘pure joy of companionship’

Court dismissed city bylaw charge, ruling birds were pets, not poultry

 

As thousands of demonstrators clogged the streets around Parliament Hill in early 2022, many of them did so with a phone in their hand. A protester records a police line with their phone as police move in to clear downtown Ottawa near Parliament Hill of protesters after weeks of demonstrations on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Trial by social media: Court struggles under weight of ‘Freedom Convoy’ evidence

The 2nd week of the trial has been slow-rolled by issues related to social media evidence

 

Clayton Eheler. (Facebook)

B.C. drug trafficker Clayton Eheler given 7 year sentence

But with credit for time served, Eheler only has 2 years jail time remaining

Clayton Eheler. (Facebook)
A man walks past the Supreme Court of Canada, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa. An Alberta woman who tried to take her fight over COVID vaccine rules to the Supreme Court has died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Woman who tried to take COVID transplant fight to Supreme Court dies

Sheila Annette Lewis was diagnosed with a terminal disease in 2018

A man walks past the Supreme Court of Canada, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa. An Alberta woman who tried to take her fight over COVID vaccine rules to the Supreme Court has died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
The mother of a 13-year-old girl found dead in a Burnaby park in 2017 says her “heart was bleeding” when her daughter went missing and was later found dead. Media wait outside B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday June 2, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Accused’s lawyer suggests to dead teen’s mother they had a poor relationship

Ibrahim Ali denies murdering the girl who was found dead in Burnaby’s Central Park early in July 2017

The mother of a 13-year-old girl found dead in a Burnaby park in 2017 says her “heart was bleeding” when her daughter went missing and was later found dead. Media wait outside B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday June 2, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The trial of William Trowell is being held at the Castlegar Courthouse. File photo

Trial begins for Trail man charged with youth sex assault

William Trowell’s trial began Aug. 15

The trial of William Trowell is being held at the Castlegar Courthouse. File photo
Missing person Stephanie Patterson was found dead in a rural part of Mission on Aug. 15. David Hall, 57, who was first reported missing with Patterson has now been charged with murder. (Anna Burns)

Man charged in death of Kwikwetlem councillor who was found dead in Mission

David Hall, 57, has been charged with the murder of Stephanie Patterson

Missing person Stephanie Patterson was found dead in a rural part of Mission on Aug. 15. David Hall, 57, who was first reported missing with Patterson has now been charged with murder. (Anna Burns)
Six men were charged in relation to a large-scale drug lab bust in Lumby in 2018. (RCMP photo)

Large Okanagan drug lab leads to 11 years jail for 2 men

Trent Fussi and Robyn Bryson are among six people to be sentenced after the lab was busted in 2018

Six men were charged in relation to a large-scale drug lab bust in Lumby in 2018. (RCMP photo)
<div>Donald Trump likes being on television. But the most dramatic moment of his political career — standing trial in the U.S. capital on charges of trying to subvert democracy — is set to transpire beyond the gaze of cameras. This artist sketch depicts former President Donald Trump, right, conferring with defense lawyer Todd Blanche, left, during his appearance at the Federal Courthouse in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Dana Verkouteren</div>

Broadcasters to lobby Supreme Court chief justice to allow cameras at Trump’s trials

The high court began streaming live audio of arguments back in 2020

<div>Donald Trump likes being on television. But the most dramatic moment of his political career — standing trial in the U.S. capital on charges of trying to subvert democracy — is set to transpire beyond the gaze of cameras. This artist sketch depicts former President Donald Trump, right, conferring with defense lawyer Todd Blanche, left, during his appearance at the Federal Courthouse in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Dana Verkouteren</div>
The Supreme Court of Canada is shrouded in fog in Ottawa, on Friday, Nov 4, 2022. The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from three British Columbia churches who argued their constitutional rights were violated when provincial restrictions banned indoor religious services during the COVID-19 pandemic.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Highest court refuses to hear B.C. church appeal on COVID-19 ruling

Langley, Chilliwack and Abbotsford churches contesting ban on indoor religious services

The Supreme Court of Canada is shrouded in fog in Ottawa, on Friday, Nov 4, 2022. The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from three British Columbia churches who argued their constitutional rights were violated when provincial restrictions banned indoor religious services during the COVID-19 pandemic.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Former B.C. conservation officer Bryce Casavant takes a cub to a rehabilitation organization on Vancouver Island. Casavant lost an appeal to be re-instated as a conservation officer, and is looking at a potential appeal through the Supreme Court of Canada. (Youtube screenshot)

Former B.C. bear cub-saving CO loses appeal to be re-instated

‘I would direct that the parties bear their own costs,’ the judge noted in his decision

Former B.C. conservation officer Bryce Casavant takes a cub to a rehabilitation organization on Vancouver Island. Casavant lost an appeal to be re-instated as a conservation officer, and is looking at a potential appeal through the Supreme Court of Canada. (Youtube screenshot)
(City of Penticton file photo)

Former Penticton Mayor apologizes for threats, violence during civil assault case

While mayor, John Vassilak was involved in a family dispute that escalated to physical violence

(City of Penticton file photo)
Campbell River, B.C., Courthouse. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror

B.C. woman sentenced for coughing on grocery worker during COVID-19 tirade

Campbell River resident gets 18 months probation for 2020 disturbance in Save On Foods grocery store

Campbell River, B.C., Courthouse. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror
Rob Nash was killed at the scene of a multiple-vehicle collision along the Coquihalla Highway on May 19, 2019. Police report Nash, 48, was struck by a vehicle while offering assistance to the driver and passenger of one of the first two vehicles involved in the collision. (File photo)

Survivor benefits denied for family of Salmon Arm man killed in 2019 collision

Tribunal decides stopping to assist at accident scene outside scope of employment

Rob Nash was killed at the scene of a multiple-vehicle collision along the Coquihalla Highway on May 19, 2019. Police report Nash, 48, was struck by a vehicle while offering assistance to the driver and passenger of one of the first two vehicles involved in the collision. (File photo)
An Abbotsford company is seeking almost $2.5 million (CAN) in damages from the insurance company Lloyd’s Underwriters after more than two million pounds of blueberries were lost in 2019 after they thawed in a freezer. (Stock photo from Pixabay)

Abbotsford company seeks almost $2.5M after loss of 2M pounds of blueberries

Valley Select Foods says insurance company should pay after frozen fruit thaws

An Abbotsford company is seeking almost $2.5 million (CAN) in damages from the insurance company Lloyd’s Underwriters after more than two million pounds of blueberries were lost in 2019 after they thawed in a freezer. (Stock photo from Pixabay)
RCMP cruisers block Water Street downtown Kelowna. (Jacqueline Gelineau/ Capital News)

Nothing found: Kelowna Law Courts reopens after bomb threat

Water Street is blocked off while police are on scene

RCMP cruisers block Water Street downtown Kelowna. (Jacqueline Gelineau/ Capital News)
Two B.C. residents claimed that their neighbours were “unreasonably sensitive” to the bass in their new sound system. (Pexels photo)

B.C. neighbours ‘unreasonably sensitive’ to bass, couple says in lawsuit

CRT ruling orders couple to pay out thousands of dollars

Two B.C. residents claimed that their neighbours were “unreasonably sensitive” to the bass in their new sound system. (Pexels photo)
Police executed a search warrant at the Devils Army Clubhouse on Petersen road in Campbell River on August 10, 2017. Campbell River Mirror file photo

B.C. files application to seize motorcycle club’s Campbell River clubhouse

Location was site of the 2016 murder of John Dillon Brown

Police executed a search warrant at the Devils Army Clubhouse on Petersen road in Campbell River on August 10, 2017. Campbell River Mirror file photo
Demonstrators mark the first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case widely considered to have overturned Roe v. Wade, by displaying neon signage in support of abortion access in front of the Supreme Court on Friday, June 23, 2023, Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Supreme Court’s abortion decision is both scorned and praised a year later

The court’s conservative majority overturned the Roe v. Wade decision on June 24, 2022

Demonstrators mark the first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case widely considered to have overturned Roe v. Wade, by displaying neon signage in support of abortion access in front of the Supreme Court on Friday, June 23, 2023, Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)