Category Archives: British Columbia

Time limits were meant to speed up justice. They also halt hundreds of criminal cases
When police turned up at Melanie Hatton's home in Kelowna, B.C., in November 2021, she says they found her in the bathroom covered in blood, her then-husband Jeffrey Maclean was standing over her "in ...
Nov 08, 2024

'Big frustration': How a limited MAID window affects Alzheimer's patients
Mary Wilson was rapidly deteriorating with Alzheimer's when she received a medically assisted death in 2017. The Alberta woman was still cognitively aware and could carry complex conversations, but th...
Nov 08, 2024

How many criminal cases in each province or territory were halted by time limits?
A review of information provided by provinces and territories shows more than 400 criminal cases have been halted across Canada since the start of last year because they had exceeded time limits on ho...
Nov 08, 2024

Results expected in B.C. election recounts, confirming if NDP keeps majority
VANCOUVER - Judicial recounts in British Columbia's provincial election should wrap up today, confirming whether Premier David Eby's New Democrats hang onto their one-seat majority almost three weeks ...
Nov 08, 2024

Man charged with inciting hatred during protest at Hindu temple in Brampton, Ont.
BRAMPTON, Ont. - Police have made another arrest and are seeking two other suspects following tense and sometimes violent protests at a Hindu temple in the Greater Toronto Area. Violence erupted on Su...
Nov 07, 2024

B.C. court certifies class-action lawsuit over deadly Downtown Eastside hotel fire
The B.C. Supreme Court has certified a class-action lawsuit over the fire that killed two people at the Winters Hotel in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside more than two years ago. A certification ruling b...
Nov 07, 2024

Heavy rain leads to flood warning for British Columbia's north coast
KITIMAT, B.C. - British Columbia's River Forecast Centre has issued a flood warning for a stretch of the north coast that has been soaked with heavy rain since Wednesday. An advisory from the centre s...
Nov 07, 2024

B.C. gender justice groups call for repeal of Name Act changed over child killer
Gender justice groups in British Columbia are calling for the repeal of recent provincial legislation that prevents people convicted of serious Criminal Code offences from changing their names. The ca...
Nov 07, 2024

Storm tracker group confirms rare tornado touchdown on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast
A resident of British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says a rare tornado that she saw touch down on Monday was like a scene out of a movie with trees coming down "like dominoes" in the high winds. Western ...
Nov 07, 2024

Expert says silence in B.C. port lockout unusual while retailers call for urgency
VANCOUVER - Canadian retailers say their frustration is growing with the lack of movement to resolve disruptions at Canada's two largest ports, including silence surrounding a lockout at British Colum...
Nov 07, 2024