Forensic Psychiatric Hospital

• B.C. desperately needs a 2nd forensic psychiatric hospital, report finds

  There is only one forensic psychiatric hospital in the province, located in Coquitlam and known as Colony Farm. The facility has 190 beds.

  Health

  Jun 20, 2025
  
• Child-killer Allan Schoenborn changes name, fights to keep new identity secret

  Allan Schoenborn was found not criminally responsible for killing his three young children in Merritt, B.C., 14 years ago.

  Crime

  Apr 17, 2024
  
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• Chinatown triple stabbing suspect ‘calm and cooperative’ on day of attack: report

  But Blair Donnelly had shown the capacity to slide into violent delusions with little warning in the past, the BC Review Board report states.

  Crime

  Mar 13, 2024
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• ‘Bunch of idiots’: Relatives of victim query psychiatric releases, but lawyers urge caution

  The sister of a B.C. man who was murdered and dismembered by a friend in 2010 said the “system is broken” and it “desperately needs a change.”

  Crime

  Sep 16, 2023
• In wake of Chinatown stabbing, victims’ families question psychiatric releases

  Rebecca Mayrhofer and other victim advocates have long sought reform of the system handling offenders deemed not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder.

  Crime

  Sep 15, 2023
• Ex-Abbotsford police chief to probe release of man accused in Chinatown stabbings

  Bob Rich's priority will be determining how the man was released from a psychiatric facility against recommendations, and whether there are others in the same circumstance.

  Crime

  Sep 14, 2023
• Vernon, B.C. man accused of murder found fit to stand trial

  He was accused of murder, but for almost three years a Vernon, B.C. man's court case has been on hold. Richard William Fairgrieve suffered a series of strokes.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2022
• B.C. man who killed mother with an axe found not criminally responsible

  Kevin Webster was charged with the second-degree murder of Moirin Webster shortly after police were called to a home in Gibsons, B.C., on Dec. 27, 2020.

  Crime

  May 11, 2022
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• Man unlawfully at large from Colony Farm hospital located: RCMP

  Mounties say The Cao Phan, 59, was last seen around 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the B.C. Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, commonly known as Colony Farm.

  Crime

  Apr 28, 2022
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• ‘Visit leave’ denied for Vernon man found not criminally responsible in mom’s death

  Although he won't be allowed long-duration leaves, 25-year-old Angelo Monfort can continue to have unescorted day visits to the community, at the hospital leadership's discretion.

  Crime

  Nov 4, 2021