Justice

• Crown drops 24 fines against B.C. pastors for violating COVID-19 orders

  B.C. prosecutors have dropped 24 violation tickets against three Chilliwack, B.C., pastors who continued in-person worship services in violation of COVID-19 health orders.

  Health

  May 11
  
• Advocates call for Indigenous alert system

  Stephanie Harpe lives one province away from where five-year-old Frank Young from Red Earth Cree Nation disappeared, but as an Indigenous woman she feels it is her duty to help.

  Canada

  May 10
  
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• Supreme Court rules Quebec sex assault defendant must face trial despite delays

  Friday's ruling involves the case of a Quebec man who was acquitted on seven sexual assault charges in 2017 but who was ordered to stand trial again.

  Canada

  May 6
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• ‘My heart bleeds’: teen’s family give statements at Calgary fatal hit and run sentencing

  Mahipal Rajput was sentenced to four years of prison. With one year granted for time served in pre-trial custody, he will have to serve another three years in prison.

  Crime

  Apr 29
• Jury finds Regina man guilty of two first-degree murder charges

  A Regina man has been found guilty of killing two people in separate drive-by shootings during a street gang war in the city in 2019.

  Crime

  Apr 23
• Accused was ‘fall guy’ in shootings: defence

  Dillon Ricky Whitehawk has pleaded not guilty to two first-degree murder charges in the 2019 deaths of Jordan Denton, 27, and Keenan Toto, 23.

  Crime

  Apr 21
• B.C. court certifies former flight attendant’s class action against WestJet

  The British Columbia Court of Appeal has ruled a former flight attendant's "hard-fought" class-action lawsuit alleging discrimination and harassment against WestJet can proceed.

  Apr 20
• Whitecourt mom details tragedy of sons’ deaths in double murder-suicide

  "There's definitely some milestones that are really hard. My kids should be 19 and almost 17 right now."

  Crime

  Apr 14
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• Supreme Court affirms drug, firearm convictions despite police officer’s mistake

  In a 6-1 ruling Thursday, the high court said excluding the evidence in Sokha Tim's case would ultimately harm the reputation of the criminal justice system.

  Crime

  Apr 14
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• Watchdog report opens door to possible charges against Port Moody police officer

  B.C.'s police watchdog has filed a report for consideration of charges, saying a Port Moody officer may have committed an offence while making an arrest.

  Crime

  Apr 8