Ladysmith

• Police try to find child they believe was sexually assaulted in Edmonton area or on Vancouver Island

  ALERT said it was looking to identify a young child who investigators believe was sexually assaulted.

  Crime

  Sep 21, 2023
  
• Hit-and-run driver given 6 years for crash that claimed life of Ladysmith mother

  With credit for six months and 15 days of time already spent in custody, Steven Roderick Knowles is serving a sentence of five years, five months and 15 days.

  Crime

  May 28, 2023
  
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• ‘Unlike learning about other histories’: Stz’uminus youth collaborate on new B.C. exhibit

  Isaiah Harris said he grew up hearing his nation's oral and creation stories, but was also enchanted by European medieval history as a teenager.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2022
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• B.C. municipal election 2022: Ladysmith results

  Ladysmith residents went to the polls on Oct. 15 to vote for a new council in the 2022 B.C. municipal election.

  Politics

  Sep 18, 2022
• Wildfire burning near Ladysmith, B.C. now being held

  On Sunday, wildfire officials said 'significant portions' of the fire on Vancouver Island had burned to firefighters' control lines and been contained.

  Environment

  Aug 22, 2021
• Wildfire burning near Ladysmith, B.C. grows to 70 hectares overnight

  A FortisBC property near the fire has been ordered to evacuate, while 20 nearby residential properties have been placed under an evacuation alert.

  Environment

  Aug 20, 2021
• Wildfire burning 4.5 km from Ladysmith, B.C. grows to 20 hectares

  The fire was burning west, away from Ladysmith and no structures were immediately threatened, but crews were on alert due to its proximity to the city.

  Fire

  Aug 19, 2021
• ‘Carnage absolutely everywhere’: Witnesses describe site of fatal B.C. hit-and-run crash

  The suspect allegedly fled the site of the crash on foot and managed to steal another vehicle, police said. He remains at large.

  News

  Aug 31, 2020
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• Hit-and-run driver stole vehicle to flee fatal Vancouver Island crash site, police say

  Police believe the driver stole another vehicle to escape.

  Crime

  Aug 29, 2020
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• Man charged in 2018 crash that killed retired Abbotsford police sergeant

  A B.C. man has been charged in connection with a crash that claimed the life of well-known retired Abbotsford police sergeant Shinder Kirk late last year.

  Crime

  Nov 23, 2019