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A truck convoy of anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators block the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. Jurors at the trial of two men charged with conspiracy to commit murder at the Coutts, Alta., border blockade two years ago will get to hear their first full day of evidence today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Legal arguments delay evidence before jury at conspiracy to commit murder trial

Anthony Olienick, Chris Carbert were arrested after RCMP found a cache of guns, body armour and ammunition

 

Jury selection is scheduled for two men charged with conspiracy to commit murder at a 2022 border protest at Coutts, Alta. Weapons and ammunition seized by the RCMP are shown in a 2022 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - RCMP, *MANDATORY CREDIT*

Prospective juror with pictures of Coutts accused on T-shirt excused from panel

It was jury selection in the trial of 2 men charged with conspiracy to commit murder of police officers

 

Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer are appealing their sentences in relation to a protest in April 2019 at an Abbotsford hog farm. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)

Two Abbotsford hog-farm protesters to appeal sentence

Hearing takes place Friday for Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer

 

Karen Read listens to testimony during her trial at Norfolk County Superior Court, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. Read, 44, is accused of running into her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV in the middle of a nor’easter and leaving him for dead after a night of heavy drinking. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)

A murderous romance or frame job? Things to know about Boston’s Karen Read murder trial

John O’Keefe died in the Boston suburb of Canton on Jan. 29, 2022

Karen Read listens to testimony during her trial at Norfolk County Superior Court, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Dedham, Mass. Read, 44, is accused of running into her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV in the middle of a nor’easter and leaving him for dead after a night of heavy drinking. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)
“Freedom Convoy” organizer Pat King arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, Thursday, May 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Pat King boasted on social media about ‘Freedom Convoy’ jamming roads, court hears

Those videos were tendered as evidence in his criminal trial

“Freedom Convoy” organizer Pat King arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, Thursday, May 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
It was a heavy day for members of the Sikh community outside Surrey provincial court on Tuesday, May 7 during the court appearance for the three suspects charged in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. (Sobia Moman photo)

B.C. court appearance set for third suspect in killing of Nijjar

Kamalpreet Singh will appear in Surrey court on same day as other two suspects

It was a heavy day for members of the Sikh community outside Surrey provincial court on Tuesday, May 7 during the court appearance for the three suspects charged in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. (Sobia Moman photo)
A former Summerland Royal Bank employee pleaded guilty to fraud charges in Penticton court. (File photo)

Ex-Okanagan bank employee pleads guilty to defrauding customers

Sedawie was charged with six counts of fraud over $5,000 from 2011 to 2018

A former Summerland Royal Bank employee pleaded guilty to fraud charges in Penticton court. (File photo)
Randall Hopley is shown in an undated police handout photo. Hopley, a high-risk sex offender who went on the run for 10 days in Vancouver, has pleaded guilty to breaching his long-term supervision order. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Vancouver Police *MANDATORY CREDIT*

B.C. sex offender pleads guilty to breaching supervision order after manhunt

Hopley walked away from a halfway house in the Downtown Eastside after cutting off his ankle monitor

Randall Hopley is shown in an undated police handout photo. Hopley, a high-risk sex offender who went on the run for 10 days in Vancouver, has pleaded guilty to breaching his long-term supervision order. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Vancouver Police *MANDATORY CREDIT*
The scene outside the courthouse in Nanaimo after Angela (Rainbow Eyes) Davidson, Green Party of Canada deputy leader and Fairy Creek protester, was sentenced Wednesday, April 24. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Green Party deputy leader and Fairy Creek protester sentenced to jail time

Angela (Rainbow Eyes) Davidson sentenced April 24 in B.C. Supreme Court on Vancouver Island

The scene outside the courthouse in Nanaimo after Angela (Rainbow Eyes) Davidson, Green Party of Canada deputy leader and Fairy Creek protester, was sentenced Wednesday, April 24. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)
Man charged with shooting and killing Const. Rick O’Brien will next be in court on Tuesday, April 9. (The News files)

Man charged with killing of Ridge Meadows Mountie makes court appearance

Nicholas Bellemare appeared via video

Man charged with shooting and killing Const. Rick O’Brien will next be in court on Tuesday, April 9. (The News files)
Brian William Harold Chciuk and Keisha Mari McCrea pleaded not guilty to charges of failing to provide necessities of life in provincial court Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Black Press file photo)

B.C. couple plead not guilty to neglect charges 4 years after child’s death

Brian William Harold Chciuk and Keisha Mari McCrea are charged with failure to provide necessities of life

Brian William Harold Chciuk and Keisha Mari McCrea pleaded not guilty to charges of failing to provide necessities of life in provincial court Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Black Press file photo)
Jessie Simpson embraces his mom Sue. He was left with brain damage and in a wheelchair after being attacked with a baseball bat in 2016. (Sue Simpson)

B.C. baseball bat attack victim’s mom still fighting for what he’s owed

Sue Simpson continues court battle to claim civil suit award as son Jessie’s memory slowly returns

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Jessie Simpson embraces his mom Sue. He was left with brain damage and in a wheelchair after being attacked with a baseball bat in 2016. (Sue Simpson)
Paris Laroche’s defence lawyer presented self-defence arguments at her trial in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Monday, Feb. 12. (News Bulletin file)

Strangled cat, pattern of abuse cited by defence in B.C. murder case

Paris Laroche charged in the Nanaimo killing and dismemberment of her ex-boyfriend

Paris Laroche’s defence lawyer presented self-defence arguments at her trial in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Monday, Feb. 12. (News Bulletin file)
A Federal Court judge has set aside a decision to grant refugee status to an American transgender woman, sending her application back to an appeal panel for redetermination. A rainbow flag is seen at Toronto City Hall in Toronto on Tuesday, May 31, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Eduardo Lima

Judge sets aside ruling that granted U.S. trans woman’s refugee status in Canada

Bloodworth applied for refugee protection in Canada over fears of transphobic persecution by U.S. society

A Federal Court judge has set aside a decision to grant refugee status to an American transgender woman, sending her application back to an appeal panel for redetermination. A rainbow flag is seen at Toronto City Hall in Toronto on Tuesday, May 31, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Eduardo Lima
Supt. Rob Lasson, RCMP Major Crime Services, speaks to media regarding the arrest of Kevin Charles Queau in the 2007 killing of Crystal Saunders at Manitoba RCMP headquarters in Winnipeg, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski

B.C. man accused of killing Manitoba woman in 2007 had violent past: document

In 2015, Queau was sentenced to 5 years in prison for the attacks on the 2 women

Supt. Rob Lasson, RCMP Major Crime Services, speaks to media regarding the arrest of Kevin Charles Queau in the 2007 killing of Crystal Saunders at Manitoba RCMP headquarters in Winnipeg, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
Premier David Eby speaks during a press conference in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, October 5, 2023. British Columbia Premier David Eby says he was “profoundly disturbed” to hear that a provincial Crown prosecutor was assaulted in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Eby ‘profoundly disturbed’ by attack on B.C. Crown prosecutor near courthouse

Eby says he’s been told the woman is receiving medical care

Premier David Eby speaks during a press conference in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, October 5, 2023. British Columbia Premier David Eby says he was “profoundly disturbed” to hear that a provincial Crown prosecutor was assaulted in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Meaz Nour-Eldin, who was once wanted on a Canada-wide warrant, has been sentenced to six years in a human trafficking case that involved a 15-year-old girl. (File photo: Lauren Collins)

B.C. man sentenced to 6 years for trafficking 15-year-old girl

Meaz Nour-Eldin has also been the subject of an unresolved Canada-wide warrant for kidnapping

Meaz Nour-Eldin, who was once wanted on a Canada-wide warrant, has been sentenced to six years in a human trafficking case that involved a 15-year-old girl. (File photo: Lauren Collins)
A Nanaimo woman accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend is on trial this week at the courthouse in Vancouver. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Trial starts for B.C. woman accused of murdering, dismembering ex-boyfriend

Nanaimo’s Paris Laroche on trial in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver

A Nanaimo woman accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend is on trial this week at the courthouse in Vancouver. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)
A man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting five women in Calgary is to have a French-language trial, which is relatively uncommon in the Alberta Court of Justice but legally required if requested. The sign at the Calgary Courts Centre in Calgary is shown on Jan. 5, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Graveland

French-language trial to be held in Alberta not ‘particularly common’

The right to a trial in French is guaranteed under Canada’s Criminal Code

A man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting five women in Calgary is to have a French-language trial, which is relatively uncommon in the Alberta Court of Justice but legally required if requested. The sign at the Calgary Courts Centre in Calgary is shown on Jan. 5, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Graveland
Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer spoke outside the Abbotsford Law Courts on Oct. 12, 2022 prior to their sentencing. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)

Guilty verdicts stand for 2 Abbotsford hog-farm protesters

Amy Soranno and Nick Schafter now plan to appeal 30-day sentence

Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer spoke outside the Abbotsford Law Courts on Oct. 12, 2022 prior to their sentencing. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)