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William Trowell took the stand at the Rossland Courthouse on Jan. 4. Photo: Sheri Regnier

B.C. security firm owner denies sexual relationship with minor

Public safety official William Trowell takes the stand in Castlegar child sex assault trial

William Trowell took the stand at the Rossland Courthouse on Jan. 4. Photo: Sheri Regnier
The courthouse in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file photo)

B.C. man ‘possessed by demon’ sentenced for stabbing seniors

Anthony Rouskov Nielsen will serve concurrent 5 1/2-year sentences for hallucination-fuelled attacks

The courthouse in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file photo)
The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, November 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Threats to Ibrahim Ali’s lawyers spur court safety concerns in B.C.

Lawyer associations say it’s important not to equate a defence lawyer with the client they represent

The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, November 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
David Lindsay (right) and two of his supporters outside the Kelowna Courthouse on March 1, 2023. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Kelowna lockdown protester, ‘freedom fighter’ found guilty of assault

David Lindsay was trying to gain entry to a building despite being banned

David Lindsay (right) and two of his supporters outside the Kelowna Courthouse on March 1, 2023. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, November 23, 2023. Leonard Marchand has been appointed as the new chief justice of the B.C. and Yukon Courts of Appeal in what the B.C. attorney general calls “a historic appointment.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Trudeau names 1st Indigenous person as B.C.’s chief justice

Syilx Okanagan Nation’s Leonard Marchand replaces Robert J. Bauman, who retired in October

The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, November 23, 2023. Leonard Marchand has been appointed as the new chief justice of the B.C. and Yukon Courts of Appeal in what the B.C. attorney general calls “a historic appointment.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Three Trail firefighters have been charged after an alleged assault on a man back in April 2023. Pictured, a Kootenay Boundary Fire and Rescue helmet. (File photo)

3 firefighters accused of assaulting homeless man in Trail

One of the men, Gregory Ferraby, is also charged with uttering threats in another incident

Three Trail firefighters have been charged after an alleged assault on a man back in April 2023. Pictured, a Kootenay Boundary Fire and Rescue helmet. (File photo)
Protestors run to the back of the farm at Abbotsford’s Excelsior Hog Farm on Sunday morning. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)

Awaiting decision on appeal for re-trial of convicted B.C. hog farm activists

Activists Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer filed the appeal in April 2022

Protestors run to the back of the farm at Abbotsford’s Excelsior Hog Farm on Sunday morning. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)
Cameron Jay Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence official charged with breaching Canada’s secrets law, arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. A Crown prosecutor says the former RCMP official’s excuse for leaking secret information is flawed and should not be believed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Former RCMP official’s rationale for disclosing secrets can’t be believed: Crown

Ortis has pleaded not guilty to violating the Security of Information Act by revealing secrets

Cameron Jay Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence official charged with breaching Canada’s secrets law, arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. A Crown prosecutor says the former RCMP official’s excuse for leaking secret information is flawed and should not be believed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Former trustee Barry Neufeld heading to court in defamation lawsuit starting Nov. 14, for calling trustee Carin Bondar a ‘striptease artist.’ (Chilliwack Progress file)

Ex-Chilliwack trustee Barry Neufeld in court for ‘striptease’ remark

Former trustee asking for financial support from SOGI opponents as defamation case starts

Former trustee Barry Neufeld heading to court in defamation lawsuit starting Nov. 14, for calling trustee Carin Bondar a ‘striptease artist.’ (Chilliwack Progress file)
Seen through a police vehicle window, Peter Nygard arrives to a Courthouse in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, to attend his trial, accused of five counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement in alleged incidents ranging from the 1980s to mid-2000s. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Peter Nygard found guilty of 4 sexual assault charges, acquitted on 2 others

82-year-old still faces separate criminal charges in Quebec, Manitoba and the U.S.

Seen through a police vehicle window, Peter Nygard arrives to a Courthouse in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, to attend his trial, accused of five counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement in alleged incidents ranging from the 1980s to mid-2000s. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Ryan Millar used a recurve bow and crossbow to shoot a black bear cub and sow in October, 2021. Millar tried to hide the carcasses but was seen by witnesses who took video of the incident. (Conservation Officer Service photo)

B.C. man gets 30 days in jail and $11K fine for killing bear cub and sow

Conservation Officer Services calls Tofino decision “precedent setting”

Ryan Millar used a recurve bow and crossbow to shoot a black bear cub and sow in October, 2021. Millar tried to hide the carcasses but was seen by witnesses who took video of the incident. (Conservation Officer Service photo)
A commotion took place at the Castlegar Courthouse on Tuesday, Oct. 31. File photo

‘What say ye?’: B.C. man crafts florid narrative around contempt of court

Castlegar trial for charges of escaping custody, assaulting officer takes a rather ostentatious turn

A commotion took place at the Castlegar Courthouse on Tuesday, Oct. 31. File photo
Chris Barber arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. The testimony of police liaison officers is set to continue in the trial of two high-profile “Freedom Convoy” organizers today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Protesters didn’t say they joined convoy due to organizers’ influence, officer agrees

Acting Sgt. Jordan Blonde described Barber as polite and respectful

Chris Barber arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. The testimony of police liaison officers is set to continue in the trial of two high-profile “Freedom Convoy” organizers today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
From left to right, Ashley Simpson’s mother Cindy, father John, sister Amanda Langlois, cousin Bobbie-Lynn McGean gather outside the Salmon Arm Law Courts on Oct. 30 after Derek Favell pleads guilty to killing Ashley Simpson. (Martha Wickett photo)

Family of murdered Shuswap woman finds closure, relief in guilty plea

Derek Favell pleads guilty in 2016 death of Ashley Simpson on what was to be day one of his trial

  • Oct 31, 2023
From left to right, Ashley Simpson’s mother Cindy, father John, sister Amanda Langlois, cousin Bobbie-Lynn McGean gather outside the Salmon Arm Law Courts on Oct. 30 after Derek Favell pleads guilty to killing Ashley Simpson. (Martha Wickett photo)
(Mark Koochin/Porter Ramsay LLP)

Kelowna lawyer under investigation for allegedly coaching client under oath

The Law Society of B.C. is investigating Mark Koochin from Porter Ramsay for allegations of coaching, counselling

(Mark Koochin/Porter Ramsay LLP)
A B.C. man has been sentenced to 6.5 years in a jail after an investigation into sexual exploitation that began more than three years ago. (Credit: Pixabay)

B.C. man sentenced to 6.5 years over sexual exploitation, child porn charges

New Westminster man pled guilty to sexual exploitation, making child pornography in October

A B.C. man has been sentenced to 6.5 years in a jail after an investigation into sexual exploitation that began more than three years ago. (Credit: Pixabay)
Edmonton Law Courts are shown in Edmonton on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. An Alberta judge has dismissed an Edmonton law student’s challenge to the legal profession’s mandatory Oath of Allegiance to the monarch. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Alberta court rejects law student’s challenge to Oath of Allegiance to monarchy

Wirring, who is an Amritkhari Sikh, said he is only allowed to pledge allegiance to a divine being in the Sikh tradition

Edmonton Law Courts are shown in Edmonton on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. An Alberta judge has dismissed an Edmonton law student’s challenge to the legal profession’s mandatory Oath of Allegiance to the monarch. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
FILE - Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot, left, is driven in a police vehicle from a maximum-security prison to an airport to be extradited to the U.S., on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Court records filed Friday, Oct. 13, indicate Van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, intends to plead guilty in a federal case accusing him of trying to extort money from the missing teen’s mother. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Suspect in Holloway disappearance to appear in federal court for extortion case; plea deal possible

An attorney for the mother of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, who disappeared…

FILE - Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot, left, is driven in a police vehicle from a maximum-security prison to an airport to be extradited to the U.S., on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Court records filed Friday, Oct. 13, indicate Van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, intends to plead guilty in a federal case accusing him of trying to extort money from the missing teen’s mother. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)
Police officers patrol on foot along Albert Street as a protest against COVID-19 restrictions marked by gridlock and the sound of truck horns reached its 14th day, in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. The court is expected to hear from Ottawa locals who lived in the midst of the “Freedom Convoy” trial as part of the criminal trial of two of the protest organizers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

‘It was intolerable’: Ottawa local testifies at trial of ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers

Vivian Leir is one of 5 residents expected to testify in trial of organizers Tamara Lich, Chris Barber

Police officers patrol on foot along Albert Street as a protest against COVID-19 restrictions marked by gridlock and the sound of truck horns reached its 14th day, in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. The court is expected to hear from Ottawa locals who lived in the midst of the “Freedom Convoy” trial as part of the criminal trial of two of the protest organizers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Lawrence Jewsbury has been taken to court for work that was paid for and never completed. (Pixabay)

30 suits in 5 years, Okanagan contractor owes thousands of dollars

Lawrence Jewsbury has been sued several times

  • Oct 6, 2023
Lawrence Jewsbury has been taken to court for work that was paid for and never completed. (Pixabay)