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The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is investigating a murder that occurred at a residence on the UBC Endowment Lands on March 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke

Woman murdered near UBC, 2 people arrested: IHIT

Homicide team says adult woman was found at residence on University Endowment Lands

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is investigating a murder that occurred at a residence on the UBC Endowment Lands on March 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke
Lily Gladstone as Cam Bentland in ‘Under the Bridge,’ which follows the 1997 murder of a Saanich teen. (Under the Bridge Hulu/Instagram)

Trailer offers 1st peek at Hulu series on murder of B.C. teen Reena Virk

‘Under the Bridge’ is based on a book about the 1997 killing of Reena Virk by her peers

Lily Gladstone as Cam Bentland in ‘Under the Bridge,’ which follows the 1997 murder of a Saanich teen. (Under the Bridge Hulu/Instagram)
Flowers sit at the scene of a homicide where six people were found dead in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa on March 7. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Community members mourn 6 victims of Ottawa mass stabbing at sombre vigil

Dhanushka Wickramasinghe, the children’s father, was the sole survivor

Flowers sit at the scene of a homicide where six people were found dead in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa on March 7. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Flowers sit at the scene of a homicide where six people were found dead in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa on Thursday, March 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Victims threw birthday party for accused killer in Ottawa mass stabbing

Mom, 4 kids, family friend all killed in gruesome incident in family home

Flowers sit at the scene of a homicide where six people were found dead in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa on Thursday, March 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
A police officer and a member of the coroner’s office talk at the scene of a homicide where six people were found dead in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa on Thursday, March 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Live-in international student facing 6 murder charges in Ottawa mass killing

Mom, 4 kids, family friend killed, father injured in gruesome attack at Ottawa home

A police officer and a member of the coroner’s office talk at the scene of a homicide where six people were found dead in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa on Thursday, March 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
There was a heavy police presence at the Sicamous Best Western Saturday evening, Feb. 24, as officers investigated a homicide, with Forensic Identification Services and Kelowna Major Crimes on scene as well. (Heather Black/Eagle Valley News)

RCMP searching for luxury SUV seen fleeing Sicamous hotel murder scene

One man was shot to death in the parking lot of Sicamous Best Western on Feb. 24

There was a heavy police presence at the Sicamous Best Western Saturday evening, Feb. 24, as officers investigated a homicide, with Forensic Identification Services and Kelowna Major Crimes on scene as well. (Heather Black/Eagle Valley News)
Willy Bartz (front left) was killed in Vernon in 2017. Here he is pictured with his father Zeke Bartz (front right), his aunt Mildred Davis (back right) and Mildred’s daughter, Terri Lynn Davis. The accused in Willy’s murder, Richard Fairgrieve, died in custody on the weekend of Feb. 17, 2024. (Submitted photo)

‘He can’t hurt anybody else’: Accused in B.C. murder case dies in custody

Teresa Bartz, sister of murdered Willy Bartz, is feeling relieved after seven years of court proceedings

Willy Bartz (front left) was killed in Vernon in 2017. Here he is pictured with his father Zeke Bartz (front right), his aunt Mildred Davis (back right) and Mildred’s daughter, Terri Lynn Davis. The accused in Willy’s murder, Richard Fairgrieve, died in custody on the weekend of Feb. 17, 2024. (Submitted photo)
Paula Deschamps and her son Justin. (Special to the Langley Advance Times)

Convicted killer receives major inheritance from late Aldergrove boss

The son of a woman killed by William McSpadden was shocked to hear the news

Paula Deschamps and her son Justin. (Special to the Langley Advance Times)
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)

WestJet agrees to rebook flights for family of Salmon Arm murder victim

Family will be able to attend the sentencing hearing for man charged with killing Ashley Simpson

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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)
Colleen Findlay’s killer, Jeremy Wade Vojkovic, has been allowed a unescorted temporary absence from prison, to attend a Vancouver Island facility. (Pixabay)

Convicted murderer of Maple Ridge mom granted leave to treatment centre

Teen killer, now 37, gets unescorted temporary absence on Vancouver Island

Colleen Findlay’s killer, Jeremy Wade Vojkovic, has been allowed a unescorted temporary absence from prison, to attend a Vancouver Island facility. (Pixabay)
Inspector Tim Arseneault, operations officer, RCMP major crime services speaks to the media about an ongoing investigation in Winnipeg on Sunday, February 11, 2024. RCMP say they are investigating the suspicious deaths of three children and two women in southern Manitoba. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski

Manitoba man charged in deaths of 5 family members

Ryan Howard Manoakeesick in custody, wife, niece, 3 young children found dead in multiple locations

Inspector Tim Arseneault, operations officer, RCMP major crime services speaks to the media about an ongoing investigation in Winnipeg on Sunday, February 11, 2024. RCMP say they are investigating the suspicious deaths of three children and two women in southern Manitoba. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
FILE - Brian Steven Smith sits in a courtroom in Anchorage, Alaska, Oct. 21, 2019. The double murder trial of Smith, a South Africa native accused of killing two Alaska Native women will begin this week, more than four years after a woman provided police with a digital memory card that authorities said contained images and video of one of the killings. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

A woman stole a memory card. The footage is now key to an Alaska murder trial

‘In my movies, everybody always dies,’ says a voice in one of the videos

FILE - Brian Steven Smith sits in a courtroom in Anchorage, Alaska, Oct. 21, 2019. The double murder trial of Smith, a South Africa native accused of killing two Alaska Native women will begin this week, more than four years after a woman provided police with a digital memory card that authorities said contained images and video of one of the killings. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
Members of the Hells Angels arrive at a property in Langley, B.C., on July 25, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. Hells Angel charged in plot to assassinate Iranian dissidents

U.S. Justice Department says global assassination network operating on behest of Iran

Members of the Hells Angels arrive at a property in Langley, B.C., on July 25, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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‘We need justice’: Family of murdered B.C. woman pleads for witnesses

Body of Aisha Harouya, 21, was found in a Surrey parking lot in 2022

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One of the many signs calling for justice and change at a walk for Roxanne Louie, who was murdered in 2015. Her murderer was recently granted day parole, to the frustration and anger of Louie’s family and the Indigenous communities of the South Okanagan. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)

‘Enough is enough’: Okanagan Indigenous community push back on murderer’s parole

Grace Robotti received day parole seven years into her life sentence

One of the many signs calling for justice and change at a walk for Roxanne Louie, who was murdered in 2015. Her murderer was recently granted day parole, to the frustration and anger of Louie’s family and the Indigenous communities of the South Okanagan. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)
<div>Police have charged the estranged husband of a woman from Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula with first-degree murder in a case that stretches back seven years. The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</div>

Estranged spouse charged with murder of Newfoundland woman 7 years after death

Jennifer Hillier-Penney disappeared on Nov. 30, 2016, in St. Anthony, N.L.

<div>Police have charged the estranged husband of a woman from Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula with first-degree murder in a case that stretches back seven years. The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police “E” Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</div>
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)
<div>The jury in a British Columbia Supreme Court murder trial has been told that an expert witness didn’t finish her testimony because she was dead. Media wait outside B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, June 2, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</div>

Ali trial in killing of B.C. teen resumes after lengthy break

Jury in B.C. Supreme Court murder trial told witness died before finishing testimony

<div>The jury in a British Columbia Supreme Court murder trial has been told that an expert witness didn’t finish her testimony because she was dead. Media wait outside B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, June 2, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck</div>
Kelowna Courthouse (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Trial underway in case of man found murdered and mutilated in Kelowna

A Kelowna woman was the first to call 911 after finding her husband’s body

Kelowna Courthouse (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
Kelowna Courthouse (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

2 murder confessions cannot be used as evidence in Kelowna trial: Justice

A Kelowna woman told police that she was forced to act after being sexually assaulted

Kelowna Courthouse (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)