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A Vancouver Island People’s Party of Canada candidate who ran against Elizabeth May in the last federal election must stop self-describing as an “engineer,” a B.C. judge ruled earlier this month. People’s Party of Canada buttons are shown at the PPC National Conference in Gatineau, Que., Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

People’s Party candidate must stop using ‘engineer,’ B.C. Supreme Court rules

David Hilderman has a Bachelor of Applied Sciences, but is not a registered engineer, judge finds

A Vancouver Island People’s Party of Canada candidate who ran against Elizabeth May in the last federal election must stop self-describing as an “engineer,” a B.C. judge ruled earlier this month. People’s Party of Canada buttons are shown at the PPC National Conference in Gatineau, Que., Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
BC Supreme Court in New Westminster. (Black Press Media files)

Judge jails drug dealer who crashed into ambulance in Langley

14 months for drug crimes, plus time for hit and run offence

BC Supreme Court in New Westminster. (Black Press Media files)
BC Supreme Court in New Westminster. (Black Press Media files)

Delays dogged Langley manslaughter case’s progress through courts

Change of lawyers held up case by a full year

BC Supreme Court in New Westminster. (Black Press Media files)
Robert Macaskill was sentenced to four years in jail on Nov. 14 for aggravated assault. (RCMP Crime Stoppers photo)

B.C. man gets 4 years for ‘unprovoked’ assault on squatter with a metal pipe

‘Violent’ nature of assault an aggravating factor, judge wrote in reasons for sentence

Robert Macaskill was sentenced to four years in jail on Nov. 14 for aggravated assault. (RCMP Crime Stoppers photo)
A Sycamore Road home in Kelowna cordoned off as police conduct an investigation after a man was found dead at the residence on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (Aaron Hemens/Capital News)

Psych assessment ordered for B.C. woman accused of murder, mutilation

Gabriella Sears fired and hired a new lawyer mid-trial in Kelowna, causing delays

A Sycamore Road home in Kelowna cordoned off as police conduct an investigation after a man was found dead at the residence on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (Aaron Hemens/Capital News)
UBAKA Kelowna. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

‘Indescribable horror:’ Kelowna court hears infant sexually abused by father

Members of Urban Bulldogs Against Kid Abuse filled the courtroom to support the survivors of abuse

UBAKA Kelowna. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
Carin Bondar (Photo: Chilliwack School District); and Barry Neufeld (Photo: Facebook).

B.C. school trustee ‘striptease artist’ defamation suit wraps up in Chilliwack

Current trustee alleges she was defamed when now former trustee called her ‘striptease artist’

Carin Bondar (Photo: Chilliwack School District); and Barry Neufeld (Photo: Facebook).
A defamation trial between Carin Bondar and Barry Neufeld began Nov. 14 in Chilliwack Law Courts. (Cliff MacArthur/provincialcourt.bc.ca)

Defamation trial of ex-school trustee Barry Neufeld opens in Chilliwack

‘Striptease artist’ remark was ‘false, injurious and not defensible as fair comment,’ says lawyer

A defamation trial between Carin Bondar and Barry Neufeld began Nov. 14 in Chilliwack Law Courts. (Cliff MacArthur/provincialcourt.bc.ca)
A Sycamore Road home in Kelowna cordoned off as police conduct an investigation after a man was found dead at the residence on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (Aaron Hemens/Capital News)

Kelowna woman accused of murder, mutilation fires lawyers mid-trial

Gabriella Sears is charged with second degree murder and interference with human remains

A Sycamore Road home in Kelowna cordoned off as police conduct an investigation after a man was found dead at the residence on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (Aaron Hemens/Capital News)
Campbell River, B.C., Courthouse. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror

B.C. man gets 4 years in highway crash that killed 2 American tourists

Guilty of dangerous driving causing the death in 2019 collision on Highway 19 near Campbell River

Campbell River, B.C., Courthouse. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror
BC Supreme Court in New Westminster. (Black Press Media files)

Driver not liable after pedestrian struck in Langley: judge

Victim was walking in the road on rainy night

BC Supreme Court in New Westminster. (Black Press Media files)
BC Supreme Court in New Westminster. (Black Press Media files)

Gun charges dropped after Charter challenge in Langley domestic violence case

Police found loaded rifle, pistol in home of man with lengthy criminal record

BC Supreme Court in New Westminster. (Black Press Media files)
A battle between rival traffic control and flagging firms led to a $1.5 million defamation judgment against a Langley-based company’s former executives. (Image from Pixabay)

$1.5 million damages in defamation suit against Langley traffic control firm

Fake articles made wild accusations about one firm’s owner

A battle between rival traffic control and flagging firms led to a $1.5 million defamation judgment against a Langley-based company’s former executives. (Image from Pixabay)
Kelly Glen Isbister pleaded guilty July 31 to a charge of possession of child pornography. (Langley Advance Times files)

Aldergrove man pleads guilty to child porn charge on first day of trial

Kelly Glen Isbister was previously convicted of sexual offences against teens

Kelly Glen Isbister pleaded guilty July 31 to a charge of possession of child pornography. (Langley Advance Times files)
Kelly Glen Isbister is a convicted child molester now facing new charges of possession of child pornography. (Langley Advance Times files)

Child porn trial begins for Aldergrove man

Kelly Glen Isbister was charged following an investigation that began in 2019

Kelly Glen Isbister is a convicted child molester now facing new charges of possession of child pornography. (Langley Advance Times files)
(Vladvictoria/Pixabay.com)

6 years later: Public inquest into death of woman scheduled for Kelowna

Heather Louise Cote died in 2017, while in custody of Merritt police

(Vladvictoria/Pixabay.com)
A new report compiled for the provincial government details a shortage of sheriffs across B.C., resulting in court closures and delays. (Photo: Province of B.C.)

B.C. sheriff shortage results in court closures and delays, says leaked report

Low pay and benefits listed as main issue affecting retention and recruitment

A new report compiled for the provincial government details a shortage of sheriffs across B.C., resulting in court closures and delays. (Photo: Province of B.C.)
Richard William Fairgrieve has again been found unfit to stand trial in relation to the death of Willy Bartz in 2017. The decision on Fairgrieve’s fitness was made in BC Supreme Court in Vernon Tuesday, June 20, 2023. (Caitlin Clow - Morning Star)

Accused in 2017 Vernon, B.C. murder deemed unfit for trial, again

Richard William Fairgrieve was charged with second degree murder in the death of Willy Bartz

Richard William Fairgrieve has again been found unfit to stand trial in relation to the death of Willy Bartz in 2017. The decision on Fairgrieve’s fitness was made in BC Supreme Court in Vernon Tuesday, June 20, 2023. (Caitlin Clow - Morning Star)
Matthew Soper’s mugshot when he was one of Surrey’s most wanted car thieves in 2015. Soper was recently acquitted of 11 criminal charges because of a bad warrant. (Surrey RCMP)

Accused car thief acquitted on 11 charges due to bad warrant

Judge ruled inaccuracies in warrant were a breach of Charter rights

Matthew Soper’s mugshot when he was one of Surrey’s most wanted car thieves in 2015. Soper was recently acquitted of 11 criminal charges because of a bad warrant. (Surrey RCMP)
S/Sgt. Damian Volk, then a constable, was serving with the Emergency Response Team in 2012. (Black Press Media files)

Senior Langley RCMP officer charged with two assaults

Alleged incidents involved two suspects in 2020

S/Sgt. Damian Volk, then a constable, was serving with the Emergency Response Team in 2012. (Black Press Media files)