Tag Archives: Crime & Courts
Lawsuit filed by family of a B.C. man who died in a police confrontation
KAMLOOPS, , B.C. - A civil lawsuit has been filed in B.C. Supreme Court over the death of a man in Whistler, B.C., alleging four RCMP officers used excessive force when they tried to ta...
Jun 13, 2020
COVID forces changes as B.C. provincial courts reopen for trials
VANCOUVER - Provincial court trials in British Columbia will resume July 6 with numerous changes not only for health and safety reasons amid COVID-19, but to accelerate the court process.The provincia...
Jun 13, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Defunding police wouldn’t cure what ails them
BEING A COP these days must be a demoralizing job.You train to protect people, and each day on the job you try to do that. It's dangerous work. These days, though, you're accused of hurting people ins...
Jun 13, 2020
New video shows RCMP tackling, punching Alberta chief during arrest
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - New video has emerged of the violent arrest of a prominent chief of a northern Alberta First Nation. The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation says the RCMP dash-camera vid...
Jun 12, 2020
IIO investigating Lake Country incident involving RCMP
LAKE COUNTRY - B.C's police watchdog has been notified of an incident in the Lake Country area Wednesday morning (June 3), which hospitalized one man. The Independent Investigations Office of B.C (IIO...
Jun 06, 2020
Police renew call for information amid search for missing Kamloops man
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are once again asking for the public's help as they search for a man who has been missing for more than three months. In a release, Staff Sgt. Sascha Fesenko says 42-year-old ...
Jun 03, 2020
IIO called to investigate Williams Lake arrest
WILLIAMS LAKE - An investigation has begun to determine whether police acted appropriately to apprehend a man in Williams Lake. The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) is looking into the matter. ...
Jun 01, 2020
Alberta introduces bill to create own parole board
EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced a bill to create its own parole board.Premier Jason Kenney says it's time Alberta took more control over the process, and says the goal will be to staff the board wit...
Jun 01, 2020
Remains found near Quesnel confirmed to be those of missing man
QUESNEL - RCMP and the B.C Coroners Service have confirmed human remains found in the Quesnel area earlier this month were those of a man who had been reported missing. Louis Korkowski had been report...
May 23, 2020
Merritt RCMP investigating after Trans Mountain equipment vandalized
MERRITT - Police in Merritt are investigating after a piece of heavy equipment on a Trans Mountain project site was vandalized, and eventually burned beyond use. In a release, Cpl. Jesse O'Donaghey wi...
May 20, 2020
