Tag Archives: Crime & Courts

NANAIMO - A BC Supreme Court justice ruled a City of Courtenay handrail could have been safe if it was used as intended.The province's high court tossed out a claim from Christopher Slater, who sought...

NANAIMO - Astute observations and a stroke of luck are primarily responsible for catching a man, well-known to police, red-handed.In the early morning hours of Friday, Aug. 20, a catalytic converter w...

PARKSVILLE - A woman is facing several driving infractions, but she could be in a much worse position if not for a fast-thinking traffic patrol officer.Cpl. Mike Halskov of BC Highway Patrol said thei...

PRINCE GEORGE - With help from the public the BC Conservation Officer Service discovered a dead black bear in the Nechako River last week near Cottonwood Island.An investigation was immediately launch...

NANAIMO - A man busted with a substantial child porn haul will serve his sentence at home as opposed to behind bars.Tori Bruce Schild, 31, was sentenced on Monday, Aug. 23 to one year of house arrest ...

UPDATE (1:25 p.m.): Prince George RCMP say statements from witnesses indicate that a single male youth was the target of the bear spray attack.RCMP say officers located and arrested an 18-year-old mal...

NANAIMO - New Year's Day was far from a leisurely stroll in the woods for two women approached by a drunken off-duty soldier.Brodie William Tyrrell Smith, 24, pleaded guilty to a downgraded charge of ...

PRINCE GEORGE - The ongoing issues of petty crime in the downtown has the Prince George Business Owners Advocacy Group at wit's end. John Zukowski with the group recounts the repeated message from the...

PRINCE GEORGE - In an open letter from the First Nations Leadership Council, which was posted on Friday. They call for justice in the death of Christin West, who was found murdered in her apartment on...

VANDERHOOF - Vanderhoof RCMP are still searching for a woman seen with a weapon.A resident contacted RCMP Monday (Aug. 9) morning after observing a woman walking westbound on Riverview Drive with a we...