Tag Archives: People
βItβs definitely precedent setting:β commercial prawn operator fined $250K
NANAIMO - Prawning in an environmentally sensitive area off the lower Sunshine Coast resulted in a heavy fine and fishing gear seizure against a Delta man. A recent provincial court sentencing hearing...
Feb 23, 2024
Parksville construction firm fined after issuing fake occupancy permits
NANAIMO - What's believed to be an unprecedented case of forgery in the mid-Island region involved a construction contractor issuing multiple fake occupancy permits for newly built homes. Don Ballard,...
Feb 20, 2024
Rural seniors face more challenges than their urban counterparts
PRINCE GEORGE - The Office of the Seniors Advocate, Isobel Mackenzie, was in Prince George for a town hall-style meeting the day after she released a report summarizing the disproportionate challenges...
Feb 16, 2024
Self-defence argument made in Nanaimo woman's first degree murder trial
Editor's Note: The following story contains graphic details of violence. Reader discretion is advised.VANCOUVER - Stating his client faced mounting abuse from her ex-boyfriend, the lawyer of accused m...
Feb 12, 2024
Nanaimo woman pleads not guilty to murdering & dismembering former boyfriend
VANCOUVER - A highly anticipated murder trial is underway in BC Supreme Court for a woman accused of killing her former boyfriend then dumping his body parts around Nanaimo.On Monday, Jan. 22 Paris Ja...
Jan 22, 2024
Local historian passes
PRINCE GEORGE - Long time architect and historian Trelle Morrow has passed away. He was noted for such facilities as Sacred Heart cathedral and a number of different buildings.Most recently, he was aw...
Jan 08, 2024
Seniors' organizations struggle without grant funding
PRINCE GEORGE - "I am pleased to give you a check for $3,500." It was a day of giving recently for the Prince George Community Foundation. The target this year is the six seniors centers in the city. ...
Dec 08, 2023
Man fined and banned from hunting after illegal killing of Roosevelt Elk near Chemainus
NANAIMO - The illegal capture and harvesting of a large elk proved costly for a Vancouver Island man.Kyle Emrys Watson-Harley was fined $5,100 and banned from hunting for two years following a sentenc...
Oct 18, 2023
WestJet plane hits parked military aircraft at Comox air base, passengers evacuated
COMOX - A WestJet flight bound for Edmonton didn't get off the ground as the 737 aircraft hit a parked military plane on the ramp of 19 Wing Comox.The incident happened on Wednesday, Aug. 9 during the...
Aug 09, 2023
Local golfer back on the course after horrific injury
PRINCE GEORGE - Getting back onto the golf course wasn't an easy journey for Hayden Prive after he was struck in the side of the head by a golf ball back in July 2022.The ball broke the young golfer's...
Jun 29, 2023