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“The ministry is going out with a consultation on the act itself to stakeholders and most of that will be done going into this fall,” said Christine Adam, associate vice-president and dean of students at TRU.

The incident occurred while the man was being lodged in a cell at the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment in November 2021

In his sentencing decision, judge notes that Jason Zerbin was in a position of trust at the time of the offence and the teenage victim — a member of his congregation — was living far from home.

The defence lawyer said the man threw water on his sister when he found her in his room with an electrician.

"I developed a crush on him but I closed that door due to our religious differences, so I crushed in silence for three years."

A Carleton University PhD candidate, originally from Prince George, is examining people's experiences with B.C.’s Youth Criminal Justice Act

A “dispatcher” would appraise stolen items over the phone and provide a value in drugs, and arrange for the exchange.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

Electricity demand of expanded Tilbury Island LNG plant equal to one-quarter of Site C dam

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government's outdated practice of granting mineral claims without Indigenous consent is a "continuation of the Crown's efforts the dismantle Gitxaala's society," a lawyer for the First Nation told a court.