Profile for Roxanne Egan-Elliott

Man who drove wrong way on Nanaimo Parkway, causing fatal crash, dies in custody

Michael Allison Rennie has been charged with criminal negligence causing death in the July 2023 crash that killed Reid Davidson

Apr 30, 2025 5:00 AM Read more >

Critic seeks answers after Port Alberni teen dies while in care of group home

Chantelle Williams, an Indigenous 18-year-old, died on Jan. 28 after being found unresponsive only a few blocks from the group home where she was living in Port Alberni

Mar 27, 2025 5:45 AM Read more >

Tofino man killed victim after they met up through dating app: Crown

Luke Priddle is accused of the second-degree murder of 47-year-old Mathew Phillips on Dec. 28, 2020, as well as robbing Phillips and stealing his car

Mar 26, 2025 4:45 AM Read more >

Appeal court finds Campbell River man's rights not breached by use of police dog in arrest

The court ruled Preston Hale Jaramillo’s rights were not violated and restored his sentence for firearms offences to four years

Mar 21, 2025 4:53 AM Read more >

Victoria firm wins appeal of federal fine for dropping worker’s wage

Northern Tropic Homes Ltd. says it temporarily dropped the man’s hourly wage to $24 from $30 because he had misrepresented his carpentry skills and required considerable training

Mar 20, 2025 5:00 AM Read more >

Day parole extended for man who killed real estate agent in Duncan in 1980

Kelly James Toop is serving a life sentence for the murder of Suzanna Seto, a 29-year-old Vancouver real estate appraiser, and the rape and attempted murder of another young woman in Williams Lake

Mar 19, 2025 4:28 AM Read more >

Langford man not criminally responsible for mom's murder; victim's brother blames mental-health system

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Power found Ryan Elder, 30, killed Raymonde Elder in a schizophrenia-induced psychosis

Mar 12, 2025 12:55 PM Read more >

Trying to disintegrate strangers' tights with cleaning product not sexual assault: judge

Sean James O’Reilly was found guilty of seven counts of assault related to incidents near the Bay Centre in downtown Victoria

Feb 26, 2025 2:38 AM Read more >

'Utter lack of remorse': Man sentenced for exploitation, sexual assault of teen sisters

Peter John Hooper’s pattern of befriending vulnerable girls, using illicit drugs with them and sexually abusing them points to the need for a lengthy prison sentence to protect the public, the judge said.

Feb 25, 2025 5:00 AM Read more >

Nanaimo man gets three years for violent sexual assault of teen

Warning: This story contains disturbing details of a sexual assault.

Feb 21, 2025 12:21 AM Read more >

Roxanne Egan-Elliott

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