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Man who pleaded guilty in connection with abduction, slaying of man in North...
A man who pleaded guilty in connection with the abduction and slaying of a male in North Vancouver, as well as an unrelated assault, was sentenced Friday to seven years in jail. The sentence imposed on...
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Victoria mom accused of murdering child can have spousal-support hearing: Court
The husband of a Victoria woman who is accused of murdering their toddler has lost a bid to have her application for spousal support thrown out of court. In April 2016, Kaela Janine Mehl was arrested...
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Province files defence in lawsuit that targets partisan political ads
The B.C. government is defending itself against a class-action lawsuit alleging it misspent millions on partisan political ads during the recent provincial election campaign. In a lawsuit filed in...
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Judge denies City of Vancouver application for injunction to remove tent city...
A judge has denied the City of Vancouver an application for an injunction to remove a homeless encampment on a city-owned lot on Main Street that has been vacant for nearly 20 years. In a ruling...
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Aunt of boy who spent a day tied to another boy at school files case
The great-aunt of a boy who spent a school day tied at the ankle to another student is going to court in a bid to overturn a decision by the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation to take no action...
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Man alleges that Vancouver police severely beat him during an arrest and then...
A man who was wanted by police alleges that he was severely beaten by a number of Vancouver cops as he was being arrested and that the officers covered up the assault. Kalman Hlavacs, who had a warrant...
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Richmond girl spirited away for protection after gangster dad received death...
A young Richmond girl was spirited away to Vancouver Island for protection after her gangster father and the family received death threats from two contract killers well known to police, according to a...
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Man who killed taxi passenger deserves 12 years no parole: Crown
A man who fatally stabbed a taxi passenger at a busy downtown Vancouver intersection should spend 12 years behind bars before being eligible to apply for parole, a prosecutor argued Tuesday. In...
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Vancouver leaseholders on Musqueam reserve lands win court fight against huge...
Dozens of residents who have been leasing property on the Musqueam reserve in Vancouver are breathing a sigh of relief after a judge accepted their court challenge to a massive increase in their rents....
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Two fentanyl traffickers sentenced to jail following Crown appeal
Two men who pleaded guilty to trafficking in fentanyl and cocaine have had their suspended sentences overturned and substituted with jail terms following an appeal by the Crown. The decision by a...
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Designation overturned for dangerous offender despite brutal assaults
A man who committed two brutal assaults in the Chilliwack area has had his dangerous offender designation and indeterminate jail sentence overturned on appeal. In May 2011, B.C. Supreme Court Justice...
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Court finds police breached rights of B.C. man facing terrorism charges but...
RCMP breached the rights of a Fort St. John man facing terrorism charges, but the violations are not so serious that they warrant the exclusion of evidence gathered by police, a judge has ruled. In...
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Vancouver man charged with murdering mother later confessed he had killed...
A man accused of murdering his mother threatened to blow up the family home in Vancouver’s Dunbar neighbourhood during a lengthy standoff with police and later confessed that he had killed “the witch.”...
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Society that promotes B.C. tax rebate program agrees to disclose financial...
A society that promotes a controversial B.C. tax rebate program has agreed to release financial statements being sought by the New York Times, according to a court document filed Monday. AdvantageBC,...
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West Van woman who sought millions from mother and brother abused process: Judge
A woman who was fighting her family for control of millions in assets, including two West Vancouver homes, has had her claims thrown out after a judge ruled she was engaging in an abuse of process....
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Witness to fatal stabbing outside SkyTrain station weeps as she describes attack
A witness wept in court Wednesday as she described an incident in which her good friend was stabbed to death outside a Burnaby SkyTrain station. Victoria Heard was testifying at the trial of Taitusi...
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Surrey Six Mounties trial delayed yet again. Why? We can’t tell you
The much-delayed trial of four Mounties charged in connection with the Surrey Six murder investigation has been adjourned again for nearly six months — but the reason for the postponement can’t be...
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Port Coquitlam woman at centre of fight for control of New York businessman's...
A former Port Coquitlam woman is at the centre of a fight for control of a New York businessman’s estate that is worth an estimated $75 million. Court documents filed in Vancouver allege that Jane Ji...
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Lawyer for man accused of shooting, dismembering West Van businessman wants...
A lawyer for a man accused of fatally shooting and then dismembering a West Vancouver businessman is arguing that statements his client made to police were not given voluntarily. Ian Donaldson says a...
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Man convicted of sexually assaulting woman released on bail pending appeal
A man who choked and sexually assaulted a woman who had been given the date-rape drug has been ordered released on bail pending his appeal of his conviction. In December, a provincial court judge found...
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