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Protestors run to the back of the farm at Abbotsford’s Excelsior Hog Farm on Sunday morning. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)

Awaiting decision on appeal for re-trial of convicted B.C. hog farm activists

Activists Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer filed the appeal in April 2022

 

Cameron Jay Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence official charged with breaching Canada’s secrets law, arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. A Crown prosecutor says the former RCMP official’s excuse for leaking secret information is flawed and should not be believed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Former RCMP official’s rationale for disclosing secrets can’t be believed: Crown

Ortis has pleaded not guilty to violating the Security of Information Act by revealing secrets

 

Former trustee Barry Neufeld heading to court in defamation lawsuit starting Nov. 14, for calling trustee Carin Bondar a ‘striptease artist.’ (Chilliwack Progress file)

Ex-Chilliwack trustee Barry Neufeld in court for ‘striptease’ remark

Former trustee asking for financial support from SOGI opponents as defamation case starts

 

Seen through a police vehicle window, Peter Nygard arrives to a Courthouse in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, to attend his trial, accused of five counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement in alleged incidents ranging from the 1980s to mid-2000s. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Peter Nygard found guilty of 4 sexual assault charges, acquitted on 2 others

82-year-old still faces separate criminal charges in Quebec, Manitoba and the U.S.

Seen through a police vehicle window, Peter Nygard arrives to a Courthouse in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, to attend his trial, accused of five counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement in alleged incidents ranging from the 1980s to mid-2000s. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Courthouse in Vancouver. (Black Press Media file photo)

Nanaimo man who sexually abused his sons has court appeal denied

Man said initial ruling shifted burden of proof onto him to try to show that his children were lying

Courthouse in Vancouver. (Black Press Media file photo)
A commotion took place at the Castlegar Courthouse on Tuesday, Oct. 31. File photo

‘What say ye?’: B.C. man crafts florid narrative around contempt of court

Castlegar trial for charges of escaping custody, assaulting officer takes a rather ostentatious turn

A commotion took place at the Castlegar Courthouse on Tuesday, Oct. 31. File photo
Chris Barber arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. The testimony of police liaison officers is set to continue in the trial of two high-profile “Freedom Convoy” organizers today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Protesters didn’t say they joined convoy due to organizers’ influence, officer agrees

Acting Sgt. Jordan Blonde described Barber as polite and respectful

Chris Barber arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. The testimony of police liaison officers is set to continue in the trial of two high-profile “Freedom Convoy” organizers today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
From left to right, Ashley Simpson’s mother Cindy, father John, sister Amanda Langlois, cousin Bobbie-Lynn McGean gather outside the Salmon Arm Law Courts on Oct. 30 after Derek Favell pleads guilty to killing Ashley Simpson. (Martha Wickett photo)

Family of murdered Shuswap woman finds closure, relief in guilty plea

Derek Favell pleads guilty in 2016 death of Ashley Simpson on what was to be day one of his trial

  • Oct 31, 2023
From left to right, Ashley Simpson’s mother Cindy, father John, sister Amanda Langlois, cousin Bobbie-Lynn McGean gather outside the Salmon Arm Law Courts on Oct. 30 after Derek Favell pleads guilty to killing Ashley Simpson. (Martha Wickett photo)
The courthouse in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file photo)

Drunk driver sentenced for causing fatal highway crash in Nanaimo

Colin Hewitt handed four-and-a-half-year sentence related to 2021 crash at Cranberry intersection

The courthouse in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file photo)
(Mark Koochin/Porter Ramsay LLP)

Kelowna lawyer under investigation for allegedly coaching client under oath

The Law Society of B.C. is investigating Mark Koochin from Porter Ramsay for allegations of coaching, counselling

(Mark Koochin/Porter Ramsay LLP)
A B.C. man has been sentenced to 6.5 years in a jail after an investigation into sexual exploitation that began more than three years ago. (Credit: Pixabay)

B.C. man sentenced to 6.5 years over sexual exploitation, child porn charges

New Westminster man pled guilty to sexual exploitation, making child pornography in October

A B.C. man has been sentenced to 6.5 years in a jail after an investigation into sexual exploitation that began more than three years ago. (Credit: Pixabay)
Edmonton Law Courts are shown in Edmonton on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. An Alberta judge has dismissed an Edmonton law student’s challenge to the legal profession’s mandatory Oath of Allegiance to the monarch. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Alberta court rejects law student’s challenge to Oath of Allegiance to monarchy

Wirring, who is an Amritkhari Sikh, said he is only allowed to pledge allegiance to a divine being in the Sikh tradition

Edmonton Law Courts are shown in Edmonton on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. An Alberta judge has dismissed an Edmonton law student’s challenge to the legal profession’s mandatory Oath of Allegiance to the monarch. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Victoria catering company Toque was closed earlier this year. (Pexels photo illustration)

Island chef who shuttered catering giant sued for ‘cold’ wedding food

B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal rejects case, leaves door open to it being refiled

Victoria catering company Toque was closed earlier this year. (Pexels photo illustration)
A group of Roosevelt elk that are abundant in the Cowichan Valley, particularly near Lake Cowichan. (Cowichan Valley Citizen file photo)

Man fined $5,100 for poaching Roosevelt elk near Chemainus

Kyle Watson-Harley also received 2-year hunting ban after guilty plea in 2019 incident

A group of Roosevelt elk that are abundant in the Cowichan Valley, particularly near Lake Cowichan. (Cowichan Valley Citizen file photo)
FILE - Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot, left, is driven in a police vehicle from a maximum-security prison to an airport to be extradited to the U.S., on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Court records filed Friday, Oct. 13, indicate Van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, intends to plead guilty in a federal case accusing him of trying to extort money from the missing teen’s mother. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Suspect in Holloway disappearance to appear in federal court for extortion case; plea deal possible

An attorney for the mother of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, who disappeared…

FILE - Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot, left, is driven in a police vehicle from a maximum-security prison to an airport to be extradited to the U.S., on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Court records filed Friday, Oct. 13, indicate Van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, intends to plead guilty in a federal case accusing him of trying to extort money from the missing teen’s mother. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)
Police officers patrol on foot along Albert Street as a protest against COVID-19 restrictions marked by gridlock and the sound of truck horns reached its 14th day, in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. The court is expected to hear from Ottawa locals who lived in the midst of the “Freedom Convoy” trial as part of the criminal trial of two of the protest organizers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

‘It was intolerable’: Ottawa local testifies at trial of ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers

Vivian Leir is one of 5 residents expected to testify in trial of organizers Tamara Lich, Chris Barber

Police officers patrol on foot along Albert Street as a protest against COVID-19 restrictions marked by gridlock and the sound of truck horns reached its 14th day, in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. The court is expected to hear from Ottawa locals who lived in the midst of the “Freedom Convoy” trial as part of the criminal trial of two of the protest organizers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Lawrence Jewsbury has been taken to court for work that was paid for and never completed. (Pixabay)

30 suits in 5 years, Okanagan contractor owes thousands of dollars

Lawrence Jewsbury has been sued several times

  • Oct 6, 2023
Lawrence Jewsbury has been taken to court for work that was paid for and never completed. (Pixabay)
Freedom Convoy organizer Pat King appears as a witness at the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. King has asked the court once again to move his criminal trial out of Ottawa, even though others who were charged during the demonstration have been denied similar requests.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Pat King asks to move trial out of Ottawa

His lawyer argued King is so notorious he would not have a chance at a fair trial in the city

Freedom Convoy organizer Pat King appears as a witness at the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. King has asked the court once again to move his criminal trial out of Ottawa, even though others who were charged during the demonstration have been denied similar requests.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
A massive Vancouver housing development spearheaded by the Squamish Nation has cleared a legal hurdle after a B.C. Supreme Court judge rejected a challenge by a residents’ association over lack of consultation. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a groundbreaking ceremony with Squamish Nation councillors Wilson Williams, back centre, and Khelsilem, right, at the First Nation’s Senakw housing development site, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. court rejects challenge to Squamish Nation housing project in Vancouver

Residents’ association had been seeking to have the Senakw project’s services agreement declared unlawful

A massive Vancouver housing development spearheaded by the Squamish Nation has cleared a legal hurdle after a B.C. Supreme Court judge rejected a challenge by a residents’ association over lack of consultation. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a groundbreaking ceremony with Squamish Nation councillors Wilson Williams, back centre, and Khelsilem, right, at the First Nation’s Senakw housing development site, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Cameron Ortis, a senior intelligence official at the RCMP, walks with his lawyer Ian Carter, obscured at left, after leaving the courthouse in Ottawa after being granted bail on October 22, 2019. More than four years after Cameron Jay Ortis was charged with breaching Canada’s secrets law, the former RCMP intelligence director is about to get his day in court. Ortis was taken into custody in Ottawa on Sept. 12, 2019, an arrest that deeply shocked the national police force. As the head of the RCMP’s National Intelligence Co-ordination Centre, Ortis had access to some of the country’s most closely held information. Ortis, 51, is charged with violating the Security of Information Act by allegedly revealing secrets to three individuals and trying to do so in a fourth instance, as well as breach of trust and a computer-related offence. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Cameron Ortis, a senior intelligence official at the RCMP, walks with his lawyer Ian Carter, obscured at left, after leaving the courthouse in Ottawa after being granted bail on October 22, 2019. More than four years after Cameron Jay Ortis was charged with breaching Canada’s secrets law, the former RCMP intelligence director is about to get his day in court. Ortis was taken into custody in Ottawa on Sept. 12, 2019, an arrest that deeply shocked the national police force. As the head of the RCMP’s National Intelligence Co-ordination Centre, Ortis had access to some of the country’s most closely held information. Ortis, 51, is charged with violating the Security of Information Act by allegedly revealing secrets to three individuals and trying to do so in a fourth instance, as well as breach of trust and a computer-related offence. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang