Death

Missing snowmobiler near Revelstoke found dead

Missing snowmobiler near Revelstoke found dead

B.C. Coroners Service is investigating cause of the man’s ‘sudden death’

Missing snowmobiler near Revelstoke found dead
The gates leading to the Sooke Potholes Provincial Park has not been closed in years, according to area residents. (Kevin Laird - Sooke News Mirror)

Sooke River tragedy tinged by unanswered questions

Officials question why park gates left open

The gates leading to the Sooke Potholes Provincial Park has not been closed in years, according to area residents. (Kevin Laird - Sooke News Mirror)
Cory Mills, Eric Blackmore and A.J. Jenson went missing in Sooke on Friday night. Now the community is showing its support to the community. (Black Press Media)

Sooke rallies to show its support in the wake of tragic deaths

Fund raising efforts, scholarships and meal trains have all been launched

Cory Mills, Eric Blackmore and A.J. Jenson went missing in Sooke on Friday night. Now the community is showing its support to the community. (Black Press Media)
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Caregiver, society charged in death of developmentally disabled B.C. woman

The victim was not given the ‘necessities of life,’ police said

(Black Press Media files)
A body was found in Beacon Hill Park on Friday morning. (Black Press File Photo)

VicPD called to Beacon Hill Park after body found

Suspicious circumstances not ruled out in apparent sudden death

A body was found in Beacon Hill Park on Friday morning. (Black Press File Photo)
Uniformed and plainclothes officers investigated the death of a man in the Gordon Head area Thursday. (Wolfgang Depner/News Staff)

Death in Gordon Head area deemed not suspicious by Saanich police

The man was found unresponsive near Arbutus Cove Lane

Uniformed and plainclothes officers investigated the death of a man in the Gordon Head area Thursday. (Wolfgang Depner/News Staff)
Uniformed and plain clothes officers continue to investigate the death of a man in the Gordon Head area (Wolfgang Depner/News Staff)

UPDATED: Saanich police re-open section of Gordon Head Road following death investigation

The man was found unresponsive near Arbutus Cove Lane

Uniformed and plain clothes officers continue to investigate the death of a man in the Gordon Head area (Wolfgang Depner/News Staff)
Gabriel Pollard,16, died after a transportation lift used by the Disabled Sailing Association of Victoria broke, dropping him to the ground and into the water. His mother, Carrie Pollard, is now taking his death to the BC Supreme Court. (Submitted/GoFundMe)

Victoria mother whose son died in sailing accident goes to court

Teen Gabriel Pollard died after his transportation sling malfunctioned

Gabriel Pollard,16, died after a transportation lift used by the Disabled Sailing Association of Victoria broke, dropping him to the ground and into the water. His mother, Carrie Pollard, is now taking his death to the BC Supreme Court. (Submitted/GoFundMe)
Wheelchairs line the dock used by the Disabled Sailing Association of Victoria in Esquimalt. One of the organization’s sailors, Gabriel Pollard, 16, sustained what proved to be fatal injuries after an accident involving a lift on the dock on June 21. Facebook

Investigation continues into death of teen Victoria sailor in dockside accident

Disabled Sailing Association member Gabriel Pollard, 16, died from injuries after lift gave out

Wheelchairs line the dock used by the Disabled Sailing Association of Victoria in Esquimalt. One of the organization’s sailors, Gabriel Pollard, 16, sustained what proved to be fatal injuries after an accident involving a lift on the dock on June 21. Facebook