January 2026

A public hearing is set to begin Jan. 19 into the death of 33-year-old Myles Gray, who suffered cardiac arrest following an altercation with police in Burnaby in 2015. The hearing will consider whether the seven Vancouver Police Department officers involved intentionally or recklessly used unnecessary force. It is expected to be one of the […]

A short-lived reunion between a husband and wife in 2024 ended in bloody tragedy, with 52-year-old Jagpreet Singh appearing in B.C. Supreme Court in Abbotsford on Monday (Jan. 12) for the first day of his murder trial. Singh, charged with second-degree murder, listened to his appointed translator relay the words of Crown counsel Rob Macgowan,

With holiday ornaments packed away, Christmas trees chipped and New Year’s champagne guzzled, Islanders from Port Hardy to Victoria are setting resolutions in the hopes of improving their lives. But as January edges on, pricey gym memberships will undoubtedly go unused, strict diets will be broken and lofty goals will fall by the wayside ignored,

Three men accused of killing an elderly Abbotsford couple in 2022 were motivated by “debt, financial pressure and greed,” a packed courtroom was told Monday (Jan. 12) at the opening of their trial. Co-Crown counsel Dorothy Tsui, in her opening statements in B.C. Supreme Court in Abbotsford, said Khushveer Toor, Gurkaran Singh and Abhijeet Singh

Canadian residents continue to make fewer trips to the United States, according to the latest travel report from Statistics Canada. Return automobile trips to the U.S. by Canadian residents declined in December for the 12th consecutive month. At 1.3 million, returns by auto are now down 30.7 per cent from the same month a year