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Former Canuck Kesler charged with criminal sexual conduct, court date set

Former Vancouver Canuck Ryan Kesler is facing two charges criminal sexual conduct in Michigan. Kesler was arraigned on Oct. 27 in district court on two counts of fourth-degree misdemeanor criminal sexual conduct, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 30) press release from Michigan’s Orchard Lake Police Department. Kesler played for the Canucks from 2004 to 2014 […]

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Millions in pipeline tax breaks could fall on shoulders of B.C. residents

Pipeline companies operating in B.C. are in line to have their property taxes reduced by millions of dollars, and homeowners could be making up the difference. Companies including Enbridge, Trans Mountain and FortisBC have managed, through nearly a decade of lobbying, to sway BC Assessment into changing how it assesses pipeline values, which would amount

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Report recommends extending period for fixed elections in B.C.

Election BC’s chief electoral officer has released six recommendations following the 2024 general provincial election. Anton Boegman, whose term in the role ends in November, released his third and final volume of the report on the Oct. 19, 2024 general election on Thursday (Oct. 30). It included six priority recommendations, as well as several technical

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Sentence upheld in case where Surrey woman attacked another in court with knife, hammer

A Surrey woman has lost her appeal court bid to overturn her 12-year prison sentence for attempted murder related to an online feud between her and another woman that led to her attacking the other woman with a knife and hammer in a Vancouver courtroom in 2021. Qin Shen was convicted in 2023 of attempted

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