A B.C. Supreme Court justice will ponder whether a non-jail sentence is viable for a woman who killed a man helping to pave the Trans-Canada Highway near Nanaimo over four years ago. B.C. Supreme Court justice Douglas Thompson previously found Christianne Marie Boufford, 53, guilty of dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily […]

The annual challenge of buying gifts for pets is an experience that often comes with a shockingly high return rate due to feline rejection. Anyone who shops for cats knows the risk; you can spend time researching and choosing something marketed as irresistible, only for your cat to look at it like you’ve deeply offended

Music from a few dozen windchimes hanging in the trees above children’s graves at Maple Ridge Cemetery have been muted forever. Handpainted beach rocks placed carefully around the gravestones of some of the 50 or so kids – in the same dedicated children’s section of the cemetery – have vanished. Flower – both live and

What is a publication ban and why do they exist in B.C. courts? Readers may sometimes notice that media outlets, like the Trail Times, are unable to report details about certain criminal cases, or that coverage dries up after charges are laid. In British Columbia, this is often due to a publication ban ordered by

The Abbotsford Canucks nightmare season took an unusual turn this week, with a number of players suffering injuries or illness and losses to the Bakersfield Condors on Tuesday (Jan. 6) and Wednesday (Jan. 7). The club announced to fans about 30 minutes before Tuesday’s game that forwards Danila Klimovich, Ben Berard and Mackenzie MacEachern, along