The second-degree murder trial for Gabriella Sears is expected to continue in Kelowna Supreme Court next week. Sears, a transgender woman arrested under the name Derek Sears, is in custody, facing charges of second-degree murder and interference with human remains in the June 2021 death of Darren Middleton. The court previously heard during proceedings in […]

This year’s list of the world’s most influential scientists has been released, with five Fraser Valley researchers making the cut. Created by Stanford University and the Elsevier academic publication, this annual list determines the top two per cent of scientists around the world who have made the biggest impact on the academic community in their

A former B.C. correctional officer is facing two charges of breach of trust by a public officer. B.C. Prosecution Service approved the charges against Ramandeep Rai, née Bassi, on Oct. 15, according to a news release from Coquitlam RCMP Thursday (Oct. 23). Rai was employed at the North Fraser Pretrial Centre in Port Coquitlam at

A new chief electoral officer is set to take on the role, beginning Nov. 12. Shipra Verma was unanimously recommended by a parliamentary committee, made up of members of the government and opposition causcuses, following a search to fill the position, according to a news release Wednesday (Oct. 22). Verma will begin her term Nov.

A nurse was injured in an attack at the province’s new involuntary care facility in Maple Ridge earlier this month. Ridge Meadows RCMP attended Alouette Homes in the afternoon of Oct. 8, where a nurse had been attacked by a patient. The health care provider, a 50-year-old man, was taken to hospital with what police