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The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that the RCMP discriminated against Indigenous survivors during the 2012 investigations of abuse claims at a day school in Burns Lake. The tribunal found that the complaint of discrimination was partially substantiated, and ordered the RCMP to pay damages to the survivors and review all of its policies, […]

The three men accused of killing two Abbotsford seniors in their home in 2022 will find out their fate on May 8. Justice Brenda Brown is scheduled to give her verdict that day in B.C. Supreme Court in Abbotsford for Khushveer Toor, Gurkaran Singh and Abhijeet Singh of Surrey. The three men are each accused

A 24-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Navdeep Kaur, who was originally reported missing in February 2024. The two were in a relationship at the time of her death, police said. Kaur was reported missing by her family on Feb. 23, 2024. She was last seen the

The first set of auxiliary officers in British Columbia has graduated in Kelowna. After months of training, a group of 14 RCMP auxiliary volunteers graduated from their Tier 1 training on Tuesday night, Mar. 10. This means the group is set to start volunteering later this month. According to the Kelowna RCMP, “Tier 1 Auxiliary

A Maple Ridge songsmith has added to his collection of “songumentaries’ telling the history of B.C., with a song about a New York pirate captured in Whonnock. Bruce Coughlan’s latest song “The Pirate Bold Kirkconnell” tells the story of Colonel Edward Shannon Kirkconnell, who was a farmer in Whonnock when he was eventually captured by