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Meaz Nour-Eldin, who was once wanted on a Canada-wide warrant, has been sentenced to six years in a human trafficking case that involved a 15-year-old girl. (File photo: Lauren Collins)

B.C. man sentenced to 6 years for trafficking 15-year-old girl

Meaz Nour-Eldin has also been the subject of an unresolved Canada-wide warrant for kidnapping

 

A Nanaimo woman accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend is on trial this week at the courthouse in Vancouver. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Trial starts for Nanaimo woman accused of murdering, dismembering ex-boyfriend

Paris Laroche, 28, on trial in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver

 

A man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting five women in Calgary is to have a French-language trial, which is relatively uncommon in the Alberta Court of Justice but legally required if requested. The sign at the Calgary Courts Centre in Calgary is shown on Jan. 5, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Graveland

French-language trial to be held in Alberta not ‘particularly common’

The right to a trial in French is guaranteed under Canada’s Criminal Code

 

Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer spoke outside the Abbotsford Law Courts on Oct. 12, 2022 prior to their sentencing. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)

Guilty verdicts stand for 2 Abbotsford hog-farm protesters

Amy Soranno and Nick Schafter now plan to appeal 30-day sentence

Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer spoke outside the Abbotsford Law Courts on Oct. 12, 2022 prior to their sentencing. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)
The courthouse in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file photo)

Man who stabbed woman to death in Nanaimo not criminally responsible

Simon James Baker, 23, suffered from delusions at time of 2022 killing

The courthouse in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file photo)
The courthouse in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nanaimo man ‘possessed by demon’ sentenced for stabbing seniors

Anthony Rouskov Nielsen will serve concurrent five-and-a-half-year sentences

The courthouse in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file photo)
Sean Carl John Patterson, charged with second-degree murder in fatal stabbing in downtown Nanaimo, pleaded guilty to lesser charge of manslaughter in provincial court in Nanaimo on Monday, Dec. 18. (News Bulletin file photo)

Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal stabbing outside Nanaimo mall

Court orders psychiatric evaluation for Sean Patterson

Sean Carl John Patterson, charged with second-degree murder in fatal stabbing in downtown Nanaimo, pleaded guilty to lesser charge of manslaughter in provincial court in Nanaimo on Monday, Dec. 18. (News Bulletin file photo)
The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, November 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Threats to Ibrahim Ali’s lawyers spur court safety concerns in B.C.

Lawyer associations say it’s important not to equate a defence lawyer with the client they represent

The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, November 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
David Lindsay (right) and two of his supporters outside the Kelowna Courthouse on March 1, 2023. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Kelowna lockdown protester, ‘freedom fighter’ found guilty of assault

David Lindsay was trying to gain entry to a building despite being banned

David Lindsay (right) and two of his supporters outside the Kelowna Courthouse on March 1, 2023. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, November 23, 2023. Leonard Marchand has been appointed as the new chief justice of the B.C. and Yukon Courts of Appeal in what the B.C. attorney general calls “a historic appointment.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Trudeau names 1st Indigenous person as B.C.’s chief justice

Syilx Okanagan Nation’s Leonard Marchand replaces Robert J. Bauman, who retired in October

The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, November 23, 2023. Leonard Marchand has been appointed as the new chief justice of the B.C. and Yukon Courts of Appeal in what the B.C. attorney general calls “a historic appointment.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Courthouse in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file)

Sentencing begins for man who stabbed man in throat, hit woman with bat

Anthony Rouskov Nielsen, 22, previously pleaded guilty to 2021 incident

Courthouse in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file)
Protestors run to the back of the farm at Abbotsford’s Excelsior Hog Farm on Sunday morning. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)

Awaiting decision on appeal for re-trial of convicted B.C. hog farm activists

Activists Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer filed the appeal in April 2022

Protestors run to the back of the farm at Abbotsford’s Excelsior Hog Farm on Sunday morning. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)
Cameron Jay Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence official charged with breaching Canada’s secrets law, arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. A Crown prosecutor says the former RCMP official’s excuse for leaking secret information is flawed and should not be believed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Former RCMP official’s rationale for disclosing secrets can’t be believed: Crown

Ortis has pleaded not guilty to violating the Security of Information Act by revealing secrets

Cameron Jay Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence official charged with breaching Canada’s secrets law, arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. A Crown prosecutor says the former RCMP official’s excuse for leaking secret information is flawed and should not be believed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Former trustee Barry Neufeld heading to court in defamation lawsuit starting Nov. 14, for calling trustee Carin Bondar a ‘striptease artist.’ (Chilliwack Progress file)

Ex-Chilliwack trustee Barry Neufeld in court for ‘striptease’ remark

Former trustee asking for financial support from SOGI opponents as defamation case starts

Former trustee Barry Neufeld heading to court in defamation lawsuit starting Nov. 14, for calling trustee Carin Bondar a ‘striptease artist.’ (Chilliwack Progress file)
Seen through a police vehicle window, Peter Nygard arrives to a Courthouse in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, to attend his trial, accused of five counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement in alleged incidents ranging from the 1980s to mid-2000s. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Peter Nygard found guilty of 4 sexual assault charges, acquitted on 2 others

82-year-old still faces separate criminal charges in Quebec, Manitoba and the U.S.

Seen through a police vehicle window, Peter Nygard arrives to a Courthouse in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, to attend his trial, accused of five counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement in alleged incidents ranging from the 1980s to mid-2000s. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Courthouse in Vancouver. (Black Press Media file photo)

Nanaimo man who sexually abused his sons has court appeal denied

Man said initial ruling shifted burden of proof onto him to try to show that his children were lying

Courthouse in Vancouver. (Black Press Media file photo)
A commotion took place at the Castlegar Courthouse on Tuesday, Oct. 31. File photo

‘What say ye?’: B.C. man crafts florid narrative around contempt of court

Castlegar trial for charges of escaping custody, assaulting officer takes a rather ostentatious turn

A commotion took place at the Castlegar Courthouse on Tuesday, Oct. 31. File photo
Chris Barber arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. The testimony of police liaison officers is set to continue in the trial of two high-profile “Freedom Convoy” organizers today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Protesters didn’t say they joined convoy due to organizers’ influence, officer agrees

Acting Sgt. Jordan Blonde described Barber as polite and respectful

Chris Barber arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. The testimony of police liaison officers is set to continue in the trial of two high-profile “Freedom Convoy” organizers today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
From left to right, Ashley Simpson’s mother Cindy, father John, sister Amanda Langlois, cousin Bobbie-Lynn McGean gather outside the Salmon Arm Law Courts on Oct. 30 after Derek Favell pleads guilty to killing Ashley Simpson. (Martha Wickett photo)

Family of murdered Shuswap woman finds closure, relief in guilty plea

Derek Favell pleads guilty in 2016 death of Ashley Simpson on what was to be day one of his trial

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From left to right, Ashley Simpson’s mother Cindy, father John, sister Amanda Langlois, cousin Bobbie-Lynn McGean gather outside the Salmon Arm Law Courts on Oct. 30 after Derek Favell pleads guilty to killing Ashley Simpson. (Martha Wickett photo)
The courthouse in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file photo)

Drunk driver sentenced for causing fatal highway crash in Nanaimo

Colin Hewitt handed four-and-a-half-year sentence related to 2021 crash at Cranberry intersection

The courthouse in Nanaimo. (News Bulletin file photo)