Law and justice

The father of a murdered 13-year-old girl has been under police investigation for allegedly bringing a gun into a Vancouver courtroom on the day that Ibrahim Ali was convicted of the killing, the man’s lawyer has told a hearing. The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Ali’s lawyers fear dead girl’s dad, police probe claim he brought gun to court

Defence lawyers refusing to show up for post-trial proceedings citing safety concerns

 

Stabbing suspects set to appear in Surrey provincial court, with the adult appearing on Friday, Jan. 26 and the youth on Wednesday, Jan. 31. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)

Pair charged after teen stabbed in the gut on a bus outside Surrey mall

Police say 2023 incident tied to mall altercation following remarks made to victim’s girlfriend

 

The driver in a Central Saanich crash that left one sister dead and another with life-changing injuries will not have his prison stay changed after his appeal was defeated.. (Black Press Media file photo)

Driver who hit Central Saanich sisters, killing one, loses appeal

Anthony Thomas’ prison term unchanged despite some convictions being stayed

 

Justice Renee Pomerance, left to right, Nathaniel Veltman, and Crown Prosecutor Kim Johnson are seen as the verdict is read in the Superior Court of Justice in Windsor, Ont., in a courtroom sketch made on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alexandra Newbould

Family rejects apology of man who mowed down Muslim family with a truck

Nathaniel Veltman’s sentencing statement called ‘strategic words’ after he killed 4 people in Ontario

Justice Renee Pomerance, left to right, Nathaniel Veltman, and Crown Prosecutor Kim Johnson are seen as the verdict is read in the Superior Court of Justice in Windsor, Ont., in a courtroom sketch made on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alexandra Newbould
Police walk as heavy snow falls on the 21st day of a protest against COVID-19 measures that has grown into a broader anti-government protest, in Ottawa, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Judge calls Emergencies Act use in Freedom Convoy protests unreasonable

Federal court rules invocation of the act led to the infringement of constitutional rights

Police walk as heavy snow falls on the 21st day of a protest against COVID-19 measures that has grown into a broader anti-government protest, in Ottawa, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Cindy Ghostkeeper-Whitehead, a family wellness worker on the James Smith Cree Nation, and Mike Marion, the First Nation’s health director, say it’s frustrating that the community’s response isn’t being heard at a coroner’s inquest into the 2022 mass stabbings. Ghostkeeper-Whitehead, left, and Marion are seen speaking to media at the inquest venue in Melfort, Sask., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Geraldine Malone

Massacre inquest should hear from community helpers, James Smith members say

Community members say its frustrating the inquest is only hearing the third-party response

Cindy Ghostkeeper-Whitehead, a family wellness worker on the James Smith Cree Nation, and Mike Marion, the First Nation’s health director, say it’s frustrating that the community’s response isn’t being heard at a coroner’s inquest into the 2022 mass stabbings. Ghostkeeper-Whitehead, left, and Marion are seen speaking to media at the inquest venue in Melfort, Sask., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Geraldine Malone
A judge’s declaration that the federal government was unjustified in using Canada’s emergency legislation to quell a weeks-long protest in Ottawa has left the administrator of a downtown church feeling the court disregarded infringements of her rights. A lineup of police officers assemble on Colonel By Drive near the truck blockade in Ottawa, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Canadians react to unreasonable use of Emergency Act ruling

Judgement reopens emotional debate two years after huge Freedom Convoy protests

A judge’s declaration that the federal government was unjustified in using Canada’s emergency legislation to quell a weeks-long protest in Ottawa has left the administrator of a downtown church feeling the court disregarded infringements of her rights. A lineup of police officers assemble on Colonel By Drive near the truck blockade in Ottawa, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Debris falls to the ground as demolition resumes on the Winters Hotel after a body was found in the single room occupancy (SRO) building, in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 22, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

‘Bad feeling’ marked firefighter’s visit just days before fatal B.C. hotel fire

Fire captain had visited Winters Hotel for smaller blaze 3 days prior to fire tht killed 2

Debris falls to the ground as demolition resumes on the Winters Hotel after a body was found in the single room occupancy (SRO) building, in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 22, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
People enter the public coroner’s inquest in Melfort, Sask. on Wednesday, January 17, 2024. The province is expected to provide information about how it responded to a mass stabbing on a Saskatchewan First Nation as a coroner’s inquest enters its second week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

Saskatchewan stabber wasn’t on RCMP team’s radar prior to rampage

52 others were unlawfully at large in Saskatchewan day of Myles Sanderson’s killing spree

People enter the public coroner’s inquest in Melfort, Sask. on Wednesday, January 17, 2024. The province is expected to provide information about how it responded to a mass stabbing on a Saskatchewan First Nation as a coroner’s inquest enters its second week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
B.C.'s police complaint commissioner has ordered a review into how an officer was disciplined for misconduct, saying it didn't fit the seriousness of allegations that he made inappropriate sexual advances. A police car with flashing lights is shown in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke

Watchdog wants review of B.C. police officer’s penalty for sexual advances

Officer reduced in rank, complaints commissioner checking to see if punishment fit misconduct

B.C.'s police complaint commissioner has ordered a review into how an officer was disciplined for misconduct, saying it didn't fit the seriousness of allegations that he made inappropriate sexual advances. A police car with flashing lights is shown in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt Rourke
Deborah Burns, daughter of Earl Burns Sr., who was killed during the James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, Sask., mass stabbings in 2022, speaks to the media at the public coroner’s inquest in Melfort, Sask. on Thursday, January 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Geraldine Malone

Answers starting to come as Saskatchewan stabbing inquest enters week 2

Myles Sanderson killed 11 and injured 17 on James Smith Cree Nation and the village of Weldon

Deborah Burns, daughter of Earl Burns Sr., who was killed during the James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, Sask., mass stabbings in 2022, speaks to the media at the public coroner’s inquest in Melfort, Sask. on Thursday, January 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Geraldine Malone
Statue of Lady Justice at B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)

Murder trial set for December in teen’s stabbing death on a B.C. bus

Ethan Bespflug, killed in April, 2023, Kaiden Mintenko charged with second-degree murder

Statue of Lady Justice at B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)
Darryl Burns, right, whose sister Gloria Burns was killed during the the James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, Sask., mass stabbings in 2022, and Stewart Head, whose brother was also killed, speaks to media at the public coroner’s inquest in Melfort, Sask., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

Father of killer’s partner among those killed in Saskatchewan massacre

Mother of Myles Sanderson’s children testifies about years of emotional and physical abuse

Darryl Burns, right, whose sister Gloria Burns was killed during the the James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, Sask., mass stabbings in 2022, and Stewart Head, whose brother was also killed, speaks to media at the public coroner’s inquest in Melfort, Sask., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Forensic genealogy is still in the research and development phase, and while its value is clear for solving crime, the ethics debate has a long way to go, says an expert in the field. DNA data is displayed at the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto on Wednesday, March 23, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Forensic genealogy feeding B.C. murder arrest still up for ethics debate

Ibrahim Ali convicted of killing teen largely due to emerging field of evidence gathering

Forensic genealogy is still in the research and development phase, and while its value is clear for solving crime, the ethics debate has a long way to go, says an expert in the field. DNA data is displayed at the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto on Wednesday, March 23, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Darryl Burns, right, whose sister Gloria Burns was killed during the the James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, Sask., mass stabbings in 2022, and Stewart Head, whose brother was also killed, speaks to media at the public coroner’s inquest in Melfort, Sask., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

Families horrified as James Smith Cree stabbing rampage testimony continues

Inquest probes Myles Sanderson spress that left 11 people dead and injured 17 others in Saskatchewan

Darryl Burns, right, whose sister Gloria Burns was killed during the the James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, Sask., mass stabbings in 2022, and Stewart Head, whose brother was also killed, speaks to media at the public coroner’s inquest in Melfort, Sask., Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal. DNA testing is preformed at a lab in New York, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bebeto Matthews

Premier supportive of police secretly taking DNA to solve B.C. teen’s murder

Ibrahim Ali was convicted last month of first-degree murder for the 2017 killing

Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal. DNA testing is preformed at a lab in New York, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bebeto Matthews
Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal. DNA testing is preformed at a lab in New York, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bebeto Matthews

Tea-tasting sting led to B.C. murder conviction, charges of rights violations

Police secretly collected DNA from Kurdish community members in bid to find teen’s killer

Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal. DNA testing is preformed at a lab in New York, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bebeto Matthews
Meta is offering to settle a class-action lawsuit over the use of some images in Facebook advertising for $51 million. The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris, France on June 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Thibault Camus

Meta put $51M on the table to settle B.C. Facebook advertising suit

Canadians from 4 provinces sued over firm using their names and photos without permission

Meta is offering to settle a class-action lawsuit over the use of some images in Facebook advertising for $51 million. The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris, France on June 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Thibault Camus
Novelist and former University of British Columbia professor Steven Galloway has won a years-long battle to have his defamation lawsuit proceed against a woman who says her raped her, which Galloway denies. People walk past large letters spelling out UBC at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver on Nov. 22, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. writer can proceed with defamation suit against sex assault accuser

Court rules lawsuit can proceed in case of former UBC professor Steven Galloway

Novelist and former University of British Columbia professor Steven Galloway has won a years-long battle to have his defamation lawsuit proceed against a woman who says her raped her, which Galloway denies. People walk past large letters spelling out UBC at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver on Nov. 22, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Photographs of those killed during the mass stabbing on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon in 2022 are on display as Saskatchewan RCMP provide a preliminary timeline presentation of the events during a media event in Melfort, Sask., on Thursday, April 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

First Nation wants probe in Saskatchewan mass killer’s release made public

Myles Sanderson responsible for mass stabbing on and around James Smith Cree Nation land

Photographs of those killed during the mass stabbing on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon in 2022 are on display as Saskatchewan RCMP provide a preliminary timeline presentation of the events during a media event in Melfort, Sask., on Thursday, April 27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards