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B.C. hereditary chief gets house arrest for pipeline blockade
Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief Dtsa’hyl will spend 60 days under house arrest for trying to stop the Coastal GasLink pipeline being built through his traditional territory. He was convicted of blockading a road to a pipeline work camp and disabling heavy equipment.
B.C. Mounties charged with obstruction of justice await verdict
Two RCMP officers charged with obstruction of justice are awaiting a judge's verdict in the death of an Indigenous man in police custody in Prince George, B.C., in 2017. They're accused of telling a bystander to delete the video he took after Dale Culver was arrested.
Lheidli T'enneh musician records children's songs in her ancestral languages
Lheidli T'enneh musician Kym Gouchie recorded a children’s album in her ancestral languages, using a ukulele, phone voice memo recordings of her granny’s voice and an armful of firewood.
Jail time for former Elizabeth Fry manager guilty of $240K fraud
The former financial manager of the Elizabeth Fry Society in Prince George, B.C., was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs Tuesday, after she was sentenced to a two-and-a-half-year jail term for stealing almost a quarter-million dollars that was supposed to help vulnerable women and girls.
Why did Madison Scott die? 13 years later, there are still no answers
Thirteen years after Madison Scott vanished from a northern B.C. campsite, RCMP tight-lipped about the young woman's disappearance and death.
Obstruction charge stayed for Prince George RCMP officer
Crown prosecutors have stayed an obstruction of justice charge against an RCMP officer in Prince George, B.C. The constable was one of several officers charged after the 2017 death of a First Nations man in police custody. Last month, manslaughter charges were stayed against two other RCMP officers in the case.
Calls grow louder for B.C. mayor to resign over residential school book incident
First Nations in B.C.'s Cariboo region say they won't work with the City of Quesnel until Mayor Ron Paull steps down. His wife, Pat Morton, has been handing out a book that questions whether residential schools were harmful to Indigenous communities.
Gold mine with history of contaminating B.C. creek fined $276K
A gold mining company that discharged contaminants into a B.C. creek more than a thousand times since 2017 has now been fined over $275,000 for its most recent violations of environmental rules, according to the environment ministry.
Wolf and bear hides among hunting trophies stolen in northern B.C. break in
RCMP say a hunter's collection of antlers and animal hides has been stolen from a residence in northern British Columbia.
RCMP officer found not guilty of assault with a weapon in Indigenous man's arrest
Const. Joshua Grafton, an RCMP dog handler, was criminally charged four years after a back alley takedown of two truck thieves was captured by a backyard security camera.