March 28, 2024

Dramatic audio evidence at Queen of the North trial

The jury at the trial of a former B-C Ferries worker accused of causing the deaths of two people has now heard anxious audio evidence of the Queen of the North running aground nearly seven years ago Radio calls recorded the eveving of March 21st, 2006 and into the early morning hours of the following day started with routine chatter between crew … [Read more...]

More evidence of police tunnel vision at Missing Women inquiry

B.C.’s Missing Women Inquiry has heard more evidence of tunnel vision being a problem in the search for serial killer Robert Pickton during the late 1990s. Retired Vancouver police detective Mark Chernoff is backing up earlier testimony that fellow VPD officers, Doug Fell and Mark Wolthers, were convinced another suspect from Alberta was the … [Read more...]

Not enough evidence to lay charges in Kehoe death

A shocking development in the killing of 18-year old Jamie Kehoe. The Criminal Justice Branch has announced no charges will be laid in connection to his death. Kehoe's throat was slashed after stepping in to break up a fight on a Surrey bus last October. Crown spokesman Neil Mackenzie says eyewitness accounts conflict as to whether the suspect … [Read more...]

Evidence has now been produced in hang gliding tragedy.

A bail hearing for the pilot involved in the death of a hang gliding client on Saturday has begun, with police confirming crucial evidence has been recovered. The memory card allegedly swallowed by William Jon Orders is now being examined at an RCMP lab. A publication ban prevents the release of many details, but there's still a chance bail will be … [Read more...]

Pilot of fatal hang glider flight is accused of swallowing evidence.

The hang gliding pilot charged with obstructing justice after the weekend death of his client is accused of swallowing evidence.  Court documents filed by Crown Counsel in Chilliwack suggest William Orders tried to hide video from the tragic fall, by swallowing a memory card, recording the fatal flight.  The 50 year old is slated to apply … [Read more...]

TSB combing crash for evidence

Transportation Safety Board investigators say it will be likely be a while before the cause of Thursday's plane crash in Richmond is known.  The TSB's Bill Yearwood says investigators are on the scene gathering evidence and examining the wreckage before they move it off the road.   Yearwood says they have also interviewed witnesses and … [Read more...]