Cindy White
Reporter at Castanet News
Reporter at https://t.co/ficu2ZGegp in Kelowna. Glad to be back in B.C.
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1 day ago |
castanet.net | Cindy White |Bob Mackin |Brieanna Charlebois |Wolfgang Depner
A BC Supreme Court judge in Prince George acquitted a Kwadacha man of second degree murder on June 17 because he was too drunk to form the intent to kill his wife. But Justice Sandra Sukstorf found Brent Angus McCook guilty of manslaughter, because it was beyond reasonable doubt that he fired the shots at the vehicle in which Rochelle Poole was sitting on Jan. 24, 2023.
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castanet.net | Cindy White |Rob Gibson |Wolfgang Depner |Stefan Labbe
A federal Crown corporation is loaning BC Ferries $1 billion to help buy four Chinese-made ferries, a purchase that federal transport minister Chrystia Freeland recently said was dismaying and should involve no federal funds. Canada Infrastructure Bank confirmed the loan on Thursday, saying the new electric ferries "wouldn't likely be purchased" without the financing.
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castanet.net | Cindy White |Rob Gibson |Colin Dacre |Stefan Labbe
As kids across the province prepare for the start of the summer holidays, the BC Highway Patrol is taking the unusual step of debunking online rumours about school zones. BC Highway Patrol issued a news release on Thursday with the headline “No, school zones are not changing to 24/7”. “Some disreputable websites are claiming that all Canadian school zones will be in effect 24/7 starting July 1, 2025.
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castanet.net | Cindy White |Rob Gibson |Colin Dacre |Stefan Labbe
An accident at a dry dock on Vancouver Island that caused significant damage to Canada’s most-advanced military submarine five years ago was caused by a series of avoidable failures, newly uncovered records show. The full details of those failures, which have previously gone unreported, include a lack of key equipment, a breakdown in communication and pressure to complete a critical test more quickly because of a local noise bylaw that may not have even applied.
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2 days ago |
castanet.net | Cindy White |Rob Gibson |Colin Dacre |Stefan Labbe
A B.C. judge has turned down a proposed class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of a group of people allegedly subjected to unlawful police conduct while protesting old-growth logging on Vancouver Island. The case stems from 2020, when the B.C. government granted Teal Cedar Products Ltd. permits to log timber in the Fairy Creek watershed, part of Tree Farm Licence 46.
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