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1 day ago | 
castanet.net | Sarah Crookall |Jeff Bell |Phil Melnychuk |Glen Korstrom
A Greater Victoria School District teacher is awaiting trial on five charges related to youth sexual assault. Marnie Burnham, 36, who also taught under the name Marnie Forin, was arrested on Feb. 15, 2024, after a Saanich police investigation. She faces three counts of sexual exploitation and two counts of telecommunication to lure a child under 18.
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1 day ago | 
castanet.net | Sarah Crookall |Jeff Bell |Phil Melnychuk |Glen Korstrom
Jeff Bell / Times Colonist - May 13, 2025 / 5:54 pm | Story: 550284A Greater Victoria School District teacher is awaiting trial on five charges related to youth sexual assault. Marnie Burnham, 36, who also taught under the name Marnie Forin, was arrested on Feb. 15, 2024, after a Saanich police investigation. She faces three counts of sexual exploitation and two counts of telecommunication to lure a child under 18.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Jeff Bell |Ashley Joannou |Stefan Labbe |Alanna Kelly
The B.C. Highway Patrol is warning drivers about testing their vehicles’ capacity after a tune-up. One motorist who did just that ended up with a $483 fine for excessive speeding — he was going 218 kilometres an hour in a 90 km/h zone — along with a seven-day impound of his BMW and a jump in his insurance premiums. The 31-year-old Nanaimo man was pulled over about 5 p.m. on April 25 by officers checking speeds on the Trans-Canada Highway near Ladysmith.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Nicholas Johansen |Jennifer Thuncher |Darron Kloster |Jeff Bell
A man was taken safely into custody Sunday after having barricaded himself on a transit bus in an industrial area in Delta. According to the Delta Police Department (DPD), police were made aware of an incident on Annacis Island where a male with a knife had barricaded himself on the bus. Several passengers and the driver were evacuated, but one was injured. Lower Mainland District crises negotiators and the LMD Emergency Response Team were called to the scene.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Nicholas Johansen |Jennifer Thuncher |Darron Kloster |Jeff Bell
The second wildfire of the season is burning near Squamish. The fire, currently 0.5 hectares in size, is listed as out of control. It's located near the Skookum Creek Power Project, about 13 kilometres up the Mamquam Forest Service Road. The BC Wildfire Service said the fire is suspected to be human caused. Pique Newsmagazine reporter Liz McDonald was camping around 15.5 km up the road, with around 20 friends, when a passerby reported the wildfire to her group, shortly after 12 p.m. on May 4.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Nicholas Johansen |Darron Kloster |Jeff Bell |Stefan Labbe
As conditions across British Columbia continue to warm up, some of the massive wildfires that burned in the province's north last season are beginning to become active once again. Known as “overwintering fires,” these burn deep underground into the organic matter of the forest floor through the winter months, covered by snow, before resurfacing in the spring time.
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2 weeks ago | 
castanet.net | Nicholas Johansen |Madison Reeve |Mike Howell |Jeff Bell
Mayor Ken Sim has ordered a full review of the City of Vancouver’s event safety measures after 11 people were run down and killed Saturday night by the driver of a black Audi SUV at the Filipino community’s Lapu Lapu festival. So far, police haven’t determined a motive for the deadly attack that occurred along a strip of East 43rd Avenue but say the 30-year-old suspect had a significant history of interactions with police and health-care professionals related to his mental health.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
castanet.net | Jeff Bell
A male was arrested Tuesday inside Save-on-Foods on Pandora Avenue after Victoria police received a report that someone in the store appeared to have a pistol in his pocket. The store was crowded when officers arrived about 5:25 p.m., but a suspect was quickly located and taken into custody. He was released after police determined the suspected firearm was actually a pistol-shaped lighter. The store was evacuated during the arrest.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
castanet.net | Jeff Bell
Nanaimo RCMP are investigating after a customer receiving money from a bank teller had it snatched away by a man who was standing in line. The man fled and police were unable to locate him, despite arriving at the scene within minutes. The theft, called “a crime of opportunity” by police, occurred about 1:45 p.m. last Friday at the Bank of Montreal at 6908 Island Highway North.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
castanet.net | Jeff Bell
A man was rescued from the ocean near Oak Bay Marina early Tuesday after trying to get to his moored sailboat on a makeshift raft of branches. Oak Bay police responded about 12:45 a.m. after receiving a report that someone was yelling from the water. Police spotted a person clinging to a sailboat and calling for assistance, and notified the coast guard.
