- Discovery of two human skulls on Kamloops property sparks property-rights debate
- What happened: A private landowner excavating in June to build a seniors' community garden in Kamloops unearthed two human skulls.
- Key actors: RCMP, coroner’s office, Tk’emlúps First Nation, lawyer Christine Elliott (representing landowner).
- Issues: Enforcement of B.C.’s law on First Nations archaeology, transparency and limits on private property rights; landowner reports months of silence from authorities.
- Numbers/dates: discovery occurred in June; two skulls found; two-and-a-half months of reported silence by the lawyer.
- Families fight ICBC after teens killed in crash involving police-linked vehicle
- What happened: Yasbirat Habtamu Hailu (17) and Samir Ali (18) died on July 26, 2022, after their car was struck by a white sedan that Metro Vancouver Transit Police said was fleeing a traffic stop.
- Family impact: Parents describe deep trauma; an eight-year-old sibling keeps asking where his brother is.
- Issue: Families say ICBC’s handling has denied them justice and closure.
- Numbers/dates: crash on July 26, 2022; victims aged 17 and 18.
- Public hearing into Myles Gray death begins; all officers deny misconduct
- What happened: A 10-week public hearing by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner opened into the 2015 death of Myles Gray after an altercation with Vancouver police.
- Context: Seven officers involved were cleared of misconduct in 2024; Gray’s family requested the hearing.
- Numbers/dates: incident in 2015; hearing scheduled for 10 weeks; seven officers.
- Five more days of assessment ordered for accused in RCMP officer’s killing
- What happened: Jongwon Ham, charged with first-degree murder in the 2022 stabbing death of Const. Shaelyn Yang (31) in Burnaby, is undergoing a fitness-to-stand-trial assessment.
- Court action: A forensic psychiatrist requested more time; judge ordered five additional days despite Ham’s objections.
- Numbers/dates: death in 2022; victim aged 31; five days added.
- DTES crisis: front-line worker says problem isn’t just housing after decriminalization reversal
- What happened: Front-line SRO worker says politicians misdiagnosed Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside problems; province admitted decriminalization pilot failed.
- Official steps: Premier David Eby on Jan. 6 said the pilot “didn’t work”; Health Minister Josie Osborne on Jan. 14 said B.C. will not seek federal renewal of the exemption.
- Numbers/dates: decriminalization pilot began Jan. 31, 2023; possession limit was 2.5 grams.
- Surrey extortion shooting: resident probed for allegedly returning fire
- What happened: After an extortion-related shooting at a home on the 8600 block of Galway Crescent (near Bear Creek Park) around 2:20 a.m. Saturday, someone inside is under investigation for allegedly firing back.
- Outcome: Home was damaged; no injuries reported; residents had previously reported threats to police.
- Numbers/dates: incident at ~2:20 a.m.; 8600 block of Galway Crescent.
