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Father acquitted after ‘applying force’ to stop daughter taking ride with potentially drunk driver

In a verdict written by Judge Darin Reeves, a father has been cleared of wrongdoing after he stopped his daughter taking a ride with a potentially drunk driver.

Man charged with murder after shooting in Dawson Creek denied bail

Nolan Douglas Schmidt, who was charged after an incident on January 19th at the Mile Zero Apartment Hotel in Dawson Creek, was denied bail during a BC Supreme Court hearing on Monday, September 15th.

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Tumbler Ridge coal mine operator must pay $800k fine, board rules

Peace River Coal will have to pay a more than $800,000 fine for exceeding permitted selenium levels at its sites at the Trend Mine near Tumbler Ridge after its appeal was dismissed by the Environmental Appeal Board.

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Fort St. John apartment maintenance workers denied union certification by Labour Relations Board

Two Fort St. John apartment maintenance workers have been denied certification with the Construction, Maintenance and Allied Workers Canada union by the Labour Relations Board. 

No enhanced ICBC compensation for injured van passenger after Tomslake crash, tribunal rules

A van passenger who was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash near Tomslake in 2021 is not entitled to further compensation from ICBC, the Civil Resolution Tribunal has ruled.

Tribunal refuses ‘largely pointless’ bid to spike Dawson Creek Volleyball Club board, but orders bylaws revote

The Dawson Creek Volleyball Club (DCVC) must vote again on bylaw amendments after a B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal ruled the initial ballots were invalid. 

Court adjourns trial of Dawson Creek man accused of second-degree murder after he fires lawyers

The trial for a Dawson Creek man - Braidan Josie Meck, 31 - charged with second-degree murder of Devon Myles Lindstrom was adjourned before it could start after he fired his two lawyers.

Dawson Creek man sentenced after driving drunk, nearly crashing vehicle while under house arrest

A 44-year-old Dawson Creek man, Steven Russell Vankoughnett, has been handed more than five months in jail after he twice breached release orders and nearly crashed a vehicle while drunk. 

Hunter loses appeal for permit to sell thinhorn sheep horns found in riverbed

A veteran hunter has lost his case with the Environmental Appeal Board to get a personal possession permit after he found an eight-year-old male’s horn set in the Chischa River riverbed.

Supreme Court judge dismisses trespass, nuisance case against energy company

A civil case brought against Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (CNRL) will not go to trial despite B.C. Supreme Court Justice Matthew Kirchner's ruling that the energy company did trespass and cause nuisance.

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Sentence reduced for Fort St. John man convicted of using imitation firearm

Fort St. John's Adrian James Attachie, who was convicted after using an imitation firearm to force entry to a victim’s home, has had his sentence reduced at the BC Court of Appeal.

Appeal court overturns decision on insurance for 2018 landslide

A BC Court of Appeal tribunal has overturned a BC Supreme Court ruling that limited an insurance broker’s role as an agent for an insurance company after the Old Fort landslide in 2018.

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Kitimat LNG worker’s ‘bodily integrity violated’ over drug and alcohol test, arbitrator rules

A painter has been awarded $2,000 in damages after being subjected to a drug and alcohol test over a minor injury at the Kitimat LNG Canada project.

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Arbitrator: Northern Health contractor ‘should have consulted union’ on standby policy

Northern Health contractor NTT Data Canada violated the Labour Relations Code when it did not consult the workers' union on its on-call policy, an arbitrator has found.

Judge tosses out 13-year lawsuit over Fort St. John speedskating oval design

A judge in Alberta has dismissed a lawsuit over the speedskating oval design in Fort St. John’s Pomeroy Sport Centre due to more than 13 years of delays.

Coastal GasLink protesters sentencing postponed awaiting Gladue reports

Three Indigenous protesters who blocked the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline may not be sentenced until November while Gladue reports are compiled.

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‘No employment relationship’: Guide driver rear-ended in South Taylor not covered by WorkSafeBC, tribunal rules

Guide driver Troy Victor Proctor was injured in November 2018 on the Alaska Highway but was not covered by WorkSafeBC, a Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal tribunal has ruled.

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30-year-old pleads guilty to Fort St. John sexual assault

A 30-year-old man, Haeden Joseph Nickerson, pleaded guilty on Friday, March 7 in Fort St. John Provincial Court to sexual assault.

Supreme Court judge reduces sentences for Coastal GasLink protesters

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled three protesters of the Coastal GasLink Pipeline (CGL) who he found guilty of contempt will face reduced sentences.

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Man accused of robbing Fort Nelson A&W denied bail

Ian David Thomas McMillan, who is accused of armed robbery at an A&W restaurant in Fort Nelson in 2022, has been denied bail.

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