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Judge looks at higher sentence than Crown requested in Kelowna manslaughter case
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (419+ words) Published 12:30 pm Friday, January 23, 2026 Signs brought by family and friends to the sentencing hearing in Kelowna of Ka-Mikosit Mae Favelle for manslaguhter in relation to the death of Adam Briand-Lawrence in 2022. Kelowna woman Ka-Mikosit Mae Favelle plead guilty to manslaughter…...
Kelowna manslaughter case continues as Crown presses for 7 year sentence
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (832+ words) Published 8:49 pm Thursday, January 22, 2026 Signs brought by family and friends to the sentencing hearing in Kelowna of Ka-Mikosit Mae Favelle for manslaguhter in relation to the death of Adam Briand-Lawrence in 2022. Kelowna woman Ka-Mikosit Mae Favelle plead guilty to manslaughter…...
Accountability demanded in wake of newlywed B.C. Indigenous man’s death in care
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (922+ words) Published 4:05 pm Tuesday, December 9, 2025 More than 80 people packed into a room in Duncan's Cowichan Community Centre on Dec. 8, gathering in grief, anger and solidarity to support the family of Leonard Sylvester III. Sylvester a 38-year-old member of the region's Penelakut First…...
Murder convict in Surrey 6 slayings found guilty of contempt of court
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (335+ words) Published 3:00 pm Thursday, December 4, 2025 A man convicted of six counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in the 2007 Surrey Six slayings has now also been found guilty of contempt of court. Cody Rae Haevischer is…...
Bailey’s Law passes second reading in House of Commons with standing ovation
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (197+ words) Bill C-225 would see that all domestic violence killings would be treated as first-degree murder It was a unanimous decision in the House of Commons. Members of Parliament gave a standing ovation following Bailey's Law passing second reading on Dec. 3. Kamloops…...
Sentence upheld in case where Surrey woman attacked another in court with knife, hammer
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (554+ words) Published 3:37 pm Thursday, October 30, 2025 B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. (Tom Zytaruk/Surrey Now-Leader) A Surrey woman has lost her appeal court bid to overturn her 12-year prison sentence for attempted murder related to an online feud between her and another woman…...
B.C. family launches petition to keep murderer in jail, 43 years later
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (740+ words) Published 2:44 pm Saturday, October 18, 2025 Warning: This story contains disturbing details; discretion is advised. Shelley Boden was in her high school class in the August of 1982 when she heard her name on the speaker telling her to come to the office....