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B.C. hereditary chief gets house arrest for pipeline blockade

Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief Dtsahyl will spend 60 days under house arrest for trying to stop the Coastal GasLink pipeline being built through his traditional territory. He was convicted of blockading a road to a pipeline work camp and disabling heavy equipment.

B.C. Mounties charged with obstruction of justice await verdict

Two RCMP officers charged with obstruction of justice are awaiting a judge's verdict in the death of an Indigenous man in police custody in Prince George, B.C., in 2017. They're accused of telling a bystander to delete the video he took after Dale Culver was arrested.

Lheidli T'enneh musician records children's songs in her ancestral languages

Lheidli T'enneh musician Kym Gouchie recorded a childrens album in her ancestral languages, using a ukulele, phone voice memo recordings of her grannys voice and an armful of firewood.

Jail time for former Elizabeth Fry manager guilty of $240K fraud

The former financial manager ofthe Elizabeth Fry Society in Prince George, B.C., was led out of thecourtroom in handcuffs Tuesday, after she was sentencedto atwo-and-a-half-year jail term for stealing almost a quarter-million dollars that was supposedtohelp vulnerable women and girls.

Why did Madison Scott die? 13 years later, there are still no answers

Thirteen years after Madison Scott vanished from a northern B.C. campsite, RCMP tight-lipped about the young woman's disappearance and death.

Obstruction charge stayed for Prince George RCMP officer

Crown prosecutors have stayed an obstruction of justice charge against an RCMP officer in Prince George, B.C. The constable was one of several officers charged after the 2017 death of a First Nations man in police custody. Last month, manslaughter charges were stayed against two other RCMP officers in the case.

Calls grow louder for B.C. mayor to resign over residential school book incident

First Nations in B.C.'s Cariboo region say they won't work with the City of Quesnel until Mayor Ron Paull steps down. His wife, Pat Morton, has been handing out a book that questions whether residential schools were harmful to Indigenous communities.

Gold mine with history of contaminating B.C. creek fined $276K

A gold mining companythat discharged contaminants into a B.C. creek more than a thousand times since 2017 has now been fined over $275,000 for itsmost recent violations of environmental rules, according to the environment ministry.

Wolf and bear hides among hunting trophies stolen in northern B.C. break in

RCMP say ahunter's collectionof antlers and animal hides has been stolen from a residence in northern British Columbia.

RCMP officer found not guilty of assault with a weapon in Indigenous man's arrest

Const. Joshua Grafton, an RCMP dog handler,was criminally charged four years after a back alley takedown of two truck thieves was captured by a backyard security camera.