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Louise Dickson

Louise Dickson

Courts Reporter at Times Colonist Online

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  • English
Covering topics
  • Law
  • Crime
  • Investigative Reporting

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Esquimalt sailor sentenced to 14 days for choking supervisor - Times Colonist

The incident occurred after a night of heavy drinking while the two were on a training course in Halifax in November 2022, according to the court martial decision
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Songs may help protect silver-haired bats from wind turbines - Time...

The discovery that silver-haired bats sing is allowing bat biologists to record their locations, so they aren’t killed by wind-power development
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Province considers expanded police major crime unit to cover entire...

Island communities who are not currently participating in VIIMCU have been calling for expansion of the unit.
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Two slain children connected by blood ties and one child-protection...

Dontay Lucas and Sherry Charlie both died under the watch of USMA Nuu-chah-nulth family and child services
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Mom fights to have case reopened after teen dies from lethal dose o...

Tracy Sims believes 18-year-old Samantha Somerville — one of two women at the same Yates Street party who ended up in the ICU — was murdered
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Victoria police looking for missing teen - Victoria Times Colonist ...

Anyone who sees the 17-year-old is asked to call 911.
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Appeal court upholds $5.5M award to woman hit by Jeep in Central .....

Tracey Ann Ward suffered a catastrophic brain injury in the Aug. 27, 2018, crash that killed her sister, massage therapist Kim Ward.
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Murdered boy 'fell through the cracks and he fell through them hard...

A First Nations foster parent says after Dontay Patrick Lucas was removed from her care, she was asked twice by child services workers to take him and his sister back
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'He was thriving here': Ex-foster mom of murdered Port Alberni boy ...

Dontay Patrick Lucas died on March 13, 2018, of blunt force trauma to the brain after being transitioned back into the care of his mother by USMA Nuu-chah-nulth family and child services
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Only conservation officers equipped with tranquillizer guns, police...

The question about tranquillizer guns was raised after Victoria police shot and killed a full-grown cougar that had been prowling the Gorge-Selkirk Waterfront area on Tuesday
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Car dealership appeals $5.5M award to woman critically injured when...

Tracey Ann Ward suffered a catastrophic brain injury in the Aug. 27, 2018 crash that killed her sister, massage therapist Kim Ward
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Forty new publicly funded substance-use treatment beds on Vancouver...

There is no charge for the beds, which are expected to help about 200 people a year
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Man who threatened social workers, smashed up their office, is sent...

He came to the office dressed as construction worker, armed with a sledgehammer.
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'She just snuck in the room and shot him in his back': Victim's gir...

Brandy Kazakoff testified at Samantha Dittmer’s second-degree murder trial that she didn’t hear any conversation or argument before the gunshot.
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Louise Dickson a finalist for 2023 Jack Webster Award

Louise Dickson is nominated in the Community Reporting category for her article Death at 844 Johnson
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Esi Edugyan writer releases first children’s book - Times Colonist

Esi Edugyan, whose kids’ book Garden of Lost Socks comes out Tuesday, says it’s been hard to find time to write because as chair of the Man Booker Prize, she has read 163 books in the past eight months
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Cruise-ship slowdowns good for environment, but not great for Victo...

A new regulation requiring ships to slow down to reduce their carbon emissions means cruise-ship passengers are spending less time in Victoria.
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West Shore RCMP warn of fraudster family jewelry scam

A man and woman, with one or two children, say they urgently need cash, then try to sell the target gold jewelry, which is fake and almost worthless
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Salt Spring doctors warn of staffing crisis - Times Colonist

Numerous doctor shifts in emergency rooms are unfilled in the coming months; overnight service may be curtailed.
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Charges approved against man accused of injuring Duncan RCMP officer

Charges approved against man accused of injuring Duncan RCMP officer
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Judges don't base decisions on popular opinion or government direct...

The association says it is “concerned about the current public discourse that unfairly blames judges and prosecutors for releasing offenders back into the community on bail.”