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Jeremy Hainsworth

Jeremy Hainsworth

Jeremy came to Canada from the U.K. in 1971. He has worked across the media landscape from small-town B.C. newspapers to Vancouver’s big dailies and at The Calgary Herald as senior crime reporter. He has worked with The Canadian Press, Reuters and The Associated Press newswire services and was a Bloomberg News divisional foreign correspondent. A specialist in criminal/legal issues, Jeremy has been a frequent radio and TV news commentator.

Recent Work by Jeremy

B.C. couch owner loses complaint about two-year-old furniture

B.C. couch owner loses complaint about two-year-old furniture

The woman said the couch was not the quality she expected, a complaint she made two years after buying the piece.
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No cash after $4,760 bike disappears from B.C. strata bike room

No cash after $4,760 bike disappears from B.C. strata bike room

After giving Vancouver strata bike room users a month's notice, untagged bikes were removed or relocated.
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B.C. strata ordered to reverse $8,200 in 'loud' vacuuming fines

B.C. strata ordered to reverse $8,200 in 'loud' vacuuming fines

A Vancouver strata sought an order that an owner could only vacuum for five minutes a day.
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Police seek two B.C. men charged in multi-kilo drug bust

Police seek two B.C. men charged in multi-kilo drug bust

Among the items seized: 28 kilos of methamphetamine, two kilos of MDMA and five kilos of cannabis.
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B.C. bar owner convicted of sex assault challenges liquor licence cancellation

B.C. bar owner convicted of sex assault challenges liquor licence cancellation

Vancouver's Brickhouse Late Nite Bistro and Bar owner Chih Hwa Leo Chow said he's appealing his conviction of the sexual assault of a woman then aged 21.
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B.C. man gets two years' prison for sexual touching of minor

B.C. man gets two years' prison for sexual touching of minor

Joshua Turner pleaded guilty to a charge that he engaged in sexual touching in Squamish between March 11 and March 20, 2021.
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B.C. judge rejects appeal of man on sex offender registry for assault, voyeurism

B.C. judge rejects appeal of man on sex offender registry for assault, voyeurism

Ali Aghasardar pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault and one count of voyeurism in Vancouver Provincial Court on March 18, 2024.
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B.C. man gets 30 months' jail for hospital worker sex assault, indecent act

B.C. man gets 30 months' jail for hospital worker sex assault, indecent act

John Field was undergoing an electrocardiogram at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver when the Feb. 11, 2023, incidents occurred.
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Woman's Mental Health Act detention case to proceed, B.C. judge rules

Woman's Mental Health Act detention case to proceed, B.C. judge rules

Irene Dawson alleges police took her to Vancouver General Hospital, where she was stripped, restrained and denied food and phone access.
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B.C. restaurant fined $7K for serving minor

B.C. restaurant fined $7K for serving minor

A Campbell River restaurant was found not to have exercised due diligence in checking identification when serving a minor assisting liquor inspectors.
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