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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. woman awarded $3.35M in car accident lawsuit

B.C. woman awarded $3.35M in car accident lawsuit

Shafaq Cheema experiences neck, shoulder and back pain, traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and major depressive disorder, according to court documents.
Ottawa wins code of silence award for residential school inaction

Ottawa wins code of silence award for residential school inaction

Canadian residential school survivors and families still have to fight to have death records released despite Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations.
Canada's political parties win code of silence award dishonourable mention

Canada's political parties win code of silence award dishonourable mention

Liberal, Conservative and New Democratic parties appealed B.C. court ruling, saying they are subject to provincial privacy law regarding collection of people's private data.
B.C. high school strip searches, sex assaults alleged in lawsuit

B.C. high school strip searches, sex assaults alleged in lawsuit

The B.C. Supreme Court claim alleges strip searches were a Charter of Rights and Freedoms breach of the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure.
B.C. port suing for alleged harbour pollution remediation

B.C. port suing for alleged harbour pollution remediation

The claim alleges a Nanaimo shipyard operation led to contaminants being released onto Newcastle Island Passage property from 1991 to 2014.
B.C. bathtub overflow costs upstairs neighbour $1,694

B.C. bathtub overflow costs upstairs neighbour $1,694

Damages were not covered under the strata corporation's insurance.
B.C. nurse disciplined for medication, assessment issues

B.C. nurse disciplined for medication, assessment issues

James Wallace of Trail has had limits put on his nursing practice and ordered to take remedial education.
B.C. lawyer charged with assaulting, threatening cops gets bail

B.C. lawyer charged with assaulting, threatening cops gets bail

Jean-Marc Francois Hebert's law practice has been in the hands of a B.C. Supreme Court custodian since January 2022 to wind it up.
B.C. nurse reprimanded for neglecting vulnerable patient

B.C. nurse reprimanded for neglecting vulnerable patient

The nurse has agreed to a suspension of their registration for one week.
Swiss family sues B.C. companies after heli-skiing fatality

Swiss family sues B.C. companies after heli-skiing fatality

The lawsuit said Dr. Rupert Diesch died on April 11, 2023 as a result of an avalanche while heli-skiing on Brucejack Peak, north of Stewart, B.C.
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