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Roxanne Egan-Elliott

Roxanne Egan-Elliott

Roxanne Egan-Elliott has been a reporter with the Times Colonist since 2019. She covers the Saanich Peninsula and social justice issues.

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Recent Work by Roxanne

Drug-trafficking conviction overturned due to involvement of VicPD officer

Drug-trafficking conviction overturned due to involvement of VicPD officer

Former VicPD officer Robb Ferris was a key witness at the trial of Horst Schirmer, but has since been found to have committed misconduct
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Province to step in after Sooke votes down bylaw changes to boost housing

Province to step in after Sooke votes down bylaw changes to boost housing

The changes would allow small-scale multi-unit housing on single-family lots, which is required under provincial legislation
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Port Alberni woman gets five years for crash that killed retired RCMP officer

Port Alberni woman gets five years for crash that killed retired RCMP officer

Belinda Mary Hainsworth was driving on Highway 4 near Whiskey Creek on March 22, 2019, when she veered into oncoming lanes, crashing into a pickup driven by Gareth Rees
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Major crime unit sends investigation of teen's death back to VicPD

Major crime unit sends investigation of teen's death back to VicPD

Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit says the 2021 death of Samantha Sims-Somerville, deemed a homicide by the coroners service, didn’t meet its threshold for investigation
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Jury finds man guilty of shooting neighbour in Sooke

Jury finds man guilty of shooting neighbour in Sooke

Paul Tregear’s explanation that he wound up on his neighbour’s property with a loaded rifle because he was chasing a bear was rejected.
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Driver who nearly hit protester found guilty of dangerous driving, assault

Driver who nearly hit protester found guilty of dangerous driving, assault

The judge noted that while violence in Israel and Gaza was the backdrop to the incident, everyone in Canada has the freedom to peacefully express their perspective
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Man sentenced to six years in prison for impaired driving that caused son's death

Man sentenced to six years in prison for impaired driving that caused son's death

Matthew Gilbert Darlington, 49, pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death and was sentenced Tuesday in provincial court
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Victoria paralegal who embezzled $350K from employer sentenced to three years

Victoria paralegal who embezzled $350K from employer sentenced to three years

Melissa Jane Cielen, 49, pleaded guilty to embezzling $343,077.28, which she used to support her alcohol and cocaine use
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Nanaimo man gets four years for pushing girlfriend off a cliff

Nanaimo man gets four years for pushing girlfriend off a cliff

Kyle Gordon Ordway pleaded guilty in August to manslaughter in the death of 27-year-old Amy Watts, whose body was found in a wooded ravine below a cliff in June 2021
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Activists sentenced for blocking roads avoid jail time

Activists sentenced for blocking roads avoid jail time

Howard Breen and Melanie Murray were convicted of multiple mischief charges relating to protests around Nanaimo against old-growth logging
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