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

Trucking company's licences suspended after North Vancouver overpass crash

Truck hitting B.C. overpass 'outrageous,' minister says

Sep 21, 2023 8:15 AM Read more >

Parents of Nanaimo teen killed in crosswalk awarded $327,000

The court recognized the Korean practice of hyodo or filial piety, which generally compels children to provide economic and other support to their parents.

Sep 21, 2023 8:00 AM Read more >

UBCM delegates call for better rural, remote health-care services

Concerns include lack of access to emergency services, on-demand mental health and addictions facilities, physicians, paramedics, and other health professionals.

Sep 20, 2023 7:00 PM Read more >

UBCM pushes for more police training, funding amid officer shortages

While RCMP train in Regina, the Justice Institute of British Columbia is the only academy available for B.C police forces.

Sep 20, 2023 4:00 PM Read more >

Put monthly cellphone levy on 911 services, UBCM tells province

Coquitlam Coun. Craig Hodge said system needed as B.C. faces more disasters and emergencies.

Sep 20, 2023 12:40 PM Read more >

Waiving taxes, fees key to building affordable housing, UBCM hears

Provincial government affordable housing cuts left 600,000-unit deficit, delegates told.

Sep 20, 2023 9:20 AM Read more >

Learn to live with wildfire smoke, British Columbians told

Hotter temperatures, atmospheric rivers and their effects on health and communities are here to stay and must be planned for, UBCM conference hears.

Sep 19, 2023 3:52 PM Read more >

Machine decision-making in B.C. government must be fair and transparent, conference hears

BC Ombudsperson staff highlight fairness principles and fairness challenges to consider when developing artificial intelligence systems.

Sep 19, 2023 10:40 AM Read more >

Forest fires, housing, emergency services on UBCM conference agenda

The annual Union of BC Municipalities conference runs Sept. 18-22 in Vancouver.

Sep 17, 2023 12:00 PM Read more >

Federal tax changes unconstitutional, Canadian lawyers claim

The Canadian Federation of Law Societies claims tax changes threaten unreasonable search and seizure protections, freedom from restraint and protection of solicitor-client privilege.

Sep 14, 2023 9:00 PM Read more >