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

Vancouver dial-a-doper kept dealing in Victoria after first trafficking charge

The man continued to sell drugs in Victoria while he had a trafficking case before the courts in Vancouver.

Mar 23, 2023 7:00 PM Read more >

B.C. rancher fined $960,000 for fish habitat destruction

B.C.'s Tsilhqot'in First Nation wants Altherr & Schellenberg Cattle Co. Ltd. off its land after the company was found to have destroyed riparian and instream habitat.

Mar 22, 2023 2:17 PM Read more >

'Burn in hell': B.C. actor, singer acted 'abusively' in claim against talent agency

Tribunal member found Ritchie called Saba Mohseni’s words to agency manager “intimidating, abusive, and unnecessary.”

Mar 17, 2023 7:58 AM Read more >

'Cowardly' anonymous attacks on journalist covering COVID denounced by B.C. judge

Richard Sean Oliver pleaded guilty to criminal harassment and was ordered not to contact journalists Jody Vance, Keith Baldrey, Marcella Bernardo and others.

Mar 10, 2023 3:18 PM Read more >

B.C. nurses not immune from substance abuse problems, stigma

Nurses with substance use disorder may be more impacted by social marginalization and stigma due to their roles.

Mar 10, 2023 5:30 AM Read more >

B.C. doctor disciplined for hypnosis, psychedelic drug treatments

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC said Dr. Paul Harris used psilocybin and MDMA in therapy.

Feb 28, 2023 12:47 PM Read more >

Punching another person's car costs B.C. man $300 deductible

An argument broke out in a grocery store parking lot after a man opened his truck door and hit another man's car. It escalated to them smacking each other's vehicles.

Feb 27, 2023 10:53 AM Read more >

Privacy commissioners to probe alleged TikTok user data disclosure

The commissioners are looking at whether valid and meaningful consent is being obtained for the collection, use and disclosure of personal information.

Feb 24, 2023 10:12 AM Read more >

B.C. boat master fined $25,000 in urchin diver's 'tragic' death

Andrew Connor Brown was an occupational scuba diver employed as a red sea urchin harvester on the vessel Diver City.

Feb 23, 2023 4:30 PM Read more >

B.C. businesses want government help in face of 'rampant vandalism'

Businesses were pessimistic about their futures when asked about the impact of crime and vandalism and the ability to remain open.

Feb 23, 2023 7:00 AM Read more >