B.C. teacher charged with child exploitation

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 09 Apr, 2021 06:52 PM

A teacher has been charged with child exploitation allegedly involving a female student at a high school in the Cariboo region of British Columbia.

RCMP in 100 Mile House say 33-year-old Vincent Collins of 108 Mile Ranch was arrested while on his way to work.

Staff Sgt. Svend Nielsen says police learned of the allegations on Wednesday evening and took Collins into custody the following morning.

Nielsen says school administrators and the local school district are supporting the investigation and police would like to hear from anyone with further information.

Collins remains in custody.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Collisions With Power Poles On The Rise; BC Hydro Offers Tips To Avoid Harm

BC Hydro says it's seeing a rise in the number of car accidents involving its power poles and other electrical equipment and is offering tips to avoid injury.

Collisions With Power Poles On The Rise; BC Hydro Offers Tips To Avoid Harm

B.C. Plane Crash Victim Identified; Witnesses Describe 'Explosion'

GABRIOLA ISLAND, B.C. - Friends are identifying a kind, caring and skilled pilot among those killed in a plane crash on Gabriola Island.

B.C. Plane Crash Victim Identified; Witnesses Describe 'Explosion'

First Nation Approves Vast Housing Development On Vancouver Reserve Lands

VANCOUVER - One of the largest Indigenous-led housing developments in Canada is a step closer to rising in the heart of Vancouver after members of a First Nation voted in favour of the proposal.

First Nation Approves Vast Housing Development On Vancouver Reserve Lands

Bail Decision On Monday For Montreal Blogger Who Touted Polytechnique Gunman

MONTREAL - A decision on whether to grant bail to a Montreal blogger alleged to have glorified the gunman behind Montreal's 1989 Ecole polytechnique killings is expected Monday.

Bail Decision On Monday For Montreal Blogger Who Touted Polytechnique Gunman

Alberta's High Court Won't Change Life Sentence Of Man Who Killed Seniors

EDMONTON - The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed a sentence appeal of a man convicted of killing two Edmonton-area seniors.

Alberta's High Court Won't Change Life Sentence Of Man Who Killed Seniors

Legault Defends Telling California Governor All French-Canadians Are Catholic

SACRAMENTO, United States - Quebec Premier Francois Legault is defending comments made Wednesday to the governor of California in which he declared all French-Canadians are Catholic.