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Article content There is something about the prescriptive nature of the quarantine that seems to turn the historical openness of the hotel as an institution on its head. This is especially true for people who equate hotel stays with an unusual degree of freedom, whether pilfering the cleaning cart for extra bottles of shampoo or making gratuitous use of towels. The idea of being confined to even a resort hotel challenges many travellers’ belief in their right to come and leave on their own terms. Quarantine hotels have been around for decades While hotels have often been associated with the...

When governments in Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and elsewhere instituted mandatory hotel quarantines for travellers arriving in their countries as a way of monitoring the spread of COVID-19, they received both praise and criticism. Some citizens questioned why their rights of mobility were being curtailed in their own countries. Would-be travellers factored additional costs into their budgets or deferred travel. And others sought to evade the measures. Exploring the history of quarantine hotels reveals ambivalences and inequities that continue to fuel debates over their...

  VICTORIA -- The preliminary inquiry into the 2019 murder of Metchosin resident Martin Payne began at the Western Communities Courthouse on Monday. James Lee Busch and Zachary Armitage are charged with first degree murder in Payne’s death. Payne’s body was found in his home on July 12, 2019, just days after Busch and Armitage had escaped from nearby William Head Prison. Busch and Armitage were reported to have escaped from the federal minimum security facility in the early morning hours of July 8, 2019. A massive manhunt for the fugitives was conducted by Westshore RCMP and other Va...

Five lawyers, separated by plexiglass, were present in the small provincial courtroom. Paul Pearson and Chandra Fisher are representing the Crown. Defence lawyer Jim Heller is representing Armitage and Victoria lawyer Ryan Drury is representing Busch. Although evidence at the preliminary inquiry is under a publication ban, police have said previously that the two inmates escaped from William Head Institution by walking away at low tide on July 7, 2019. They were recaptured on the evening of July 9 in Esquimalt after being recognized by an off-duty RCMP officer out walking his dog. West Sho...

After 31 years, Greg Parsons still seeks justice for his murdered mother Greg Parsons is set to relive his mother's murder once again on Friday, in a parole hearing for convicted murderer Brian Doyle. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Apr 23, 2021 6:00 AM NT | Last Updated: April 23 Greg Parsons is set to relive his mother's murder once again on Friday, in a parole hearing for convicted murderer Brian Doyle.(Sherry Vivian/CBC) The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed the justice system with delays and cancellations, and in some cases causing grief for people seeking justice but can't get to...