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CTV News
a day ago
- CTV News
Man arrested after firing flares, threatening police in wild B.C. boat chase: RCMP
Officers continued their pursuit for more than an hour until the suspect allegedly ran the fishing boat aground and was promptly arrested. (Handout) A 25-year-old man in British Columbia has been arrested after allegedly leading police on a wild chase in a stolen fishing boat, firing flares at the pursuing officers and threatening them over the vessel's marine radio. Police located the fishing boat near the northern B.C. community of Prince Rupert on Monday, one day after the vessel was reported stolen from Port Hardy, more than 400 kilometres away on Vancouver Island. Two RCMP vessels attempted to intercept the boat at sea, but the operator refused to stop, according to a statement from the RCMP's West Coast Marine Services division. 'The situation quickly escalated, becoming increasingly dangerous as the boat operator then allegedly tried to evade police while on the water in the dark, including firing flares at police and attempting to ram a responding police vessel,' the statement said. 'The operator of the stolen boat was also using the boat's VHF radio to allegedly threaten police.' Officers continued their pursuit for more than an hour until the suspect allegedly ran the fishing boat aground and was promptly arrested. 'This was a dynamic situation that endangered everyone on the water, including the suspect, responding officers, and all other marine traffic,' said Cpl. Jeff Haney, the acting sergeant with the West Coast Marine Services division. 'We are glad this situation was safely resolved with the suspect being taken into custody, and nobody getting injured,' he added. 'There was a high level of risk involved given the area and the unpredictable actions of the boat operator.' Mounties say their investigation into the incident is ongoing and charges will be recommended against the suspect. The fishing boat has since been recovered from the shore, police said.
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Ruth Jones' former husband has already left his life in the UK behind and has settled in a small Canadian village with his new Gavin & Stacey lookalike girlfriend
Ruth Jones' former husband David Peet has left his life behind in the UK to relocate to a small village in Canada to be with his new girlfriend. And the pair have already gone social media official after she posted a new picture of the pair kissing on Facebook. Mailonline can reveal the TV executive has moved to Port Hardy, located on the northern tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Home to just 4,000 people, David has chosen to start afresh with Jayne Charity Cook, a 46-year-old digital creator, despite having three children and businesses back home. And now Jayne has posted her first snap of the couple since their relationship was revealed by MailOnline on Thursday morning, sparking a flurry of supportive comments from pals. One wrote: 'I'm so glad you found someone that makes you absolutely happy, you are glowing so bright.' Another added: 'You both look so happy. I love this for you.' David split from the Gavin & Stacey star, who he was married to for 27 years, 18 months ago and is believed to have been living in Canada with his new partner for several months. An insider said: 'It's a bold move across the Atlantic. 'But David saw it as a new chapter in his life and an exciting opportunity he couldn't ignore.' David, 71, and Ruth, 58, announced their marriage split on Wednesday, 24 hours after Mailonline approached his new girlfriend in Canada to ask if they were in a relationship. They released a joint statement, writing: 'We amicably went our separate ways 18 months ago and are now legally separated. We remain good friends. 'Since our separation, Ruth is living in London and David is living in Canada, where he is in a new relationship.' Jayne appeared to make her relationship with David public via her Facebook page in April after setting a cosy snap of the pair as her profile picture. She also shared snaps of the couple on her Threads page around the same time, writing 'spent the weekend with my love and had an amazing time.' She describes herself as 'a MommaBear and being a great Friend, Lover, Partner, Daughter, Sister' and has two adult children – Alexander and Isabella – plus she is a doting grandmother to Alexander's son and Isabella's two girls. She has worked as an Education Assistant at the Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw School on the Tsulquate Reserve since 2016. Meanwhile national treasure Ruth is stepmother to David's three children from a previous relationship - Fiona, 35, Louise, 33 and Alex, 31 - and is believed to be close to them, taking on the role of grandmother to their children. The former couple used to split their time between their two properties in Cardiff and the Scottish Highlands, where they own a holiday home. In recent months, Ruth has made a string of appearances without her wedding ring, including on stage at the Bath Literary Festival in May, where she was promoting her new novel, By Your Side. Intriguingly, the book centres around a recent divorcee, Linda, who Ruth says is loosely based on herself - and is a fuller-figured teetotal woman in her 50s. She told her audience Linda had recently abandoned a long marriage after realising she had become 'friends' with her husband, but triggered a break up after he had an affair with a work colleague. The star added: 'The other thing I really love about her is that she (Linda) was married and she got divorced and she gets on fine with her ex-husband. 'It was never a really great big romantic marriage. They got on fine. They had a good sex life but that was kind of it. 'They were good friends. When he (the husband) went off with Denise at his place of work, and ran off to run a cafe in Spain called Doolallies, she was quite happy to see him go.' Their split comes after Ruth's iconic character Nessa finally married on-off lover Smithy, played by co-writer James Corden, in the 2024 Christmas Special of Gavin & Stacey, watched by 12.3million viewers. The episode, titled The Finale, was the last ever instalment of the comedy classic, which first aired in 2007. She previously worked with her husband on the 2009 Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special. Her performance as the no-nonsense Welsh fantasist earned Ruth a BAFTA for best female performance in a comedy last month, where she was seen wearing her wedding ring. However Ruth omitted David from her acceptance speech after collecting her BAFTA in May, in which she paid a huge tribute to the cast and crew of Gavin & Stacey, namely her writing partner James whom she said: 'I love you James, I love writing with you and long may it continue.' Ruth and David first met while filming a pilot episode of a BBC comedy, and the actress once admitted he was in a relationship at the time. Getting together then sparked his divorce from the mother of his three children, who are all now in their 30s. She said: 'Affairs cause a lot of pain, they're not something one aspires to do. You don't aspire to cause pain to people in their life.' They married in 1999 and went onto work with each other again, co-creating her Sky comedy Stella, in which she plays the title character - a struggling single mother - which ran for 58 episodes from 2012. In 2008, they co-founded production company Tidy Productions - named after Ruth's Gavin & Stacey catchphrase - which made Stella, plus they also co-produced the comedy star's Radio Wales show Sunday Brunch in the same year. However, David and two business associates recently set up a new film production company called Toffee International with the TV executive giving a correspondence address - for the first time - in Inverkirkaig in the far remote north west Highlands of Scotland. Ruth is not a part of this new company. Away from the television industry, David owns a restaurant located near their holiday home in Lochinver, a pretty fishing village in the north-west coast of the Scottish Highlands. The eatery - called Peets - is one of just a handful of attractions in the region and sits on a sheltered bay on the edge of Loch Inver, offering spectacular views of the 2,389 feet high Mount Suilven. Mailonline revealed earlier this month that Ruth is frequently seen waiting tables and serving food and drink when she's in the area, which she uses as an escape from her hectic work life. Georgia Riggins, 24, who works at Peet's restaurant said: 'Ruth has been known to do a couple of shifts in the restaurant when she's up here and we've been told that she's coming again in July. 'She's not been coming as much recently but that's because she's probably busy with her work. 'David comes up here more often. He's a lovely man and great to work for. Everybody around here knows how famous Ruth is and when's she's working in the restaurant is happy to pose for selfies with the tourists. But the locals don't bother her.' Ruth is often seen walking around the village enjoying its breath-taking scenery, popping into its only convenience store or visiting a van parked by the village hall to buy fish and locally caught langoustines. David McDonald, 51, who drives around the Highlands selling local seafood told MailOnline: 'I supply fish to Peet's, and Ruth has also come to my van to buy fish. I must admit that I've never watched Gavin and Stacey, but I know she's very famous and can tell you what fish she likes. 'It's very quiet and beautiful around here and couldn't be more different from Ruth's celebrity life. She's famous for her love of Wales but the Highlands are very dear to her too but not a lot of people know that.' David purchased the restaurant in 2014, the year after they bought their holiday home close by for £240,000. Their other home is a semi-detached mock Tudor semi overlooking leafy Roath Park in one of Cardiff's most sought after suburbs, worth over £1million, which they've lived in for 24 years.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Ruth Jones' estranged husband David Peet revealed to be dating Gavin & Stacey star lookalike after ending their 27-year marriage
Ruth Jones' estranged husband David Peet is dating a 46-year-old lookalike of the Gavin & Stacey star - who lives in a tiny village in British Columbia, Canada. The former couple announced on Wednesday their 27-year marriage is over, claiming they split 18 months ago and are now 'legally separated'. But MailOnline can reveal Peet, 71, has now relocated to Canada to be with digital creator Jayne Charity Cook, who has made her relationship with the TV exec public via her Facebook page - which has a cosy snap of the pair set as her profile picture. When MailOnline approached Cook near her home in Port Hardy, British Columbia, which has a population of just over 4,000 people, the day before Jones and Peet released their split statement to ask if she was in a relationship with Peet, she did not want to comment. Cook, who describes herself as 'a MommaBear and being a great Friend, Lover, Partner, Daughter, Sister', also posted snaps of herself and Peet on her Threads profile in April. She captioned the post: 'Spent the weekend with my love and had an amazing time.' The 45-year-old has two adult children – Alexander and Isabella – and is a doting grandmother to Alexander's son and Isabella's two girls. She has worked as an Education Assistant at the Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw School on the Tsulquate Reserve since 2016. Jones, 58, is stepmother to Peet's three children from a previous relationship - Fiona, 35, Louise, 33 and Alex, 31 - and the former couple split their time between their two properties in Cardiff and the Scottish Highlands, where they own a holiday home. Announcing their break-up on Wednesday, the former couple wrote a joint statement, saying: 'We amicably went our separate ways 18 months ago and are now legally separated. We remain good friends. 'Since our separation, Ruth is living in London and David is living in Canada, where he is in a new relationship.' The split had come as a surprise to her industry friends who believed their marriage was one of the safest in showbiz. An insider told MailOnline: 'This has come as a huge shock to people in the industry. 'They have always been incredibly private, nobody has an indication there were issues between them.' They added: 'The fact David has already moved on suggests the marriage may have been over for some time. 'You can't help but feel for Ruth - she's had such a great year as well professionally.' Jones has made a string of appearances without her wedding ring in recent months, including on stage at the Bath Literary Festival in May, where she was promoting her new novel, By Your Side. Intriguingly, the book centres around a recent divorcee, Linda, who Ruth says is loosely based on herself - fuller-figured teetotal woman in her 50s. She told her audience Linda had recently abandoned a long marriage after realising she had become 'friends' with her husband, but triggered a break up after he had an affair with a work colleague. Jones added: 'The other thing I really love about her is that she [Linda] was married and she got divorced and she gets on fine with her ex-husband. 'It was never a really great big romantic marriage. They got on fine. They had a good sex life but that was kind of it. 'They were good friends. When he [the husband] went off with Denise at his place of work, and ran off to run a cafe in Spain called Doolallies, she was quite happy to see him go.' Their split comes as Jones's iconic character Nessa finally married on-off lover Smithy, played by co-writer James Corden, in the 2024 Christmas Special of Gavin & Stacey, watched by 12.3million viewers. The episode, titled The Finale, was the last ever instalment of the comedy classic, which first aired in 2007. She previously worked with Peet on the 2009 Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special. Her performance as the no-nonsense Welsh fantasist earned Jones a BAFTA for best female performance in a comedy last month, where she was wearing her wedding ring. National institution Jones and Peet first met while filming a pilot episode of a BBC comedy and the actress once admitted in an interview her future partner was in another relationship at the time - and getting together sparked his divorce from the mother of his three children, who are all now in their 30s. She said: 'Affairs cause a lot of pain, they're not something one aspires to do. You don't aspire to cause pain to people in their life.' They married in 1999 and went onto work with each other again, co-creating Jones's Sky comedy Stella, in which she plays the title character - a struggling single mother - which ran for 58 episodes from 2012. In 2008, they co-founded production company Tidy Productions - named after Jones's Gavin & Stacey catchphrase - which made Stella, plus they also co-produced the comedy star's Radio Wales show Sunday Brunch in the same year. However, Peet and two business associates recently set up a new film production company called Toffee International with TV exec giving a correspondence address - for the first time - in Inverkirkaig in the far remote north west Highlands of Scotland. Jones is not a part of this new company. Away from the television industry, Peet owns a restaurant located near their holiday home in Lochinver, a pretty fishing village in the north-west coast of the Scottish Highlands. The eatery - called Peets - is one of just a handful of attractions in the region and sits on a sheltered bay on the edge of Loch Inver, offering spectacular views of the 2,389 feet high Mount Suilven. MailOnline revealed earlier this month Jones is frequently seen waiting tables, serving food and drink, when she's in the area, which she uses as an escape from her hectic work life. Georgia Riggins, 24, who works at Peet's restaurant said: 'Ruth has been known to do a couple of shifts in the restaurant when she's up here and we've been told that she's coming again in July. 'She's not been coming as much recently but that's because she's probably busy with her work. 'David comes up here more often. He's a lovely man and great to work for. Everybody around here knows how famous Ruth is and when's she's working in the restaurant is happy to pose for selfies with the tourists. But the locals don't bother her.' Jones is often seen walking around the village enjoying its breath-taking scenery, popping into its only convenience store or visiting a van parked by the village hall to buy fish and locally caught langoustines. David McDonald, 51, who drives around the Highlands selling local seafood told MailOnline: 'I supply fish to Peet's, and Ruth has also come to my van to buy fish. 'I must admit that I've never watched Gavin and Stacey, but I know she's very famous and can tell you what fish she likes. 'It's very quiet and beautiful around here and couldn't be more different from Ruth's celebrity life. 'She's famous for her love of Wales but the Highlands are very dear to her too but not a lot of people know that.' Peet purchased the restaurant in 2014, the year after they bought their holiday home closeby for £240,000. Their other home is a semi-detached mock Tudor semi overlooking leafy Roath Park in one of Cardiff's most sought after suburbs, worth over £1million, which they've lived in for 24 years. Jones omitted Peet from her acceptance speech after collecting her BAFTA in May, in which she paid a huge tribute to the cast and crew of Gavin & Stacey, namely her writing partner Corden whom she said: 'I love you James, I love writing with you and long may it continue.'
CTV News
3 days ago
- Health
- CTV News
Cycling relay for cancer set to begin on Vancouver Island
The inaugural End2End cycling relay fundraiser for a charity that helps families and children affected by cancer is set to take off from Victoria. 'It's the first time we've done it. So there is the excitement about launching that,' says End2End team lead Andy Dunstan. Eight riders have been raising money to support the Island Kids Cancer Association. The team will be leaving Trek Bicycle Store Victoria at 6 p.m. Tuesday Over 48 hours, the cyclists will ride from Victoria to Port Hardy and back. They've been paired up to take turns riding 50-kilometre segments around the clock. 'If we come back successfully, safely, having raised some money, raised some awareness and put it out to the public that this event is something they should support – then I see no reason why we can't give it another kick at the can next year,' Dunstan said. The IKCA works with families affected by childhood cancer on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. It was founded in 2017 by Susan Kerr, who lost her son, Jacob, to the disease. The not-for-profit supports families with financial assistance, mental health resources, and outreach in hospitals.
CTV News
25-05-2025
- CTV News
Missing Vancouver Island man found deceased, RCMP say
Austin Lloyd is described is an Indigenous man standing 5'7' tall and weighing approximately 137 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes, according to police. (Handout) A man reported missing on Vancouver Island over a month ago has been found deceased, according to authorities. Austin Lloyd was last seen on April 14 and reported missing 10 days later, Mounties said in an earlier statement about the search for the 26-year-old man. Police confirmed Lloyd's death in a brief statement Sunday but did not say where or under what circumstances his remains were found. Various RCMP detachments across northern Vancouver Island, including in Port Hardy, Port McNeill and Alert Bay, were involved in collecting information and following up on tips about Lloyd's possible whereabouts. The Port Hardy RCMP is now leading the investigation into Lloyd's death and anyone with information is urged to call 250-949-6335.
