Crown lawyers says the original forensic report indicating Dale Culver died in part because of blunt force trauma to the head is no longer valid, and they no longer see a path to conviction in the case.
The trial of prominent Indigenous leader and former cabinet minister Ed John began Monday in B.C. Supreme Court in Prince George with emotional testimony from the alleged victim in front of a small gallery of onlookers.
B.C. has made sweeping changes to moose and caribou hunts in the Peace Region, a move that has the support of some local First Nations while hunting groups are firmly opposed.