B.C.’s chief coroner envisions course to prepare people beyond TV ‘preconceptions’
The chief coroner says a post-secondary course could help recruits understand the job before they take on on-call field work.
- On Monday, July 6, 2026, B.C. Chief Coroner Dr. Jatinder Baidwan proposed a new post-secondary course to prepare recruits for field work, noting that crime-scene television portrayals are far from reality.
- Baidwan envisions the course giving "people an insight into the job before they take it on," as recruits often discover the work differs significantly from television depictions.
- The province employs between 50 and 80 field coroners, and officials recently boosted hourly wages to $49.77 to support recruitment efforts across B.C. communities.
- Baidwan says there is no "widespread discontent" among community coroners, though he acknowledges "everyone agrees that these things need to be fixed" regarding on-call pay concerns.
- No such training course currently exists in Canada, and the service hopes the proposal will complement recent wage improvements to address systemic recruitment challenges.
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B.C. chief coroner Dr. Jatinder Baidwan speaks about the tragic events that occurred in Tumbler Ridge during an announcement in the press theatre at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito British Columbia’s chief coroner says the work of the coroners service is not like the portrayal in crime-scene television shows, and those who take on the job might find it’s not for them. Dr. Jatinder Ba…
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B.C.’s chief coroner envisions course to prepare people beyond TV ‘preconceptions’
BURNABY — British Columbia's chief coroner says the work of the coroners service is not like the portrayal in crime scene television shows, and those who take on the job might find it's not for them. Dr. Jatinder Baidwan says there are "preconceptions...
B.C.‘s chief coroner envisions course to prepare people beyond TV ‘preconceptions’
BURNABY - British Columbia's chief coroner says the work of the coroners service is not like the portrayal in crime scene television shows, and those who take on the job might find it's not for them.
B.C.'s chief coroner envisions course to prepare people beyond TV 'preconceptions'
BURNABY — British Columbia’s chief coroner says the work of the coroners service is not like the portrayal in crime scene television shows, and those who take on the job might find it’s not for them. Dr. Jatinder Baidwan says there are “preconceptions” about the work coroners do with portrayals on TV that are far […]
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