Trevor Beggs, who covers the Vancouver Canucks for Daily Hive Vancouver, says that the team revoked his press credential and removed him from the rink during Thursday\u2019s game after he published a story about a business owned by the team owners that has been named in a U.S. federal indictment.<\/p>\n
Beggs<\/a>, who has been covering the Canucks for The Daily Hive since 2019<\/a> and also co-hosts the Locked On Canucks Podcast, says that<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve got to apologize to the fans of Locked On Canucks because last night I got my press pass taken away. And I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m getting it back. We\u2019ll see how it goes,\u201d Beggs said on Friday\u2019s episode of the podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI wrote a story yesterday about the Aquilini family, a case they were involved in. Patrick Johnston has also written something similar if you want to check it out in The Province. He didn\u2019t like it. So in the first intermission, I was removed from the rink and asked to give my press pass back. We redacted the article at Daily Hive, so we\u2019ll see where it goes.<\/p>\n \u201cBut that was an interesting experience last night to, you know, mid-game, be ushered out the building. I talked to a few guys. I think I might be the only reporter who\u2019s been kicked out mid-game before. But you know what? It\u2019s part of life, man. It happens. It happens in the world of journalism.\u201d<\/p>\n The Canucks (21-42-8) lost 4-0 at home to the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.<\/p>\n The story by The Province\u2019s Patrick Johnston that Beggs mentions is titled, \u201cAquilinis distance themselves from labour contractor under U.S. federal indictment<\/a>.\u201d It\u2019s about Aquilini Vineyards, a former Washington State vineyard founded by the family that owns the Canucks, which is attempting to distance itself from Harvest Plus, a local firm facing an indictment from the U.S. Attorney\u2019s office for the Eastern District of Washington over accusations that it forged information on visa applications for Mexican laborers brought to the United States. According to the indictment, several Harvest Plus workers were at Aquilini Vineyards in 2022.<\/p>\n