YouTuber sues B.C. conservation officer, government over alleged profit losses

A YouTube hunting personality is suing British Columbia’s Conservation Officer Service alleging one of its officers defamed and targeted him in a “malicious, obsessive and compulsive fashion,” allegedly causing him to lose sponsorship deals.The B.C. Supreme Court lawsuit says it started in May 2020, when Michel Beaulieu gave a hunting tag to his wife who killed a black bear in the province, believing the “prerequisite tag” could be shared.The lawsuit says conservation officer Wyatt Pile charged the couple with hunting without proper tags and both pleaded guilty and were fined and given a one-year suspension of their hunting licences in B.C.