A B.C. woman who used to belong to ISIS and is charged in Canada with terrorism offences has elected to have her trial next year heard by a judge and jury.

Kimberly Polman appeared in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday by video for a half-day hearing to have federal prosecutors and her defence lawyers confirm dates for her trial and for pretrial matters before Justice Catherine Murray.

One of Polman’s lawyers, Frances Mahon, told court her client has elected to have her case heard by a jury.

Polman, 52, who lives in Squamish, was charged by RCMP in July 2024 with one count of leaving Canada to participate in the activity of a terrorist group, the Islamic State terrorist organization known as ISIS, and one count of participation in a terrorist group, police announced then.

On Thursday in co

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