{"id":558271,"date":"2026-04-01T13:31:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/558271\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:31:22","slug":"trevor-beggs-stands-by-reporting-after-canucks-revoke-credentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/558271\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Beggs stands by reporting after Canucks revoke credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Thursday, Vancouver Canucks beat reporter Trevor Beggs was escorted from Rogers Arena and had his credentials revoked<\/a> during a game over a story he wrote about a business related to the team\u2019s owner.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the team released a statement<\/a> saying that the story, which had since been deleted, \u201ccontains statements that are inaccurate, misleading, and cause reputational and commercial harm\u201d and that \u201cthe credential referenced will not be reinstated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also on Monday, Beggs, who has covered the team since 2019, spoke about the situation with co-host Kyle Bhawan<\/a> on their Locked On Canucks podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The offending story that Beggs wrote for Daily Hive Vancouver was about Aquilini Vineyards, a Washington State vineyard founded by the family that owns the Canucks, which is attempting to distance itself from Harvest Plus, a local firm\u00a0facing an indictment from the U.S. Attorney\u2019s office for the Eastern District of Washington<\/a> over accusations that it forged information on visa applications for Mexican laborers brought to the United States. Per the indictment, the firm forced these workers into unsafe conditions, and several Harvest Plus workers were at Aquilini Vineyards in 2022.<\/p>\n

Begg\u2019s story on Daily Hive highlighted the vineyard\u2019s connection to the Canucks, and was led by an image of Francesco Aquilini, the owner and chairman of the NHL franchise, perhaps implying something that didn\u2019t align with the reality of the story. It has since been deleted<\/a> by the publisher without comment or explanation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in myself as a journalist and as a reporter,\u201d Beggs said on the podcast. \u201cI always say to my kids, you know, you\u2019ve got to learn something new every day. And I think there\u2019s some learning experiences here for sure. But I believe in myself. And look, Canuck fans deserve people covering this team who are truthful and honest. And yeah, I believe I can be that guy. I know I can be that guy for Canucks fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I tried to lay that out in my story. And, you know, there were some issues with the framing. And look, like I said, I think there\u2019s lessons to be learned. I gotta step up the bar, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Beggs took a conciliatory approach to the situation, Bhawan adopted more of a blowtorch mentality, calling out Aquilini for\u00a0his history of making headlines for unsavory reasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI keep saying it\u2019s not the Aquilini Canucks, it\u2019s not whatever business number they have Canucks, it\u2019s the Vancouver Canucks. So if you\u2019re gonna constantly be in the news for noisy stuff, it\u2019s like the people need to hear because you represent all of us, and sometimes enough is enough. And it\u2019s embarrassing on top of having a sh*tty team\u2014 pardon my language\u2014 on top of having a team that\u2019s in the bottom of the standings and losing this player and losing that player and losing the franchise player and only making the Western Conference Finals 3 times in 55-plus years. And on top of that, you have somebody who owns a team that is like, like so Googleable<\/a>, you know, like so many stories about the guy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t care how incorporated they get over there. It\u2019s like when you\u2019re this rich, and you just want to buy a team, it\u2019s cool, add it to your collection, congratulations. Now you\u2019ve got some more revenue coming up, but it\u2019s like, man, take\u2014 what\u2019s that Spider-Man quote, right? \u2018With great power comes great responsibility.\u2019 And just, it\u2019s a communal thing. It\u2019s the Vancouver Canucks, not the Aquilini Canucks. So get your ish together and stop f*cking around.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026if Francesco\u2019s listening to this, which he might be, like, yo, just stop. You represent the whole city. You don\u2019t need all the money in the world. You represent the Vancouver Canucks. Again, it\u2019s not just your team, it\u2019s our team. I don\u2019t care if you get the invoices. Enough\u2019s enough. Straight up, straight up. No, it\u2019s just the truth. Like, this is our team, so stop. Stop. Stop being in the news.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beggs reiterated that his goal in covering the Canucks has always been to write about the good and the bad, which is how any sports journalist should handle their beat, regardless of whether they consider themselves a fan.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think when situations like this happen, you do kind of have to look at things a bit critically. And, you know, I said I believe in myself. I stand by myself as a reporter. But, you know, this has been a bit of a unique situation. And look, man, I would love nothing more than to cover positive stories and a winning hockey team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s the commonality here, you know, whether it\u2019s the ownership or the fan base. We might not all get along, we might not all agree on things, but we all want to see this team win. Look, that\u2019s my goal, man. My goal is to cover a Stanley Cup-winning Vancouver Canucks hockey team. That is my goal. And tell the stories along the way, right?<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a journalist, you\u2019ve got to report on everything good and bad. But like, I love nothing more than to cover a good hockey team, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

While it doesn\u2019t sound as though the Canucks will reinstate his credentials, Beggs plans to continue covering the team in some capacity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just got to say, no matter what happens, I\u2019ll always be covering this team, because I have an unhealthy obsession with this crappy hockey team, man,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019m not going anywhere, man. I\u2019ll be writing about this team and talking about this team until no one wants to listen to me anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last Thursday, Vancouver Canucks beat reporter Trevor Beggs was escorted from Rogers Arena and had his credentials revoked…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[66773,246069,247703,385,99,247704,1320],"class_list":{"0":"post-558271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-credentials","9":"tag-daily-hive-vancouver","10":"tag-locked-on-canucks","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-trevor-beggs","14":"tag-vancouver-canucks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}