By Travis Lupick / The Georgia Straight – http://www.straight.com/news/593786/deaths-solitary-confinement-prompt-bc-coroners-inquest-and-calls-reform Published on Feb 26, 2014 This article is the first in a three-part series. On September 27, 2011, Kyle Darren Tombaught wrote on Facebook: “First day on my new job working … Read More
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Inquest called into Mexican woman’s death
Posted onBy David P. Ball, 24 hours Vancouver- http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2014/02/25/inquest-called-into-mexican-womans-death Wednesday, February 26, 2014 A vigil was held to honour Lucia Vega Jimenez’s life in front Canada Border Services Agency offices in Vancouver on Jan. 31, 2014. (CARMINE MARINELLI/24 HOURS) … Read More
Tougher drunk-driving laws have saved 190 lives, B.C. says
Posted onDirk Meissner / The Canadian Press for the Globe and Mail – http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/tougher-impaired-driving-rules-led-to-190-lives-spared-bc-government-says/article17069711/ Published Monday, Feb. 24 2014 Attorney-General Suzanne Anton says the Liberal government believes British Columbia’s controversial impaired driving law introduced more than three years ago has saved … Read More
B.C. court dismisses civil forfeiture appeal
Posted onBy Sunny Dhillon – Globe and Mail -http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-court-dismisses-forfeiture-appeal/article17050374/ Published on February 21, 2014 Case struck down of man arrested when he refused to let Mounties into his house British Columbia’s highest court has dealt a blow to the province’s Civil … Read More
Dog cop stalking Vancouver owners
Posted onBy Michael Mui / 24 Hours Vancouver http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2014/02/19/dog-cop-stalking-vancouver-owners Wednesday, February 19, 2014 In less than a week, two Vancouver dog owners reported being tailed home by aggressive animal control enforcement for off-leash and licence violations. Murray Richardson (pictured) … Read More
Lawyer questions how B.C. Forfeiture Office decides what cases to pursue
Posted onBy Sunny Dhillon / Globe and Mail – http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/lawyer-questions-how-bc-forfeiture-office-decides-what-cases-to-pursue/article16953153/ Published on February 18, 2014 B.C. Civil Liberties Association lawyer says program could be targeting property owners without the means to fight back British Columbia’s civil-forfeiture program could … Read More
Some Mounties going to Supreme Court for right to unionize
Posted onBy News1130 Staff/News1130 Published on February 18, 2014 VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – RCMP officers demanding the right to form a union will take their case before the Supreme Court of Canada today. Some Mounties believe they should have an effective labour … Read More
Ontario man can’t get $10K in suspected drug money back, judge rules
Posted onBy Allison Jones/ CTVnews Published on February 17, 2014 A man from North Bay, Ont., cannot reclaim $10,000 in suspected drug money that police seized after they found it in several wads stuffed in his pockets, a judge has … Read More
Civil forfeiture wrong when no criminal charges laid: critics
Posted onBy Denise Ryan/ Vancouver Sun Published on February 16, 2014 The B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office is pursuing civil cases even when there is not enough evidence to uphold criminal charges, say critics who describe the recent development as ‘consolation … Read More
B.C. Civil Liberties Association worried about provision in Surrey Crime Task Force
Posted onBy Terry Schintz/ CKNW Published on February 14, 2014 Use it, but don’t abuse it. That’s the word from Michael Vonn with the BC Civil Liberties Association, when it comes to Surrey’s plan to expand surveillance cameras, and have cameras … Read More
