Deaths in solitary confinement prompt B.C. coroner’s inquest and calls for reform
By Travis Lupick / The Georgia Straight –Â 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 […]
Inquest called into Mexican woman’s death
By 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 […]
Tougher drunk-driving laws have saved 190 lives, B.C. says
 Dirk 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 […]
B.C. court dismisses civil forfeiture appeal
By 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 […]
Dog cop stalking Vancouver owners
By 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 […]
Lawyer questions how B.C. Forfeiture Office decides what cases to pursue
By 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 […]
Some Mounties going to Supreme Court for right to unionize
By 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 […]
Ontario man can’t get $10K in suspected drug money back, judge rules
By 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 […]
Civil forfeiture wrong when no criminal charges laid: critics
By Denise Ryan/Â Vancouver Sun Published on February 16, 2014 Â The B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office is pursuing civil cases even when there is not enough evidence to uphold criminal […]
B.C. Civil Liberties Association worried about provision in Surrey Crime Task Force
By 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 […]
