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British Columbia The Vancouver Police Department’s longest-serving sergeant was demoted and suspended Tuesday after admitting to sexually harassing five women, including two fellow officers and three students at the universities where he taught. Officer whose complaint was dismissed says case has ‘altered my past, my present and my future’ JasonContinue Reading

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British Columbia Twice in two weeks, Surrey, B.C., immigration consultant Neera Agnihotri discovered her firm was listed on employment documents for foreign workers supposedly bound for B.C. The only problem: she had never heard of any of the prospective workers or the businesses wanting to hire them. Fraudsters selling victims falsified labour market impactContinue Reading

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Scared neighbours. An atmosphere of “fear, mistrust and continual disruption.” People “upset and anxious and worried in their own homes.” As she listed Frank Young’s impacts on her small Haida Gwaii community, a Skidegate band councillor told a B.C. provincial court judge in 2020 that the First Nation wouldn’t rule out banishment if the systemContinue Reading

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British Columbia·Video Two orphaned bobcat sisters were released into the wild near Powell River, B.C., on Friday, 10 months after they were found malnourished near a logging road. Malnourished kittens were found near Powell River, B.C., last July and were taken care of in Smithers Akshay Kulkarni · CBC NewsContinue Reading

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In the wake of the Vancouver festival tragedy that left 11 dead, several injured, and people around the world grieving, B.C.’s premier said there will be a review of the province’s mental health legislation to ensure it’s working the way it’s intended. The premier has also announced that Friday, MayContinue Reading

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British Columbia The murder of a Haida Gwaii man in what police say was a targeted hit and run has set off a provincewide movement, #Justice4Luke, across British Columbia, drawing attention to the issues of drugs and violence in First Nations communities. Indigenous groups across B.C. rally and shun suspect’sContinue Reading