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B.C. law to push through Vancouver housing project unconstitutional, court rules
The provincial government had adopted the law at the request of the City of Vancouver in 2023 to push through a 12-storey housing development at Arbutus Street, featuring units open to low‑income residents and users of support services.
Manitoban who's made everything from moose antler guitars to cookie tin ukuleles selling part of collection
Lorne Collie, 88, has been making musical instruments for more than three decades using everything from moose antlers to pitch forks.
Mount Polley disaster's toxic impact continues to filter through B.C. waters, 10 years later: researchers
The catastrophic collapse of a tailings dam sent about 25 million cubic metres of poisoned water from the Mount Polley copper and gold mine surging into waterways on Aug. 4, 2014. The environmental impacts are still being felt, scientists fear, with toxic particles swirling in Quesnel Lake's water a decade later.
B.C. lawsuit alleges Airbnb is offering unlicensed real estate brokerage and travel agent services
The B.C. Supreme Court has certified a class-action lawsuit against Airbnb that alleges the short-term rental company has breached provincial consumer protection laws by offering unlicensed real estate brokerage and travel agent services
Russian living in B.C. claims Scotiabank is wrongfully withholding funds over sanctions
A Russian woman who has been living and working in Canada for the last eight years says her money is locked in limbo due to sanctions against Russia's largest bank, so she's taking Scotiabank and the Canadian government to court.
'Sleeping with the enemy': Mistrial in B.C. sex assault over defence paralegal dating prosecutor
Justice Veronica Jackson ruled last week in Courtenay, B.C., that Cameron Gagne should get a new trial because his lawyer, Eric Chesterley, and prosecutor Nicholas Grabe failed to tell the court about the relationship.
Proposed class-action alleges abuse, cultural devastation at Indigenous group homes in Canada
A proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government says Indigenous children removed from their communities and placed in group homes beginning in the 1950s suffered abuse that "was commonplace, condoned and, arguably, encouraged."
Vancouver officer sexually assaulted colleague, but police group chat targeted victim: investigation
The decision against Narinder Dosanjh, obtained by The Canadian Press, includes the running commentary on the woman's testimony — apparently written by someone inside the courtroom — that calls her a "bad drunk" and says there was "no way" her case would be proved.
Time limits for trials were meant to speed up justice. They've also halted hundreds of criminal cases
Supporters say the Supreme Court of Canada's so-called Jordan ruling in 2016 has sped up proceedings and strengthened Charter rights for prompt justice. But some victims say the time limits for trials work in criminals' favour and cases continue to collapse because those limits are breached.
B.C. court allows police to apply to dispose of evidence at Robert Pickton's property
Families of Robert Pickton's victims want to make sure they will have access to evidence in future court cases, but police argue the items are no longer needed.