Latest from Jason Proctor
B.C. real estate agent seeks $800K in commissions for units sold in financially troubled condo project
A Surrey, B.C., real estate agent is suing a financially troubled developer for $800,000 in allegedly unpaid commissions on sales of dozens of units in one of three major Metro Vancouver highrise condo projects now facing receivership.
Northern Health defends handling of complaint over director's pro-Palestinian statements
B.C.'s Northern Health Authority is defending its handling of a complaint about pro-Palestinian social media posts that the organization's former director of inclusion, diversity and equity claims cost her a job.
Rogue B.C. acupuncturist's unlicensed needlework captured by hidden camera
A rogue B.C. acupuncturist has been found in contempt of court for practising unlicensed needlework. A B.C. Supreme Court concluded Wai Cheong Chik ignored a 2016 order banning him from unauthorized acupuncture after being convinced by evidence, including a surreptitiously recorded patient video.
Teeth bared as Canadian dental giant targets former 'partner' in legal battle
Canada's largest network of dental practices has obtained an injunction forcing a former "partner" to cease involvement with a planned franchise business, described in court documents as "something like a McDonald's" of dentistry.
Buffer zone ordered to stem protests expected over 'consular camps' at Vancouver Sikh temple
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has issued an order to establish a buffer zone around Vancouver's biggest Sikh temple this Saturday to prevent anticipated confrontations between protesters and Indian consulate officials.
'Systemic failure' to manage safety at Vancouver's Oakridge construction site, WorkSafeBC alleges
WorkSafeBC claims a "systemic failure to manage workplace health and safety" has plagued Vancouver's multi-billion dollar Oakridge construction site, according to court documents obtained by CBC.
National security cited as B.C. drone engineer's devices seized
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has granted an extraordinary order to seize electronic devices from a former employee of Burnaby, B.C.,-based company specializing in anti-drone technology - citing national security interests and fears China or Russia might be trying to access military secrets.
2 men plead guilty to murder of Ripudaman Singh Malik
Two B.C. men pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder in the July 2022 shooting death of Ripudaman Singh Malik, one of two men acquitted in the 1985 Air India bombings.
B.C. man loses battle over $10K of wine seized at U.S. border
In his submissions to federal court, Yucheng Su claimed he likes to drink wine — but probably wouldn't qualify as a "wine collector." Canada Border Services Agency officer Geoffrey MacLean, on the other hand, showed no such reticence.
RCMP investigate 'disturbing' vandalism of NDP candidate's sign
As a veteran of six election campaigns at both the provincial and federal levels, B.C. NDP candidate Nathan Cullen is used to the rough and tumble of politics. But none of that prepared the Bulkley Valley-Stikine incumbent Tuesday for the sight of himself with a noose around his neck hanging from a makeshift gallows on the side of a highway.