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Vancouver, Toronto child pornography cases driving 2019 crime statistics

Canada’s 2019 crime numbers up from 2018, down from a decade ago

Oct 29, 2020 12:47 PM Read more >

COVID-19 hospitalizations in B.C. rise to six-month high

The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in B.C. has crept up to 87 – the highest number since April 29, according to data the province released October 28.

Oct 28, 2020 4:35 PM Read more >

Stopping $800,000 cash buy-in not part of casino investigator’s job: BCLC manager

B.C. Lottery Corporation and the Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch worked at “arms length,” former casino investigations manager said at the Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in B.C.

Oct 28, 2020 4:09 PM Read more >

B.C. taxpayers foot $27m bill for retiring, defeated MLAs: CTF

Canadian Taxpayers Federation numbers not correct: retired MLA Ralph Sultan

Oct 28, 2020 10:50 AM Read more >

River Rock bosses cold to regulators and police, Cullen Commission told

A second BCLC investigator suggests government and casino officials wanted to leave potentially suspicious high rollers alone

Oct 27, 2020 5:10 PM Read more >

RCMP chief tells Cullen Commission of a ‘growing monster’ of casino crime and underfunded detachment

Richmond RCMP Officer in Charge Ward Clapham testified that he was met with “friction” when he went to city officials in 2005 with concerns about the recently opened River Rock Casino and Resort

Oct 27, 2020 4:32 PM Read more >

Health officials monitor record 5,101 people as surge in B.C. COVID-19 cases continues

Province has recorded 1,734 new cases in past week

Oct 27, 2020 4:13 PM Read more >

Prince Rupert port plans cargo volume doubling by 2040

Fairview Container Terminal moved 1.2 million TEUs in 2019

Oct 27, 2020 3:42 PM Read more >

Sexual abuse allegations against priest, employee, Vancouver archdiocese

“Culture of entrenched clericalism that enabled perpetrators of sexual abuse:” suit

Oct 27, 2020 10:51 AM Read more >

BCLC suppressed investigations of casino high rollers, investigator says

Great Canadian Gaming Corp. initially expressed opposition to interviewing high-rolling patrons, commission told

Oct 26, 2020 5:27 PM Read more >

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