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Bill aims to curb transit assaults
Brent Rathberger tabled "Bregg's Law," a private member's bill, on Thursday that would introduce a definition of "publictransit operator" into the Criminal Code, making assaults on transit workers an aggravating circumstance in sentencing.
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:25A
New trial for woman awarded $12 million
In her reasons for judgment released Thursday, BC Court of Appeal Justice Mary Newbury said the trial judge failed to provide the jury with an even-handed summary of evidence. Justice Newbury also found the jury awards were wholly out of proportion to
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:25A
New trial for woman awarded $12 million
In her reasons for judgment released Thursday, BC Court of Appeal Justice Mary Newbury said the trial judge failed to provide the jury with an even-handed summary of evidence. Justice Newbury also found the jury awards were wholly out of proportion to
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:25A
New trial for woman awarded $12 million
In her reasons for judgment released Thursday, BC Court of Appeal Justice Mary Newbury said the trial judge failed to provide the jury with an even-handed summary of evidence. Justice Newbury also found the jury awards were wholly out of proportion to
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:25A
Surrey Six probe to be re-examined
Victoria lawyer Chris Considine will handle the duties of prosecutor in the case against the officers, the Criminal Justice Branch of the Attorney-General's Ministry announced Thursday. In June, it was revealed that a sergeant involved in the complex
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:25A
Appeal court upholds jail term for fraudster who targeted seniors
"I agree that the global sentence of eight years is high, but I do not agree that, in the circumstances of these offences and this offender, it is 'unduly long and harsh,' or unfit," said Justice Risa Levine in her reasons for judgment released
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:25A
Man, 24, charged in 2010 crash
A charge has been laid almost one year after the crash that killed a pregnant woman and her father in Abbotsford. Shaun James Cochrane, 24, was charged Thursday with driving without due care and
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:25A
A PILOT who set off from Swansea Airport tried to outrun an approaching snow
He applied the throttle but there was no response from the engine, and the aircraft crash landed, tipping over on its nose and coming to rest upside down. The report said the pilot considered the loss of engine response was either due to carburettor
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:25A
Two teens killed as BMW crashes into wall and parked car
The road was closed for around six hours to allow accident investigation to take place and specially trained police officers are providing support to the families involved. Sergeant Steve Wignall said: "This is an incredibly tragic incident in which
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:25A
Lorres Lawyer Seen Lawsuit Is Recklessly False
Two And a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre's lawyer has fired back at Charlie Sheen after the actor named his client in a $100 million lawsuit, calling the star's complaint "recklessly false and unwarranted". Sheen began legal proceedings against Lorre and
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:25A
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