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Basi-Virk case files will not be destroyed
On Monday, BC Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Anne MacKenzie allowed a prosecution application ordering the defence to give back the material. The application had been filed after lawyers for former ministerial aides Dave Basi and Bob Virk had
Updated: 03/17/2011 05:09A
Judge 'made errors' in case against reporter
In December, BC Supreme Court Justice Paul Williamson ordered that Elaine O'Connor reveal a source for a story about former Liberal MP Blair Wilson. The October 2007 story by O'Connor reported a number of allegations against Wilson, including that he
Updated: 03/17/2011 05:09A
City must make decision soon on energy system
With water, sewer and street work on Union Street expected to start for the new justice complex next month, Bill Edwards says council must decide on the district energy system now while the street is dug up. "It's going to be a decision that council's
Updated: 03/17/2011 05:09A
Fundraiser set for Afghanistan women
After screening a film on the group five years ago, members of the Fredericton Peace Coalition felt connected to the struggles of these women and the rights they so desperately fight for, so they started an annual fundraiser to support this group,
Updated: 03/17/2011 05:08A
Peel Plaza taking shape
This is the tunnel that will pass under Hazen Street and will be used to transfer prisoners from holding cells at the new police headquarters to the courtrooms in the new justice complex. But the project manager for the uptown development believes
Updated: 03/17/2011 05:07A
The Monterey County Herald
The CalPERS Board of Administration voted Wednesday not to change its assumptions about how quickly its investments will grow, a move that saves cash-strapped governments across California from drastically higher pension rates.
Updated: 03/17/2011 05:07A
Tories release some law-and-order cost info
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Justice Minister Rob Nicholson submitted the documents to the Parliamentary Procedure and House Affairs Committee prior to an animated debate with their political opponents that is raising the spectre of a
Updated: 03/17/2011 05:07A
The Midsomer Murders row: there's no law against cliched thinking
Thus, immigration typically features people travelling to large cities, seeking opportunity. And, in part, the rural life for which True-May seems so nostalgic has been rendered far less labour-intensive by agri-business, in England and abroad.
Updated: 03/17/2011 05:07A
Dispute Over Guard In Hostage Drama
THE industrial umpire has been asked to intervene in a dispute involving a guard who was taken hostage during a dramatic breakout from a youth justice centre. Joseph Fagan had a makeshift 15cm knife held to his throat and was assaulted when six
Updated: 03/17/2011 05:07A
Suicide verdict is recorded
The body of Andrea Armitage, 26, was found by husband Christopher in the bath at their home in Middleham, North Yorkshire, after he returned from an evening out. His call to emergency services on October 5, last year, prompted an armed response by
Updated: 03/17/2011 05:07A
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