Graeme Wood
Two major B.C. cities reject Indigenous land acknowledgements
Surrey and Richmond among cities bucking the trend of implementing a symbolic gesture to recognize ‘unceded’ Indigenous land
Public inquiry goes private for big banks
Financial institutions expected to reveal some of the tactics it is using to combat cutting-edge money-laundering techniques
Investors score first settlement in Bridgemark Group case
Public cannabis company Beleave Inc. to pay $2.4 million to investors from insurance, following admission of ‘conduct abusive to B.C.’s capital markets’
Surrey Police Service adds another RCMP member to its top brass
Jennifer Hyland, the current officer-in-charge of the Ridge Meadows RCMP, says her focus is building an inclusive police force; Hyland would not comment on a simmering controversy surrounding board...
Drug trafficker tests B.C.’s civil forfeiture regime
Stephen Hai Peng Chen is seeking police investigation documents that the B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office is calling a ‘fishing expedition’
Churches breaking COVID-19 rules still get government tax breaks
B.C. Humanist Association says public health order violations by places of worship underscore need for public benefits test for tax breaks
Money-laundering inquiry frustrated by federal government agencies: Commissioner
Federal documents so heavily redacted they are useless; submitted information simply copied from public websites; denied interviews; and discrepancies in documentation are among some of the chief...
Surrey police board member’s father is former Hells Angel
Semiahmoo First Nations chief Harley Chappell says childhood past – including his father being a former member of the Hells Angels – does not define him
Surrey hikes taxes 10.7% in controversial city budget
Councillors square off at Surrey City Council over defining the precise nature of the municipal tax increases
B.C.’s fentanyl market estimated to be up to $300 million
Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia gets better grip on deadly impact of fentanyl