Ah, the Special Prosecutor system worked again, for the BC Liberals. Today, Kash Heed applauded the work of Jane Thornthwaite‘s Special Prosecutor Mark Jette and issued this statement. At least, it was attributed to […]
Note: RCMP Corporal Monty Robinson is due in Surrey Provincial Court on a charge of obstructing justice April 18 2011. October 14 2007, Cpl. Monty Robinson led a squad of four RCMP […]
World War II ended September 1945 when Pacific surrender documents were signed. Precisely nine months later I was born in Vancouver and my future one and only wife arrived in Powell River. […]
Most of us pay little attention to the superior courts in our province. Perhaps we do when high profile criminal or civil cases are reported but mostly, the courts grind on without […]
Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher and jurist in the late 18th century: “In the darkness of secrecy, sinister interest and evil in every shape have full swing… Publicity is the very soul of […]
We have a Legal System here in BC – but do we have Justice? On May 27th, 2009, after four years of litigation, BC Supreme Court Justice, Ian Pitfield, awarded $600,000 in […]
When Egyptian people rose against the ruling order, government response shut down the internet and cell phone networks. Nine Internet Service Providers (ISPs) out of ten were affected. Noor Data Networks was […]
North Van’s Grumps is a diamond digger, extracting gems from institutional effluent that others ignore. Don’t miss this one.
News item: Egyptian security forces have used rubber bullets, tear gas and water canon in running battles with tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators demanding that Hosni Mubarak, the president, step down. […]
I argued here that BC Liberals provided Basi and Virk with a sweetheart deal in exchange for guilty pleas that allowed their trial to be ended. Here is more evidence – if we […]
I notice today the BC Business Council summoned Colin Hansen to receive instructions today on new policies. In the new compact Liberal cabinet, Hansen is Minister of Finance, Minister of Small Business […]
One of my information sources is ProPublica an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. Following my article that questioned the suitability of a particular judge of the […]
News Item: The provincial Crown is seeking the return of up to one million pages of documents disclosed to defence lawyers in the Basi-Virk political corruption case. B.C. Supreme Court Associate Chief […]
Consider the connections between the headline about rules on disclosure and other stories involving RCMP. Constable Geoff Mantler might prefer the British system that would have authorized him to arrest and charge […]
The Province of BC paid $6 million to lawyers representing Basi and Virk. Does the public have the right to see an itemized invoice and full disclosure about purposes of the payment? […]
A reader pointed us to a recent BBC News report about a British politician convicted of financial fraud. Please compare this legal action to outrageous conduct witnessed in the Basi Virk trial […]
Liberal leadership candidates, especially Mike de Jong and Christy Clark, do not see evidence or indicators of wrongdoing in the sale of BC Rail and they are untroubled by bribery and corruption […]
Sometimes Ian Mulgrew mails in a shoddy effort: on Basi/Virk, for example. Other times he is thoughtful, incisive and on target: Dsziekanski and the RCMP, for example. Today Mulgrew is on track. I […]
http://rafeonline.com/2010/08/cartoon-by-gerry-hummel-2/ BC leads Canada in striving for an economy based on inequality but, at least poverty mostly affects the poor and minorities, not the rest of us. Also, read Northern Insights’ Striking […]
Seven seconds to the death of a deaf wood carver River Otter Rustics Globe and Mail report The Aboriginal Multi-Media Society
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