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Liberal promise of 10-year deal with teachers makes BCTF anxious
The unexpected Liberal victory has sparked concern about Premier Christy Clark‘s goal of a 10-year contract with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF). The union wasn’t keen on the idea when it was...
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Judge upholds agent recruitment in murder conspiracy case
Career criminal and admitted killer Garry Shank had never held a job until police signed him up as an agent in 2009. When the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit contemplated using Shank in a...
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Police say Roueche exaggerates his impact in Rolling Stone article
United Nations gangster Clay Roueche may have made the cover of the Rolling Stone, but police in B.C. said the story is more fiction than fact. Roueche was featured in an article called “Boss Weed: the...
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Who wins out in divorce court when one parent doesn’t trust modern medicine?
If you, like me, happen to spend any time on B.C. court websites, you’ll occasionally find yourself stumbling across documents that take you deep inside incredibly intimate and bitter family...
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Closure of six schools announced in Cowichan Valley
The only B.C. school district without an elected board – Cowichan Valley – will close six schools this year to save money, according to news reports from Vancouver Island. The decision was announced...
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Why it’s OK not to vote
Vancouver Sun columnist Pete McMartin opened a can of whoop ass today on the roughly half of eligible B.C. voters who didn’t bother to go out to the polls on May 14: For those who were either too lazy,...
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Don’t get caught rollerblading if you want to sue because of ‘permanent...
Twelve traffic accidents in 16 years is a lot for one man. But that just includes the crashes that Marko Jurisevic has acknowledged, even though a B.C. Supreme Court judge suspects there have been...
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B.C. cops help solve violent gang crime in Guatemala
When Guatemalan prosecutor Allan Stowlinsky was kidnapped, murdered and decapitated two years ago, police there used investigative techniques learned from B.C. cops to catch his killers. They seized...
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Abbotsford school district bids farewell to its two offshore schools
New rules for B.C. offshore schools have had an unexpected impact in Abbotsford school district. That district is one of several in B.C. that created business companies during the past decade – on a...
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B.C. school district snubs the Liberals’ Pacific Carbon Trust
A small school district in southeastern B.C. plans to tackle greenhouse gas emissions at home this year rather than sending money to a Crown corporation. Other school districts that are also unhappy...
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Schools warn parents about international grad trips
It’s that time of year again when B.C. schools are warning parents to do their homework before allowing their kids to participate in overseas trips to celebrate graduation. The focus this year seems to...
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B.C.’s young athletes need protection from abusive coaches: Opinion
Sydney Stockus of Victoria is a student at the University of Southern California and president of the Women’s Leadership Board at the Marshall School of Business. In this guest post, she recalls her...
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Gang associate gets four and a half years for loaded guns, drugs
A man identified in court documents as an associate of the late Jonathan Bacon and a Hells Angel has been sentenced to four and a half years in jail for trafficking and firearms convictions. Brendan...
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Drug users vs. the City of Abbotsford
For years, injection drugs users, their supporters and even the local health authority have been lobbying the City of Abbotsford to trash a bylaw that prohibits any kind of harm reduction service,...
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Charismatic Christians spread ‘exciting’ faith with immigrants
‘God’s movin’ in this place. I am undone. I’ve got tears flowin.’ I’ve got snot comin’ out of my nose. God, we can be undignified with you. Knowin’ our indignity is all for you.” Pastor Rico Galindez...
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Another B.C. school district frets about the future of offshore schools...
The New Westminster school district business company – like its counterpart in Abbotsford – is wondering about its future in light of new regulations for B.C.’s offshore schools. The New Westminster...
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Would B.C. Greens pick NDP as their second choice? Data suggests no
Last week, I got a fair bit of heat for an article I wrote noting that — had voters in 12 ridings voted NDP instead of Green – Adrian Dix would be premier now instead of Liberal leader Christy Clark....
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B.C. francophone schools relax admission requirements
Stories about parental anger in Chilliwack over the rejection of a French immersion program mention an interesting development that affects parents throughout B.C. The Conseil scolaire francophone...
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A win for B.C. teachers in legal dispute over freedom of expression
The B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) has won another victory in a complicated battle with employers over freedom of expression in public schools. In a ruling Tuesday, the B.C. Court of Appeal sided...
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Hard-luck marijuana grower catches half a break
First, police raided handyman Ray Valdemar Sundstrom’s Sunshine Creek home and discovered his covert marijuana grow-op, seizing 794 plants hidden in an underground bunker. Then he made a deal with the...
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