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Mirhadi, Moncur acquitted, five men convicted in 2011 kidnapping
Former realtor Naz Mirhadi was acquitted on all charges Wednesday, while five male co-accused were convicted for their role in the 2011 kidnapping and extortion of a Vancouver man. B.C. Supreme Court...
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Retired Coquitlam teacher sent to prison for sex offences
A retired B.C. teacher has been sent to prison for sexually exploiting two young people more than a decade ago and administering a stupefying drug to one of them. Russell Lance Read, whose last...
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No consensus yet on social media policy for Vancouver school district
Work is continuing on a proposed social media policy for the Vancouver board of education after a number of concerns were raised at a committee meeting Tuesday. Board chairwoman Patti Bacchus said the...
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B.C. school superintendent leaves post for labour-relations assignment
Another school superintendent is leaving his job. Keven Elder is saying goodbye to Saanich school district and assuming responsibilities few would relish, especially at this critical juncture: Labour...
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New trials ordered in separate murder, home invasion cases
The B.C. Court of Appeal overturned convictions Wednesday in a Cranbrook murder case and a Vancouver home invasion with gang links. Here are my stories, with links to each ruling: Man convicted after...
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Special-needs complaint against B.C. school district quietly settled
A mother who filed a human-rights complaint against a B.C. school district on behalf of her special-needs child has reached a settlement, but details are hush-hush. Because the school district won a...
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Targeted shooting Monday at spot where Manraj Akalirai was killed
Vancouver Police are investigating a “targeted shooting” at the spot where a teenager was killed in a sword attack in January. Const. Brian Montague confirmed to The Vancouver Sun that police were...
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Severance and dental bills in Coquitlam school district (UPDATED)
The former secretary-treasurer for the Coquitlam school district received $148,495 in severance after he tendered his resignation in December, the Tri-City News reports. Rick Humphreys was entitled to...
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Ignoring that sexual harassment complaint won’t make it go away
Ben Reed should have first learned that a former employee had filed a human rights complaint against him on April 30, 2012, when he was served notice that Shannon Root was accusing him of sexual...
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Spotlighting expense accounts for B.C. school district employees
The Calgary board of education has set a new standard for transparency with employee expense accounts. In December, it began posting executive receipts online after a controversy over spending by chief...
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Inmates in B.C. jail winning settlements for assaults
The B.C. government has paid out millions of dollars to inmates in provincial jails to settle lawsuits filed in recent years, The Vancouver Sun has learned. According to documents obtained under the...
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Surrey man convicted a second time in 2005 murder
For a second time, Tasha Rosette’s former boyfriend has been found guilty of first degree murder in her November 2005 death. The young Surrey woman was pregnant with a baby that Amjad Khan didn’t want....
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Vancouver school trustee joins call for more spending transparency
After my post about school district employee expenses, Vancouver school trustee Mike Lombardi tweeted that he would like to see laws requiring all elected officials to post details of their expenses...
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Online education in B.C. – Easy marks or creative alternatives?
The popularity of online education in B.C. has sparked a debate about whether it provides a learning experience comparable to what students receive in regular classrooms and whether anyone is...
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Independent Soldier wins transfer to minimum security prison
A one-time leader of the Independent Soldiers gang has won his transfer back to a lower security jail after claiming in B.C. Supreme Court that his Charter rights were violated. Jayme Russell, who is...
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Capilano University’s 2013-14 budget: Down to the wire
Capilano University is still gathering ideas about how to balance next year’s budget without the drastic cuts that were proposed last month. The university’s board of governors delayed a vote on the...
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Police find another underground pot bunker linked to Hells Angels
B.C. gang enforcement cops have uncovered another sophisticated underground pot growing bunker believed to be linked to the Hells Angels. Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, of the Combined Forces Special...
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Nanaimo Hells Angel gets charge stayed over court delays
Criminal charges against a high-ranking member of the Nanaimo Hells Angels have been stayed by a B.C. Supreme Court judge, who ruled his Charter rights were violated because the case was taking too...
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Metro school board begins live streaming meetings
The New Westminster board of education is now live streaming its meetings for all to see. Board chairman Michael Ewen told the Royal City Record that live streaming has been a goal of his for a couple...
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Employee expenses – West Vancouver school district
I’ve received a number of responses from school districts to my requests for details about employee expenses (similar to what the Calgary board of education has started posting). Since West Vancouver...
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