B.C. Courts

• Sheriff shortage prompts multiple Lower Mainland courtroom closures

  A shortage of available sheriffs in British Columbia has prompted several recent courtroom closures in the Lower Mainland.

  Crime

  Jul 26, 2023
  
• B.C. judge uneasy with RCMP bid for U.S. help to extradite accused Chinese spy

  A B.C. judge is concerned that assistance from the U.S. in extraditing an accused Chinese spy has more to do with inadequate RCMP resources than Canada's international obligations.

  Jul 21, 2015
  
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• Two groups sue feds over solitary confinement

  The B.C. Civil Liberties Association and the John Howard Society of Canada launched a lawsuit against the federal government for the use of administrative segregation in Canadian prisons.

  Jan 20, 2015
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• Zehaf-Bibeau told B.C. court he wanted to go to jail to kick crack cocaine habit

  A 2011 psychiatric assessment of Ottawa shooting suspect Michael Joseph Zehaf-Bibeau found him fit to stand trial despite his unusual stated desire to go to jail in order to kick a crack cocaine addiction.

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2014