The civil claim says the Kelowna resident was attacked by a police officer and his dog while he was trying to recover a friend’s stolen bicycle.

In his ruling, the B.C. Supreme Court justice said he was satisfied that the advice of public health officials in B.C. is based on the best available scientific knowledge.

The move came after the B.C. Court of Appeal struck down the City of Victoria's plastic bag ban in 2019, saying the municipality needed the province's go-ahead to enact it.

'Mr. Laforge said that he was going to be lighting the place on fire and that if those inside had any sense they would get out of the store.'

Tejwant Danjou was found guilty of murdering his partner, Rama Gauravarapu, while vacationing in the Okanagan in July 2018.

The order would require homeless people to shelter in permitted areas of the park and prohibit them from sheltering in areas such as the Garry oak ecosystems, which is part of a protected and endangered natural system. 

Court documents say the plaintiff was 12 when she was placed under the care of social worker Robert Riley Saunders, and that she later abused alcohol and crystal meth, and was also sexually assaulted and exploited.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barry Davies ordered the sale of the Oasis Hostel in North Vancouver, owned by Emily Yu.

Almost nine years after a UBC student was beaten by Metro Vancouver Transit Police in a violent assault captured on video, Police Act proceedings for one of the two officers involved are still ongoing.

A preliminary hearing in 2019 found there was enough evidence to tale the matter to trial.