A former British Columbia government employee accused of making false statements to mislead the provincial privacy commissioner has pleaded guilty in a Victoria court.

There has been a major development in the so-called ‘triple deleting email’ scandal. The Criminal Justice Branch announced this afternoon that a special prosecutor approved charges against former ministerial assistant George Gretes. Gretes was previously employed in the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. He is charged with two counts of willfully making false statements to mislead...