Niki Sharma

• AG defends comments on judge training after B.C. voyeur escapes jail time

  Both the Canadian Bar Association and the Law Society of B.C. warn Niki Sharma risks interfering with the independence of the judiciary and undermining the rule of law.

  Politics

  Nov 30, 2023
  
• ‘Communities can’t wait’: B.C. urges Ottawa to pass bail reform bill 

  If passed, Bill C-48 would expand the set of circumstances under which the onus falls on a suspect to demonstrate why they should be let out on bail.

  Crime

  May 16, 2023
  
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• B.C. warning media companies to comply with Intimate Images Protection Act

  B.C.’s Attorney General Niki Sharma has notified tech and social media companies of the government’s Intimate Images Protection Act and their responsibilities under the law.

  Crime

  May 4, 2023
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• Data showing frequent bail for accused repeat violent offenders reignites B.C. crime debate

  Data released by B.C. prosecutors Monday showed that judges granted detention orders in fewer than half of cases where the Crown sought to have suspects held without bail.

  Crime

  Apr 24, 2023
• Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, Langley in line for four of six new proposed B.C. ridings

  The proposed increase of six new electoral districts includes four in the Lower Mainland, one on Vancouver Island in Langford and another in Kelowna in the B.C. Interior.

  Politics

  Apr 17, 2023
• B.C. cautious but encouraged by bail reform moves

  British Columbia's attorney general says the province is treading carefully to ensure the overincarceration of Indigenous people and other racialized groups is not made worse by proposed federal changes to the bail system.

  Politics

  Mar 13, 2023
• Fed-up with crime, civilian group starts patrolling the streets in Dawson Creek, B.C.

  "The residents are scared because 20 people keep doing 80 per cent of the crime," said Doug Scott, a leader of Dawson Creek's new Citizens Take Action group.

  Crime

  Jan 13, 2023
• B.C. report into overdose crisis calls for big boost in publicly funded treatment, recovery beds

  The committee, chaired by NDP MLA Niki Sharma, made the recommendations after hearing from 118 presenters and reading more than 880 written submissions.

  Health

  Nov 1, 2022