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B.C. Election Gag Law Fix Should Be In Throne Speech

Vincent Gogolek | Posted 04.14.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Supreme Court of Canada, Constitution, Elections BC, Civil Liberties, Senate Elections, Shirley Bond, Sean Hern, Bc Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, British Columbia, BC Supreme Court, Free Speech, Vincent Gogolek, Election Act, Senate, Senate Reform, Canada British Columbia News
Vincent Gogolek

The government had a clear opportunity to fix the gag on free political speech built into our province's Election Act last spring, when the act was being amended by the legislature. For reasons unknown, they chose not to.

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Bacon Brother's Court Victory

CBC | Posted 12.03.2012 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Jamie Bacon Rights, Surrey Six, Jarrod Bacon, Surrey Six Murders, Video, Jamie Bacon Rights Violated, Surrey, Cbc, BC Supreme Court, Jamie Bacon, Jamie Bacon Surrey Six, Bacon Brothers, Jamie Bacon 2012, Surrey Six Trial, Canada British Columbia News

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has sided with Jamie Bacon in his fight with provincial corrections officials, saying the accused killer's rights were viol...

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Man Who Knowingly Spread HIV Files Human Rights Complaint

CP | Terri Theodore, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.05.2012 | Canada
Read More: Charles Mzite Human Rights, Charles Mzite, B.C. Supreme Court, B.C. HIV Offender, Zimbabwe B.C. HIV, Human Rights Complaint Charles Mzite, HIV Offender B.C., Cp, Canada News

VANCOUVER - A man who knowingly spread the HIV virus to four women now complains the British Columbia government failed to consistently provide him wi...

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B.C. Businessman, Who Knowingly Exposed Teens To Asbestos, Going To Jail

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.25.2012 | Canada
Read More: Exposed Teens to Asbestos, Exposure to Asbestos, Vancouver, Arthur Moore Exposed Teens to Asbestos, Rod Ludlow, B.C. Supreme Court, Asbestos Exposure, Arthur Moore, Lee Loftus, Worksafebc, Cp, Canada News

VANCOUVER - The owner of a B.C. demolition company who knowingly exposed workers, including teens, to potentially deadly asbestos has been handed a 60...

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Ex-NHLer Sued Over Casino Debt

CBC | Posted 03.20.2012 | Canada
Read More: NHL Player Sued, Gambling Debt, Len Barrie, Tampa Bay Lightning, Bear Mountain Resort, B.C. Supreme Court, Bellagio Lawsuit, Hockey Player Lawsuit, National Hockey League, Bellagio, Cbc, Canada News

A former National Hockey league player and developer of a failed Vancouver Island real estate project is being sued by a major Las Vegas ...

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B.C. Man Guilty In Deadly Road Rage Incident

CBC | Posted 03.20.2012 | Canada
Read More: B.C. Road Rage, Brent Parent, Terence Shultes, Vancouver, Silas O'brien, Road Rage Langley, B.C. Supreme Court, Road Rage B.C., New Westminster, Langley Road Rage, Langley B.C., Brent Parent Road Rage, Cbc, Canada News

A Langley, B.C., man involved in a deadly road rage incident was found guilty of three charges, including criminal negligence causing de...

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Will B.C.'s Drunk Driving Law Be Overturned?

CBC | Posted 01.30.2012 | Canada
Read More: BC Drunk Driving Law, Video, BC Drunk Driving, Cbc, BC Supreme Court, BC Law Drunk Driving, Drunk Driving Law Overturned, Drunk Driving BC, Canada News

The B.C. Supreme Court is expected to rule Wednesday on whether the province's tough new drunk-driving law violates constitutional rights...

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B.C. Court Hears Euthanasia Case

CP | Terri Theodore, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.14.2012 | Canada
Read More: Civil Liberties, Joe Arvay, Euthanasia Case, Right to Die, Cp, Right-to-Die Debate, B.C. Supreme Court, Suicide, Euthanasia, Mercy Killing, Doctor-Assisted Suicide, Canada News

VANCOUVER - The legal review of Canada's assisted suicide laws came too late for a British Columbia man who suffered from a terminal illness and hoped...

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Dying Woman Challenges Canada's Assisted Suicide Laws

CP | Keven Drews, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.13.2012 | Canada
Read More: Assisted Suicide Laws Canada, Right to Die, Cp, b.c. Civil Liberties Association, Assisted Suicide, B.C. Supreme Court, Assisted Suicide Laws, Euthanasia, Terminal Illness, Gloria Taylor, Canada News

VANCOUVER - It's been nearly 20 years since Canada's laws on assisted suicide have been challenged by a terminally ill person, and now a similar right...

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B.C. Doctors Patients Push For Death With Dignity

CP | Terri Theodore, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.06.2011 | Canada
Read More: Justice Lynn Smith, Susan Bracken, Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, B.C. Civil Liberties, Vancouver, B.C. Supreme Court, Death With Dignity B.C., Death With Dignity Supreme Court British Columbia, Sue Rodriguez, Dying With Dignity Canada, B.C. Death With Dignity B.C. Supreme Court, Cp, Canada News

VANCOUVER - A woman who watched her husband die a gruesome death, only to discover she too had lung cancer is one of several patients and physicians a...

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Assisted Suicide Challenge In B.C. Supreme Court

CP | Posted 10.01.2011 | Canada
Read More: Supreme Court of Canada, B.C. Supreme Court, Farewell Foundation, Assisted Suicide, British Columbia, Russel Ogden, Sue Rodriguez, Right to Die, Canada News

VANCOUVER - Much has changed in the 18 years since Canada's high court refused Sue Rodriguez the legal right to assisted suicide. For that reason, ...

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