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  VANCOUVER -- A former cabinet minister bluntly denied telling a gaming investigator members of the B.C. Liberal government knew about illegal activities at casinos but were doing little to prevent it. Kash Heed told the Cullen Commission public inquiry into money laundering on Friday that he recalled a lunch in Victoria in 2009 with former gaming investigator Fred Pinnock, but his memory of the meeting differed from what the inquiry heard last year. Pinnock testified last fall that he met with Heed in November 2009 shortly after he was appointed solicitor general to raise concerns abou...

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“The need for revenue was never a driver for anything we did on this file,” he said. Over his close to five-hour testimony, Coleman, an MLA between 1996 and 2017, described his role as a primary architect of expanding gambling under the BC Liberal government commencing in 2001. Coleman was responsible for gambling policies and enforcement on three separate occasions (2001-2005, 2008-2010 and 2012-2013), during which time it is now known large and suspicious transactions reached hundreds of millions of dollars annually despite being illegally underreported by casinos for many of those ye...

Former gaming minister dismisses 'ridiculous' allegations B.C. prioritized revenue over money laundering A former B.C. cabinet minister responsible for gaming dismissed allegations Wednesday he prioritized casino revenue over efforts to investigate money laundering, saying he "never once" saw anyone deliberately turn a blind eye during his decade in the role. Social Sharing Rich Coleman says he didn't have power to direct officials to investigate rise in suspected money laundering Posted: Apr 28, 2021 7:08 PM PT | Last Updated: April 29 Then-Minister Rich Coleman speaks to media in Victo...

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's longest-serving gaming minister was asked Wednesday if he would have done things differently to stamp out money laundering at provincial casinos. Rich Coleman, who . . .