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In a decision released online Friday, Justice David Masuhara excluded cellphone evidence gathered against Gill that the Crown said was necessary to its case, prompting Gill's acquittal. Masuhara says the cellphones were held by police investigators for almost seven years without a judge's approval, and the failure to apply for an extension was part of a broader policy in place for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. The court heard homicide investigators were given legal advice in 2007 saying they needed to follow search and seizure rules in order to protect their investigations, yet...

The police failure was uncovered in the case against Samandeep Singh Gill, who was accused of second-degree murder and attempted murder in a 2011 road rage incident in Surrey, B.C., that left one man dead.

  VANCOUVER -- The province has purchased the Burns Block Building at 18 W. Hastings St. to be used for housing and provide programs for women struggling with substance use disorders. The building will house 30 new studio apartments and be managed around the clock by Atira Women’s Resource Society. "This project will give vulnerable women the security and dignity that comes with having access to housing with wraparound services" said Melanie Mark, MLA for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, in a news statement. Seventeen of the new units will be available for women who are committed to reducing...

VANCOUVER - Former premier Christy Clark has told British Columbia's inquiry into money laundering that she first heard from sources within government in

Former B.C. premier says she first learned of money-laundering spike in 2015 Poll Yes Former B.C. premier Christy Clark makes her way to question period in the legislature following a caucus meeting before a confidence vote in Victoria, Thursday, June 29, 2017. A commission of inquiry into money laundering in British Columbia is scheduled to hear from the former premier today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito VANCOUVER – Former premier Christy Clark has told British Columbia’s inquiry into money laundering that she first heard from sources within government in 2015 about a spike in susp...