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Unit 5 Dads come in to discuss the continued masking of children. Now since this was recorded the district has...

VICTORIA – Saskatchewan judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond has been nominated as B.C.’s new representative for children and youth. The B.C. legislature reconvened Wednesday to confirm the choice of a new independent children’s watchdog, after a lengthy political battle over the B.C. Liberal government’s decision to disband the office of the children’s commissioner and transfer responsibility for child death reviews to the B.C. Coroners Service in 2002. The NDP refused unanimous consent required to ratify the appointment Wednesday, a move likely to delay the appointment until Monday but n...

Solicitor General John Les said his office will be watching the proceedings closely. “We’ll be monitoring the inquest, obviously. Hopefully when the inquest is done we’ll have more answers,” Les said. Bush, 22, died on October 25, 2005 at the Houston RCMP detachment. Bush was arrested for obstruction after giving Const. Paul Koester a false name outside a hockey game – Koester had approached Bush because he was carrying an open beer outside the arena. Bush and Koester were alone at the detachment when the shooting happened. RCMP investigated the incident and laid no charges against ...

RICH COLEMAN The pub and restaurant industry's days are numbered unless the province makes good on a promise to water down new drinking and driving laws, a Kamloops bar owner said Monday. But Rock 'N Firkin Sports Pub and Grill owner Richard Stotz doesn't think much of the news that Solicitor General Rich Coleman is considering watering down the new laws. He said Coleman made no mention of removing the hefty fines and vehicle impound penalties drivers face if they are pulled over with a blood alcohol limit above .05. The new rules have only been in place since September, but Stotz has seen a ...