Vancouver housing activist Rohana Rezel has had a beef with Airbnb and the City of Vancouver for years, and a B.C. Supreme Court ruling this week means there’s no end in sight. Rezel had made Freedom of Information requests to the city in 2019, seeking information about the hosts of short-term rentals. But the city and…
Airbnb Wins Vancouver Privacy Ruling, as Court Quashes Order to Release Host Data
BC Escapee Gets Life Without Parole for 25 Years Over ‘Grotesque’ Murder
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has sentenced Zachary Armitage to life in prison without chance of parole for 25 years for the “grotesque” first-degree murder of Martin Payne at his home on Vancouver Island. Justice David Crossin says the killing in July 2019 was “senseless” and “absolutely cowardly, without qualification.” Co-defendant James Lee Busch’s…
Crown Argues Two Men Planned Murder of BC Resident for Banking Information
The prosecutor in the B.C. Supreme Court murder trial for an escaped inmate says evidence shows the accused and another escapee were “inseparable,” and proves the pair planned their attack to get banking information from their victim. In closing arguments in the trial of James Lee Busch Monday, Crown attorney Chandra Fisher said the accused and…
Sentencing to Begin for Dutch Man Guilty of Harassment Linked to Death of BC Teen
The first day of a scheduled four-day sentencing hearing begins in a British Columbia court for a Dutch man found guilty of harassing Port Coquitlam, B.C., teen Amanda Todd. Aydin Coban, who is in his mid-40s, was convicted in August on charges of extortion, harassment, communication with a young person to commit a sexual offence…
Woman Who Survived Deadly Torrent Released From B.C. Dam Sues Regional District
A woman whose husband saw a “wall of water rushing toward them” as the pair fled a huge torrent released from a North Vancouver dam is suing Metro Vancouver’s regional district for negligence. The notice of civil claim filed by Chihiro Nakamura says she and her husband were sitting on a rock in a shallow…
Meng Wanzhou’s Legal Team Resumes Extradition Defence in B.C. Court
VANCOUVER—Meng Wanzhou’s legal team is expected to argue today there is no evidence showing the Huawei executive caused international bank HSBC to violate U.S. sanctions law. The B.C. Supreme Court is hearing formal arguments in the extradition case for the telecom executive that began last week amid rising diplomatic tensions. Meng, who is Huawei’s chief…
Meng Wanzhou’s Legal Team Resumes Extradition Defence in BC Court
VANCOUVER—Meng Wanzhou’s legal team is expected to argue today there is no evidence showing the Huawei executive caused international bank HSBC to violate U.S. sanctions law. The B.C. Supreme Court is hearing formal arguments in the extradition case for the telecom executive that began last week amid rising diplomatic tensions. Meng, who is Huawei’s chief…
Crown Lawyers to Argue Against Stay of Proceedings in Meng’s Extradition Case
VANCOUVER—Lawyers for Canada’s attorney general are expected to argue against a stay of proceedings in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Today’s arguments are expected to be the last before the actual extradition hearing in Meng’s case begins in the B.C. Supreme Court later this week. Lawyers for the chief financial officer have…
Framework for Parental Rights Should Be Left to Parliament to Decide Rather Than Unelected Courts, MP Says
The B.C. judge who recently declared that a woman in a polyamorous family relationship be named as a legal parent, alongside the child’s birth parents, said the ruling will bridge “a gap in the legislation,” but some say definitions of parent should be settled by elected officials, not judges. Conservative MP Arnold Viersen says he would…
B.C. Supreme Court Rejects Wet’suwet’en Bid to Toss LNG Pipeline Certificate
VANCOUVER—The British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected a bid to quash the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for the natural gas pipeline at the centre of countrywide protests in February last year. The Office of the Wet’suwet’en, a society governed by several hereditary chiefs, asked the court to send the certificate for the Coastal…
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