Jason Proctor
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Jason Proctor is a reporter in British Columbia for CBC News and has covered the B.C. courts and the justice system extensively.
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CBC Investigates
'Imprisoned in my own home': Sikh activists claim India is using no-fly list to harass them
Two Sikh activists who claim they've been wrongly branded as terrorists want Canada's top court to remove them from a no-fly list they believe has been manipulated by India.
Canada -British Columbia |
B.C. real estate agent seeks $800K in commissions for units sold in financially troubled condo project
A Surrey, B.C., real estate agent is suing a financially troubled developer for $800,000 in allegedly unpaid commissions on sales of dozens of units in one of three major Metro Vancouver highrise condo projects now facing receivership.
Canada -British Columbia |
Northern Health defends handling of complaint over director's pro-Palestinian statements
B.C.'s Northern Health Authority is defending its handling of a complaint about pro-Palestinian social media posts that the organization's former director of inclusion, diversity and equity claims cost her a job.
Canada -British Columbia |
Rogue B.C. acupuncturist's unlicensed needlework captured by hidden camera
A rogue B.C. acupuncturist has been found in contempt of court for practising unlicensed needlework. A B.C. Supreme Court concluded Wai Cheong Chik ignored a 2016 order banning him from unauthorized acupuncture after being convinced by evidence, including a surreptitiously recorded patient video.
Canada -British Columbia |
Teeth bared as Canadian dental giant targets former 'partner' in legal battle
Canada's largest network of dental practices has obtained an injunction forcing a former "partner" to cease involvement with a planned franchise business, described in court documents as "something like a McDonald's" of dentistry.
Canada -British Columbia |
Buffer zone ordered to stem protests expected over 'consular camps' at Vancouver Sikh temple
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has issued an order to establish a buffer zone around Vancouver's biggest Sikh temple this Saturday to prevent anticipated confrontations between protesters and Indian consulate officials.
Canada -British Columbia |
'Systemic failure' to manage safety at Vancouver's Oakridge construction site, WorkSafeBC alleges
WorkSafeBC claims a "systemic failure to manage workplace health and safety" has plagued Vancouver's multi-billion dollar Oakridge construction site, according to court documents obtained by CBC.
Canada -British Columbia |
National security cited as B.C. drone engineer's devices seized
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has granted an extraordinary order to seize electronic devices from a former employee of Burnaby, B.C.,-based company specializing in anti-drone technology - citing national security interests and fears China or Russia might be trying to access military secrets.
Canada -British Columbia |
2 men plead guilty to murder of Ripudaman Singh Malik
Two B.C. men pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder in the July 2022 shooting death of Ripudaman Singh Malik, one of two men acquitted in the 1985 Air India bombings.
Canada -British Columbia |
B.C. man loses battle over $10K of wine seized at U.S. border
In his submissions to federal court, Yucheng Su claimed he likes to drink wine — but probably wouldn't qualify as a "wine collector." Canada Border Services Agency officer Geoffrey MacLean, on the other hand, showed no such reticence.
Canada -British Columbia |