Jason Proctor

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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Man charged with sexually assaulting teenage girl in Vancouver was on probation for previous sex assault

A suspect has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl in a public bathroom in Vancouver on Wednesday, police say. The incident was part of an "alleged crime spree" that included a second assault and a bank robbery.
CBC Investigates

Hundreds of Canadian creditors out millions as werewolf movie frozen by insolvency

Fantasy werewolves are set to haunt Shiver — a film based on the first novel in the popular Wolves of Mercy Falls romantasy series which wrapped filming in Vancouver late last year. But financial wolves at the doors of the movie's producers have put the multi-million dollar production on ice.
CBC Investigates

5-year Canada Revenue Agency investigation into B.C. 'shadow broker' doomed by 'technicality'

Federal prosecutors decided not to lay charges stemming from a five-year Canada Revenue Agency investigation into a half-billion-dollar alleged mortgage fraud case because of a "technicality," according to documents obtained by the CBC.
CBC Investigates

RCMP leader accused suspended Coquitlam officers of mounting 'campaign of hate'

The head of Coquitlam's RCMP detachment accused three of his officers of waging "a campaign of hate" in an email sent to staff after the first of the accused Mounties publicly defended himself against allegations of homophobia, racism and sexism.
CBC Investigates

Feds fight to keep suspected Swedish criminal kingpin behind bars pending deportation

Lawyers for Canada's Ministry of Public Safety will be in Federal Court Thursday, trying to prevent the release of an alleged Swedish criminal kingpin pending his deportation after nearly four months in Immigration custody.

Surrey mayor claims public deposits safe despite alleged $2.5-million fraud

Surrey's mayor insisted Friday that developers and members of the public can have confidence in the city's financial safeguards despite revelations that a former city finance clerk allegedly defrauded taxpayers of more than $2.5 million. 
CBC Investigates

Former City of Surrey finance clerk suspected of defrauding city of $2.5 million

Surrey police and RCMP financial crimes officers are investigating allegations that a former City of Surrey finance clerk defrauded the city of more than $2.5 million by cutting hundreds of cheques to accounts associated with herself and her boutique cake baking business.
CBC Investigates

Body sat for 11 days after overdose death in 'first-of-its kind' supportive housing complex

CBC has learned that staff at a celebrated B.C. complex-care housing complex didn't find the body of a 60-year-old resident until nearly 11 days after she overdosed in her room, despite supports that were supposed to include wellness checks.

VPD sergeant demoted and suspended for sexually harassing colleagues and students

The Vancouver Police Department's longest-serving sergeant was demoted and suspended Tuesday after admitting to sexually harassing five women, including two fellow officers and three students at the universities where he taught.

'Years of history': Who is the former drug dealer banished from Haida Gwaii?

Scared neighbours. An atmosphere of "fear, mistrust and continual disruption." People "upset and anxious and worried in their own homes." A Skidegate band councillor told a provincial court judge years ago that banishment was a possibility for Frank Young, as she described the drug dealer's impact on the Haida Gwaii community.