by Michael Butterfield on January 26th, 2015
More than 50,000 B.C. residents will have difficulty renewing their drivers licences this year, due to measures announced by the Insurance Company of B.C. (ICBC). Residents will first need to pay their unpaid tolls for the Port Mann Bridge and the Golden Ears Bridge, Translink debts, and even unpaid spousal…
by Jayne on January 10th, 2015
The man responsible for the death of SFU Professor, Melanie O’Neill, was sentenced to 7 years in custody, minus credits for pre-trial custody in December 2014. Matthew James Scott, 28, pled guilty to manslaughter on September 29, 2014. He had been charged with second degree murder, following an RCMP “Mr….
by Michael Butterfield on December 15th, 2014
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Bruce Greyell agreed with a Courtney Woman when she testified that signing a marriage agreement the night before her wedding was unfair. A retired RCMP officer with two ex-wives had his bestman, also a retired RCMP officer, pressure the woman into signing the agreement while she…
by Michael Butterfield on December 12th, 2014
Christian law School looses approval Trinity Western University (TWU) announced Thursday (Dec 11, 2014) that B.C.s Advanced Education Ministry has revoked its approval for their proposed law school. “The current uncertainty over the status of the regulatory body approval means prospective graduates may not be able to be called to…
by Michael Butterfield on December 7th, 2014
What happens when you leave your Estate to be preserved for “historical purposes” and have no heirs? The answer is a mess. Now the issue of the Binning Estate has ended up in the BC Court of Appeal. Jessie Binning, widow to famed Canadian artist Bertram Binning, no doubt had…