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Maple Ridge council hears developer’s appeal after staff refusal

Frustrated developers appeared before Maple Ridge city council on Tuesday night, to appeal city staff’s refusal to approve a new apartment building at 22190 Cliff Avenue. They would like to build a six-storey, 44-unit apartment building next to the Haney Bypass, with two levels of underground parking. City staff and council want assurances the residents […]

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B.C. FOI complaints surge as AI tools drive more review requests

While the government works to overhaul the rules around freedom of information (FOI) requests, Information and Privacy Commissioner Michael Harvey says the system is experiencing an “unexpected surge” in review requests, and he believes it is because people are relying on artificial intelligence (AI) to write up their disputes for them. “In conversations we’ve had

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Scheduled criminal trials at 11 B.C. courthouses may not be able to proceed

The Supreme Court of B.C. says scheduled criminal trials for in-custody accused persons may not be able to proceed in some court locations due to the lack of spaces to house the accused. The court issued the noticed Thursday (April 30), warning of the possible impacts to some criminal trials at 11 court locations: Cranbrook,

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Court finds B.C.’s Legal Professions Act is not beyond government’s powers

B.C.’s law society has lost its legal challenge of the reorganization of the profession’s oversight, paving the way for more non-lawyers on the regulator’s board, and fewer of the remaining lawyers to be elected by their peers. Chief Justice Ronald A. Skolrood released his decision Wednesday (April 29), finding that Bill 21 – which created

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On-demand sign-language interpretation coming to all ICBC licensing offices

Deaf and hard-of-hearing customers will soon have better access to services as ICBC expands live, on-demand sign language interpretation at every driver licensing office in B.C. The service helps deaf and hard-of-hearing customers communicate with ICBC staff in real time, without needing to book an in-person American Sign Language interpreter in advance, ICBC announced Friday

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