The B.C. Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a South Surrey senior convicted of manslaughter in the 2019 South Surrey shooting. George Murray Bragg, 77, who has been appealing, was sentenced to seven years in prison last July for the death of former roommate Richard Wayne Duncan, 46, . Summing up the appeal in written judgment handed down on Feb. 10, Justice Leonard Marchand said Bragg had argued that a sentence of four to…
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A Surrey masseuse convicted of sexually assaulting three women will face a new trial in one of her cases. The British Columbia Court of Appeal quashed Lee’s conviction in that case but upheld his convictions in two other cases. Li’s legal counsel argued at the appeal hearing in Vancouver that the judge who convicted him wrongly relied on similar factual evidence, misinterpreted the evidence, and improperly assessed the complainant’s overall credibility, “thus making everyone evidence…
"New trial for Surrey masseuse in 1 sex assault case but convictions upheld in 2 others"
On Wednesday, a federal labor agency certified that an independent union was amazonwarehouse in Staten Island, and dismissed a barrage of objections from e-retailers. In April, most of the roughly 8,300 workers at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse, known as JFK8, vote to join Amazon unions, becoming the company’s first U.S. union to organize Amazon’s attempt to overturn the election results, claiming that the National Labor Relations Board’s office, which oversees the election, interfered with union…
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Trees felled for the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline are seen in a fenced construction area in Burnaby, British Columbia, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck Trans Mountain pipeline fined for bird disturbance, while fines slashed Fines reduced from $88,000 to $4,000 A review panel has backed a fine for the Trans Mountain pipeline after its violations led to a disturbing…
"Trans Mountain pipeline fine for bird disturbances upheld while penalty slashed"