Ian Mulgrew: Seize Pickton’s profits, sure, but don’t ban his book
The cri de coeur echoed across the province and quickly around the Net — there oughta be a law against missing women killer Robert Pickton profiting from a memoir.
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Ian Mulgrew: Canadian courts wade into free-speech battle with worldwide injunction against Google
At a time when Apple is going to war against the FBI’s disclosure order, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear Google’s appeal against the long arm of B.C.’s courts. In a case that has garnered international attention, the Internet giant is fighting a rare worldwide injunction issued by the B.C. Sup…
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Ian Mulgrew: Last of the rioters hauled off to jail
The last two Stanley Cup rioters still standing have fallen. Five years after they dared thumb their noses at Vancouver residents and the rule of law, William Fisher and Jeffrey Milne were taken to the Big House on Friday.
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Ian Mulgrew: Provincial court judges’ salary demands are out of step with reality
Victoria and provincial court judges are continuing a half-decade-long legal battle over the bench becoming a gravy train. These judicial mid-managers have prospered from a dysfunctional system for setting their salary and benefits and now earn close to a quarter-million dollars a year.
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Ian Mulgrew: Court case reveals dysfunction at city hall, park board
A B.C. Supreme Court judgment offers a disturbing view of a dysfunctional park board workplace and siege-like culture at Vancouver City Hall.
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