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Police seek to question Globe writer

VANCOUVER Vancouver Police want to interview Globe and Mail columnist Gary Mason in their investigation of the leak of confidential information about city council's decision to approve a $100-million loan to developers of the 2010 Olympic Village. But ...

From IAN BAILEY, Globe and Mail,  27 Nov 2008

Crash survivor isn't afraid to fly again, brother says

VANCOUVER The crash killed seven men and left a debris field spread widely over a Sunshine Coast island – and one man walked away, leaving even doctors astounded. They said Tom Wilson, who fled the burning wreckage of the Grumman Goose just before it ...

From IAN BAILEY, Globe and Mail,  18 Nov 2008

Preparation key to surviving air crashes

VANCOUVER Whenever he flies, U.S. crash-safety expert Mac McLean is the model passenger when it comes to paying attention to the safety drill and poring over the safety card. The analyst with the Federal Aviation Administration made the point yesterday ...

From IAN BAILEY, Globe and Mail,  18 Nov 2008

Vancouver mayoral hopefuls welcome risk

VANCOUVER Running for mayor is risky enough, but the two key candidates for the job in Vancouver came into the contest after earlier gambles they now deem worthwhile. Peter Ladner became the Non-Partisan Association standard-bearer after essentially ...

From IAN BAILEY, Globe and Mail,  15 Nov 2008

RCMP chief acknowledges violations of 'core values'

VANCOUVER The RCMP commissioner is asking for public patience with the national police force in light of a series of made-in-B.C. controversies that include the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski and recent news that a Mountie is suspected of ...

From IAN BAILEY, Globe and Mail,  13 Nov 2008

Taxi driver charged after teen run down

VANCOUVER Taxi-industry officials expressed shock yesterday that a 15-year-old boy was run down by a cab after refusing to pay for his ride, but said the incident highlights the problem of fare evasion in the industry. Jasbir Mahal, general manager of ...

From IAN BAILEY, Globe and Mail,  11 Nov 2008

Level of police misconduct 'not an anomaly'

VANCOUVER It's an alarming list of proven police misconduct, including cases of B.C. municipal officers involved in impaired driving, "inappropriate sexual advances" toward the wives of senior officers and outright rude behaviour such as demeaning a ...

From IAN BAILEY, Globe and Mail,  7 Nov 2008

Third Mountie's impaired-driving case undisclosed for a year

VANCOUVER RCMP spokesmen say they have just learned that another B.C. officer was charged with impaired driving and are trying to figure out how the fact remained unknown for nearly a year. The news, disclosed Friday, comes in the midst of intense ...

From IAN BAILEY, Globe and Mail,  31 Oct 2008

Police say Mountie has not received special treatment

DELTA, B.C. The police chief in this municipality says the community has been shaken by allegations that an off-duty Mountie was impaired when involved in a traffic accident that killed a man, but that the officer has received no special ...

From IAN BAILEY, Globe and Mail,  30 Oct 2008

RCMP officer faces impaired driving charge in fatal B.C. crash

VANCOUVER One of the four officers involved in the fatal confrontation with Robert Dziekanski is now facing charges of impaired driving after a 21-year-old man was killed in a collision over the weekend. RCMP spokesman Sgt. Tim Shields confirmed an off- ...

From IAN BAILEY, Globe and Mail,  28 Oct 2008

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