A former executive director of a Surrey-based Metis family support group will be on the national sex offender registry for life. The Ontario Superior Court also sentenced Bill Lee to five and a half years in prison, leaving him with two years left to serve, a year probation, a decade weapon prohibition, and he must submit his DNA. Lee pleaded … [Read more...]
Families of veterans at Burnaby care home relieved after moratorium placed on layoffs
November 24, 2012 by
The families of veterans at Burnaby's George Derby care centre are ecstatic after the announcement that a moratorium is being placed on layoffs and the contracting out of some services at the centre. Margi Blamey with the Hospital Employees' Union says a board member at George Derby asked to speak at a rally in Burnaby this afternoon. "He delivered … [Read more...]
Restrictions placed on child sex tourist
October 3, 2012 by
A convicted child sex tourist and former Maple Ridge man will spend 18 months under conditions upon release from custody. Christopher Neil, who has served time behind bars in Thailand for sexually assaulting children, has been handed several conditions to abide by during the next year and half. A provincial court judge has laid out the … [Read more...]
