No jail time for Stanley Cup rioter Camille Cacnio. The 23-year-old UBC grad has been sentenced to two years probation and 150 hours of community service for taking part in a riot. She's best known for stealing two pairs of men's pants from a tuxedo store, but later returning them. She would later apologize for her actions. Cacnio was subsequently … [Read more...]
BC’s Environment minister says dealing with derelict vessels will take time
September 5, 2012 by
Environment Minister Terry Lake says efforts to deal with the derelict Queen of Sidney ferry sitting in the Fraser are being roadblocked by jurisdictional issues. Lake says he understands Mission Mayor Ted Adlem's frustration. But Lake says at the end of the day it boils down to a lack of a co-ordinated plan of action between … [Read more...]
Youth hockey rioter avoids jail time
August 31, 2012 by
A 17-year-old has avoided jail time, after breaking into London Drugs during the Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver and stealing cigarettes and cosmetics. The Burnaby teen, who pleaded guilty in May, has been sentenced to 18 months of probation, under what's called an intensive support and supervision order. Under it, the young person must complete 120 … [Read more...]
Jail time for Boden
August 31, 2012 by
A former BC Lion will spend time behind bars. Josh Boden has received his sentence for committing two counts of sexual assault, one count of obstructing justice and one count of assaulting a police officer. The former CFL wide receiver has received a one year sentence, but as he has served six months already, will only spend six further months in … [Read more...]
Updated: Crown seeks jail time for looting hockey rioters
August 24, 2012 by
The fact she's a first-time offender doesn't detract from the fact she encouraged others to commit crimes. That's one reason why prosecutors want admitted Stanley cup rioter Camille Cacnio to spend time in jail. The 21-year-old UBC student, who stole two pairs of men's pants and a tie from a downtown tuxedo shop, was caught on video looting the … [Read more...]
Young rioter escapes jail time
August 23, 2012 by
The first young person sentenced for participating in last year's Stanley Cup riot has avoided jail time. The 17-year-old from North Vancouver has received 18 months probation. That sentence, after being seen on video kicking one vehicle before it was lit on fire, and using his skateboard to smash the windows on another. The young man, who was … [Read more...]
Former political staffer faces prison time for sex crimes
August 8, 2012 by
He eluded capture for fifteen years. But a former Vancouver political staffer has now owned up to sexually assaulting teenage girls. Ibata Hexamer has entered guilty pleas for sexually assaulting girls, the first back in 1995, when he pulled a 13-year-old into the stairwell at Lord Nelson Elementary. Hexamer also sexually assaulted two 14-year-old … [Read more...]
Jail time in deadly hit and run crash
August 2, 2012 by
A woman suspected of impaired driving in the hit and run death of a longtime native housing advocate in Vancouver has been sentenced to more than a year in jail. In September of 2008, Leanne Moorman killed Dennis Bird while he and his wife Madeline were in a crosswalk near the Commercial Drive Skytrain Station. The now-29-year old, who pleaded … [Read more...]
BREAKING: No jail time for Monty Robinson
July 27, 2012 by
No jail time for Monty Robinson. The disgraced former Mountie has been handed a 12 month conditional sentence... which includes one month house arrest. In sentencing, Justice Janice Dillon says incarcerating him would require protective custody, and she believes the principles of deterrence and denunciation can be adhered to by giving him strict … [Read more...]
Doug Liman Adapting “Time and Again”
July 27, 2012 by
"The Bourne Identity" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" helmer Doug Liman is set to direct and produce a feature film version of Jack Finney's 1970 illustrated novel "Time and Again" for Lionsgate says Variety. The romantic time-travel tale follows a Manhattan illustrator who enlists in a secret government experiment and is transported from the mid-20th … [Read more...]
