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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Lufthansa Airbus wingstrike at Hamburg
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
plane ablaze,
Monday, June 9, 2008
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Sunday, June 8, 2008
85th Canadian soldier dies
Snyder was on foot patrol in a field in Zhari district when he tumbled into an open well the Afghans call a kariz, said Brig.-Gen. Denis Thompson, commander of Canadian troops in Afghanistan.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
N THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA r Safe Injection Site (“Insite”),
PHS Community Services Society v. Attorney General of Canada, | |
| 2008 BCSC 661 |
Date: 20080527
Docket: S075547
Registry: Vancouver
Between:
PHS Community Services Society,
Dean Edward Wilson and Shelly Tomic
Plaintiffs
And:
Attorney General of Canada
Defendant
- and -
Docket: S065587
Registry: Vancouver
Between:
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)
Plaintiff
And:
Attorney General of Canada and Minister of Health for Canada
Defendants
And:
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
Intervenor
Before: The Honourable Mr. Justice Pitfield
Reasons for Judgment
Counsel for the Plaintiff: PHS Community Services Society, Dean Edward Wilson and Shelly Tomic | J.J. Arvay, Q.C.
|
Counsel for the Plaintiff: VANDU | J.W. Conroy, Q.C. |
Counsel for the Defendant: Attorney General of Canada | J.J.L. Hunter, Q.C. K.M. Stephens
|
Counsel for the Intervenor: British Columbia Civil Liberties Association | D.A. Webster, Q.C. R.D.W. Dalziel
|
Date and Place of Hearing: | April 28 - May 2, May 5-7, 2008 |
| Vancouver, B.C. |
I. Introduction
Thursday, June 5, 2008
The RCMP is so stupid!!
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has quashed the conviction of a British Columbia man for molesting three children, ruling that the RCMP “knowingly and deliberately” violated the Charter of Rights during their investigation.
In a 9-0 judgment today, the court ordered a new trial for Dieter Wittwer, 73, described at a Kelowna, B.C., sentencing hearing two years ago as a pedophile who refused to admit the harmfulness of his behaviour.
Evidence before the high court showed that police made three tries before finally obtaining a statement from Wittwer that was later used against him at trial.
Prosecutors told the Mounties that neither of the first two statements would be admissible because they hadn’t properly advised Wittwer of his right to counsel or given him a chance to contact a lawyer.
At a third interview he refused to say anything for the first four hours, but finally spoke out when an RCMP sergeant told him he already knew about the incriminating statements made in the past.
Justice Morris Fish, writing for his unanimous colleagues, left the door open in principle for police to go back and conduct repeated interviews in such circumstances.
He also rejected a defence claim that police had an explicit obligation to tell Wittwer his previous two statements were legally inadmissible. That amounted to “legal advice” tendered to the RCMP by the Crown, said Fish, and interrogators didn’t have to share it with the suspect.
Nevertheless, Fish concluded there was fatal flaw in the way the third interrogation was conducted — the fact that the Mounties prompted Wittwer to talk by referring directly to the past, legally tainted interviews.
“The police knowingly and deliberately made use of an earlier statement that they themselves had obtained from the appellant in a manner that infringed his constitutional rights,” wrote Fish.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
"CureChasers" cbc news email
Thank you for your comments. We are sorry that you think we were in
some way promoting the therapy the Deerings chose and/or giving false
hope because it certainly was not what we intended; we took great pains
to explain that it was controversial, potentially dangerous and
completely unproven.
Tony Deering and his daughters knew and consulted Cheryl about her
therapy on their own, quite independently of the CBC; Cheryl
communicated with the family from China on numerous occasions,
outlining to them personally what she believed to be her improvement;
numerous promotional videos were posted on the Beike company website
and when we showed Cheryl's to Shannon and Erica we pointed out to them
very clearly that Dr. Tator saw "zero recovery".