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Wally Oppal

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Name: Wally Oppal

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 3 reports

Pickton victims' families skeptical about adviser's resignation

Steven Point is seen following the release of the report on the findings of the Missing Women Commission in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday, December, 17, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward"VANCOUVER - A former British Columbia lieutenant governor appointed ... [Published CJAD 800 - May 18 2013]

Entities: Steven Point, Robert Pickton, Shirley Bond, Resignation, Wally Oppal

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Point resigns from Missing Women advisory group

The families of the women murdered by serial killer Robert Pickton are surprised to learn several recommendations made in December by Missing Women Commissioner Wally Oppal are now on hold.Attorney General Shirley Bond has confirmed former Lieutenant ... [Published 99.3 The Fox Vancouver - May 17 2013]

Entities: Steven Point, Shirley Bond, Resignation, Lieutenant Governor

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Vicki Huntington lone independent candidate to win B.C. election seat

VANCOUVER - Vicki Huntington made elections history Tuesday when she edged out high-profile Liberal candidate Bruce McDonald to become the first Independent candidate to win re-election.Huntington won 48 per cent of the votes in the Delta South riding ... [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 15 2013]

Entities: Wally Oppal, Bruce McDonald, Bob Simpson

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Conservative Party of Canada (Canada)

Delta South results: Independent MLA Vicki Huntington wins seat

Independent MLA Vicki Huntington has won back her seat in Delta South, easily defeating her Liberal opponent.In 2009, Huntington took the seat from then-Attorney-General Wally Oppal, winning by just 32 votes in a recount. Her margin of victory looks to ... [Published Global News Canada - May 15 2013]

Entities: Wally Oppal, Bruce McDonald, Conservative Party of Canada (Canada), McDonald's Corporation

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Julia Gillard

Shachi Kurl: 5 Reasons B.C. Millennials Should Vote Today

I've said it before. Voters can be fickle. Capricious. And at times, frustratingly lazy.Everything is relative, but in B.C., we enjoy some of the most responsible, corruption-free government in the world.Scoff at that if you like, but when you turned ... [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 14 2013]

Entities: Lorne Mayencourt, Wally Oppal, Australian Government, Julia Gillard, Starbucks Corporation

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Does you vote really matter?

YES: Derek BedryA lot of people, arguably the vast majority, like to hear themselves talk. A large percentage of that group believe themselves well-informed about politics. The degree to which they bellyache on this topic to strangers in the grocery is ... [Published Alaska Highway News - May 12 2013]

Entities: Wally Oppal, Elections, Globalization, Pregnancy, Economic Growth

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 3 reports

Children sue serial killer Pickton

VANCOUVER -- The children of four women who disappeared from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside while Robert Pickton prowled the streets are suing the convicted serial killer, his siblings, the B.C. government and various Metro Vancouver police agencies.The ... [Published Canmore Leader - May 10 2013]

Entities: Robert Pickton, serial murderer, Vancouver

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Families of Four Pickton Victims File Sweeping Lawsuit

Named: RCMP, VPD, City of Vancouver, justice minister, crown prosecutors. Pickton siblings accused of 'abetting' murders.Protesters on Dec. 18, 2012, the day Wally Oppal released his missing women's report.Province pledges fast implementation of Commission ... [Published TheTyee.ca - May 10 2013]

Entities: Robert Pickton, The Tyee, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Wally Oppal

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

COLUMN: Few certainties on May 14

B.C. will have a new government on Tuesday night, and Surrey and Delta voters have a key role to play in determining which party will form that government.The NDP and BC Liberals evenly split the eight Surrey seats in the past election, with each winning ... [Published Peace Arch News - May 08 2013]

Entities: Bruce McDonald, Guy Gentner, Dave Hayer, Wally Oppal, Stephanie Cadieux

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

The Proposed $10 Million Inquiry Into The BC Rail Scandal

The Proposed Ten Million Dollar Public Inquiry Into The BC Rail Scandal (Announced By B.C. NDP Leader Adrian Dix).The B.C. election draws close.The Mainstream Press and Media are hard at work ... campaigning for the re-election of the Christy Clark neo-Liberals. ... [Published Vive Le Canada - May 06 2013]

Entities: BC Rail, Wally Oppal, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Richard Peck

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

COLUMN: Ignoring the price of independence

Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts commented on Tuesday that municipal issues are being ignored in the current provincial election.She also made the important point that cities are drivers of significant portions of the B.C. economy and need to have a good working ... [Published Peace Arch News - May 02 2013]

Entities: Vancouver, Ignorance, Wally Oppal, Dianne Watts

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Could May 14th mark Independents? Day?

There are a number of independent candidates who could be a factor in the BC election.John van Dongen is the longtime incumbent in Abbotsford South, but this will be the first election in which the former Liberal and one-time BC Conservative will be campaigning ... [Published News 1130 - May 01 2013]

Entities: Wally Oppal, John van Dongen, Bob Simpson, Elections

Quotes

"I know he was making progress on the report," Oppal said in an interview. "obviously, i am concerned because i wanted to see a speedy resolution as far as the recommendations of the report are concerned. "

Pickton victims' families skeptical about adviser's resignation [Published CJAD 800 - May 18 2013]

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Pickton victims' families skeptical about advis... [Published CJAD 800 - May 18 2013]
Pickton lawsuit prompts resignation from adviso... [Published Cochrane Eagle - May 17 2013]
Point resigns from Missing Women advisory group [Published 99.3 The Fox Vancouver - May 17 2013]
Pickton lawsuits lead Steven Point to quit wome... [Published Globe and Mail - May 17 2013]
The B.C. Pen comes to Kamloops [Published Kamloops This Week - May 17 2013]
Vicki Huntington lone independent candidate to ... [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 15 2013]
Delta South results: Independent MLA Vicki Hunt... [Published Global News Canada - May 15 2013]
Shachi Kurl: 5 Reasons B.C. Millennials Should ... [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 14 2013]
Does you vote really matter? [Published Alaska Highway News - May 12 2013]
Families of Four Pickton Victims File Sweeping ... [Published TheTyee.ca - May 10 2013]
Children sue serial killer Pickton [Published Canmore Leader - May 10 2013]
Families of four missing women file lawsuit aga... [Published News 1130 - May 10 2013]
Serial Killer Sued [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 09 2013]
Children of missing women sue Pickton, police [Published Vancouver 24 Hours - May 09 2013]
BC Election 2013: The Declaration of Independents [Published TheTyee.ca - May 08 2013]
COLUMN: Few certainties on May 14 [Published Peace Arch News - May 08 2013]
Delta South: MLA rages outside machine [Published Globe and Mail - May 08 2013]
The Proposed $10 Million Inquiry Into The BC Ra... [Published Vive Le Canada - May 06 2013]
COLUMN: Ignoring the price of independence [Published Peace Arch News - May 02 2013]
Could May 14th mark Independents? Day? [Published News 1130 - May 01 2013]
Election issue: Making B.C.'s congested courts ... [Published Surrey Leader - Apr 29 2013]
The Honourable Wallace (Wally) Oppal, Q.C. Join... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Mar 12 2013]
Today’s letters: Mentally ill aren’t ‘mad’ [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Dec 20 2012]
Full Pundit: Liberals should be glad Mark Carne... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Dec 19 2012]
Jonathan Kay: Putting human faces to Downtown E... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Dec 19 2012]
Christie Blatchford: Pickton inquiry report ign... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Dec 19 2012]
Full Pundit: On teachers, guns and politics [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Dec 18 2012]
Brian Hutchinson: Vancouver police investigatio... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Dec 18 2012]
Long-awaited Pickton inquiry calls for Greater ... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Dec 17 2012]
Public report examines why police failed to cat... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Dec 17 2012]

Blogs

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Today’s letters: Mentally ill aren’t ‘mad’ [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Dec 20 2012] Re: The Benefits Of Amnesia , George Jonas; Preventing Mass Shootings Begins At Home , Matt Gurney, both Dec. 19. It is the 21st century. We no longer use the words “crippled” or “retarded.” It is time to remove “lunatic” and “mad person” from the ...
Full Pundit: Liberals should be glad Mark Carne... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Dec 19 2012] Christmastime in Ottawa The Globe and Mail ‘s Jeffrey Simpson deplores the Conservative government’s failure to mark the 50th anniversary of Canada’s revered medicare system, which according to Simpson “produces middling results at a high cost,” ...
Jonathan Kay: Putting human faces to Downtown E... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Dec 19 2012] It might seem odd to describe a drug-addicted prostitute as a hero. But that’s what Witness 97 is. At 11:45pm on the night of March 22, 1997, Witness 97 — or “Anderson,” as was known at trial — was hitchhiking at the corner of Cordova St and Princess ...
Christie Blatchford: Pickton inquiry report ign... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Dec 19 2012] There is a “tragedy of epic proportion” in this country all right, but it isn’t the one cited in the enormous, expensive and weirdly cloying report of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, better known as the Pickton inquiry. That 1,448-page monster ...
Full Pundit: On teachers, guns and politics [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Dec 18 2012] Notes on a tragedy As Friday’s atrocity drifts into the past, the arguments seem to be becoming even more convoluted. Postmedia’s Christie Blatchford pays tribute to the brave teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., and to all the ...

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The Honourable Wallace (Wally) Oppal, Q.C. Join... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Mar 12 2013]