Justice Arne Silverman says the men were asylum seekers who had an air of reality to their claim of helping others aboard the MV Ocean Lady get to asylum on the B.C. coast in October 2009.
The plan aims to create 72,000 new homes that are affordable for people who live and work in Vancouver.
Police say a woman has been arrested after the alleged theft of thousands of dollars from the parent advisory council at an elementary school in Surrey, B.C.
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's information and privacy commissioner has ordered a Surrey-based vigilante group to stop posting personal information about two men the group alleges are linked to child luring.
David Eby said he's been tasked by Premier John Horgan to identify options to halt Kinder Morgan Canada's $7.4-billion expansion of its Alberta-to-B.C. pipeline, which has already been approved by Ottawa and the previous B.C. government.
VICTORIA — British Columbia's new premier has placed First Nations issues near the top of his government's to-do list, committing his cabinet to transforming stalled treaty talks and negotiating revenue-sharing agreements.