Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 02 May, 2023 04:14 PM
British Columbia's auditor general has found that 45 per cent of the province's ministries have been affected by fraud.
A new report form Michael Pickup says theft was the most common type of fraud that government ministries dealt with between 2021 and 2022.
Pickup says his results suggest not all ministries are following the same approach to risk management or don't have a full understanding of the government-wide framework for managing fraud.
The figures were obtained via questionnaires sent by Pickup's office to 22 ministries last year.
The trial for former Liberal MP Raj Grewal, who stands accused of using his political office for personal financial gain, will extend until at least this fall. The ex-Brampton politician faces two breach of trust charges related to a series of loans he took out to pay for gambling debts, which he kept hidden from the federal ethics commissioner while he served in Ottawa.
A community outreach event is scheduled for Tuesday for those affected in Langley in response to the shootings. Representatives from victim services, RCMP, crisis counsellors and other community support groups will offer services.
Saunders misappropriated an estimated $460,000 from the Ministry of Children and Family Development by opening joint accounts with 24 youths in his care, many of them Indigenous, and then taking their benefits.
The barge broke free of its moorings during a fierce storm and extremely high tide last November. It washed up high on the sand and rocks near Sunset Beach, defeating all efforts to drag it free earlier this year.
The murders in Langley came a day after two men were fatally shot in the resort town of Whistler, in what police said was connected to gangs. On July 15th, a man acquitted in a pair of 1985 bombings targeting Air India planes was shot dead outside his workplace in Surrey.
By the time the Crown is finished, Crown attorney Kristen LeNoble says they will have proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Coban was the person behind 22 separate online aliases used to harass and extort Todd with child pornography that depicted her.
