Crown has failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt at the trial of former clerk
Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 03 Mar, 2022 05:17 PM
The defence says the Crown has failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt at the trial of former clerk of the legislature Craig James.
Lawyer Gavin Cameron continued his closing arguments for a second day in B-C Supreme Court.
James was charged with fraud and breach of trust based on allegations of misspending.
But Cameron says two people stand by their decisions on James receiving a 258-thousand-dollar retirement benefit and two others followed policy in approving his travel expense claims.
Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix said that there are 5,791 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. Of the active cases, 288 individuals are currently hospitalized, 137 of whom are in ICU.
Lawyer Steven Kelliher, representing Victoria landscaper Robert (Saul) Arbess, says the court must weigh the importance to the environment of protecting old-growth trees in the Fairy Creek area of Vancouver Island as opposed to the company's economic interests.
Fendrikov, described by police as an avid hiker with significant backcountry experience, was reported missing earlier this week when he did not show up for work.
A report from the association and the Conference Board of Canada shows modest recovery over the last year, but it still projects an overall 54 per cent decline since the pandemic hit last March.
Investigators believe the collision was caused by an impaired driver who went the wrong way down Richards Street, before striking a tree and crashing through a construction fence near Richards and Pacific around 11 a.m.
David Shearing, who now goes by the name David Ennis, shot and killed George and Edith Bentley; their daughter, Jackie; and her husband, Bob Johnson, while the family was on a camping trip in the Clearwater Valley near Wells Gray Provincial Park, about 120 kilometres north of Kamloops, B.C., in 1982.
