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Friday, January 14, 2022 9:00 AM
B.C.’s civil forfeiture program is responding to disturbing crime trends by going after more tools and information linked to dangerous activities in the drug trade.
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Saturday, May 8, 2021 8:30 AM
Communities and families dealing with gun and gang violence, individuals experiencing gender-based violence and Indigenous families healing from traumas will receive more than $8.6 million in grants to support community-based crime prevention and remediation initiatives.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2021 3:02 PM
Gang members will have fewer options to buy, transport or possess real and imitation firearms under new legislation devised to make British Columbia’s streets safer.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021 10:00 AM
Police in British Columbia will have one more tool to help suppress organized crime and gun violence, thanks to a newly opened provincial forensic firearms lab.
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Monday, March 4, 2019 12:00 PM
The Government of Canada is taking action to stop gun and gang violence in our communities across Canada. This is why the Government is investing heavily in the Initiative to Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence.
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018 10:25 AM
To help educate youth and to fight the lure of gangs and gang violence in British Columbia's communities, the Province is providing $1.12 million in additional funding to expand the Expect Respect and a Safe Education (ERASE) anti-bullying program.
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Monday, November 27, 2017 12:30 PM
All British Columbians deserve to live in safe communities, free of violent crime and gang activities. As part of the work being done to combat guns and gangs, the Illegal Firearms Task Force (IFTF) has provided a report that will help government respond to public threats posed by the use of illegal firearms in B.C.
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Thursday, October 12, 2017 9:55 AM
As part of a strategy to take action on gang violence and make communities safer, the successful Surrey Wraparound (Wrap) program to keep at-risk youth out of gang life will receive ongoing annual funding from the Province, Premier John Horgan announced today.
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Thursday, March 16, 2017 9:30 AM
The Province, anti-gang units and local police continue to make progress with work underway on B.C.’s nearly $30-million Guns and Gangs Strategy, launched in April 2016.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017 3:00 PM
The Cariboo-Chilcotin Region will soon benefit from $2.8 million over two years to crack down on crime through a new Regional Community Safety Model that builds on work underway and promotes enhanced coordination of public safety resources.
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