The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of the person who died as the result of a plane crash in Richmond, BC, on Oct. 27, 2011.

On Oct. 12, Missing Women's Commission Inquiry commissioner Wally Oppal, QC, requested a one-year extension to the Dec. 31, 2011 deadline.

Government has received the independent report from Professor Stephen Toope, president and vice-chancellor of the University of British Columbia, who agreed in May of this year to review the indemnity policy for public servants, announced Attorney General Shirley Bond.

The BC Coroners Service has identified a woman whose feet washed ashore in Richmond, in 2008.

Boss Power Corp. has agreed to surrender to the Province of British Columbia all claims to its uranium exploration and mining rights at the Blizzard Uranium Deposit in the Kamloops-Kelowna region.

The Province has asked the Esquimalt Policing and Law Enforcement Advisory Panel to address outstanding issues in its future policing plan that was submitted to the Province at the end of June.

The BC Coroners Service has identified the victim of a house fire in Vancouver in the early morning hours of Oct. 9, 2011.

The provincial criminal justice branch (CJB) is implementing recommendations from the Davies Commission of Inquiry, Attorney General Shirley Bond has announced. The Davies Commission made nine recommendations, all of which will lead to changes or clarifications in CJB's policies and practices.

Catherine Romanko has been appointed public guardian and trustee of British Columbia. The appointment was effective Oct. 10, 2011, for a six-year term. Romanko succeeds Jay Chalke, who served for 11 years.