Legislation that will help remove financial incentives to crime by improving the effectiveness of criminal forfeiture was introduced today by Minister of Justice and Attorney General Shirley Bond.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of the snowmobile operator who died in an avalanche southeast of Sparwood on March 9, 2012.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a male found deceased in a wooded area near Williams Lake on Aug. 24, 2011.

British Columbia has partnered with five other Canadian provinces to retain a national legal consortium to prosecute health-care cost-recovery claims against Canadian tobacco manufacturers.

For several months, phone scammers have been targeting British Columbians by pretending to be with a reputable computer software company, asking to perform urgent software updates and requesting hundreds of dollars as a fee for their service.

Crime rates have dropped to their lowest point in nearly 40 years, and yet we find our justice system is bogged down with growing backlogs, delays and stays.

As a result of funding increases in Budget 2012, the provincial government is hiring 36 additional probation officers to support the implementation of a new supervision approach that has been proven to reduce the rate of reoffending.

As part of government's ongoing investment to reduce pressures in B.C.'s justice system, Budget 2012 includes a $160,000 commitment for the Justice Institute of British Columbia's Centre for Court Administration (CCA), which will open this April.

Hiding in British Columbia from out-of province arrest warrants just got harder for fugitives trying to escape justice, thanks to a new partnership between police, both RCMP and municipal police departments, Crown and the BC Sherriff Service.