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Preventing money laundering through stronger gambling regulation

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 12:00 PM
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B.C.’s new gaming control act makes gambling oversight more effective


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Province strengthens safeguards for prescribed alternatives

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 11:45 AM
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The Province is completing the transition to new witnessed dosing requirements to address the diversion of prescribed alternatives, while maintaining access to the program for people who need it.


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Trilateral summit brings leaders together to combat extortion and organized crime

Friday, November 28, 2025 2:40 PM
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Premier David Eby, MLAs, MPs and more meet at the Anti-Extortion Summit on November 28, 2025

From Public Safety Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/news/2025/11/trilateral-summit-brings-leaders-together-to-combat-extortion-and-organized-crime.html


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Premier’s, minister’s, parliamentary secretary’s statements on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 7:30 AM
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Premier David Eby has issued the following statement on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women:


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Grants enhance safety for groups targeted by hate, violence

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 10:00 AM
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Community organizations that have experienced or are at risk of experiencing hate-motivated crimes will benefit from grants to enhance security measures and make repairs.


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New Indigenous law wing supports learning Indigenous legal traditions

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 3:30 PM
New Indigenous law wing supports learning Indigenous legal traditions

Students at the University of Victoria (UVic) law school now have a dedicated space to learn Indigenous laws and legal traditions with the opening of the new Indigenous law wing.


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Grants available for community safety projects

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 3:00 PM
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Applications are being accepted for the 2025-26 Civil Forfeiture Grant program to support organizations dedicated to community safety in British Columbia.


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Minister’s statement about additional RCMP resources for extortion investigations

Thursday, November 13, 2025 4:30 PM

Nina Krieger, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, has released the following statement in response to the B.C. RCMP announcing new supports to strengthen ongoing extortion investigations in British Columbia:


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Attorney general’s statement about social media company X challenging Civil Resolution Tribunal order

Thursday, November 13, 2025 2:00 PM

Niki Sharma, Attorney General, has released the following statement in response to social media company X applying for judicial review of a Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) order to remove a non-consensual intimate image from its platform:


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More families get free, faster access to family law support

Thursday, November 6, 2025 8:45 AM
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Expanding access to faster, more affordable family law solutions.

More families in the Lower Mainland now have access to faster, more affordable family-law solutions through the expansion of the Early Resolution Process (ERP).


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B.C. appoints two judges to Provincial Court

Monday, November 3, 2025 11:30 AM

The Government of British Columbia has appointed two judges to the Provincial Court to support timely and efficient access to justice.


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Attorney general’s, minister’s statements on federal government’s new crime bill

Thursday, October 23, 2025 3:06 PM

Niki Sharma, Attorney General, and Nina Krieger, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, have released the following statements in response to the introduction of new, proposed Criminal Code amendments and public safety commitments by the federal government:


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New chair appointed to B.C. Review Board

Thursday, October 16, 2025 11:30 AM

Following a transparent, merit-based recruitment process, Geneviève Boudreau has been appointed chair of the British Columbia Review Board for a five-year term, effective Nov. 18, 2025.


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