Bail Delays

What Attorney-General Niki Sharma has called ‘targeted changes’ could make it easier for courts to deny bail to repeat violent offenders by spring 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Ottawa could toughen bail laws as early as spring: B.C. attorney general

Changes would target repeat violent offenders among other measures

Mar 13, 2023
by Wolf Depner
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B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma looks on during the swearing-in ceremony at Government House in Victoria, B.C., on Wednesday, December 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

B.C. pushes bail reform forward in talks with feds

Twenty-three organizations will receive $5 million in grants

Feb 7, 2023
by Wolf Depner
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