The Order of British Columbia is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Instituted in 1989 by Lieutenant Governor David Lam,on the advice of the Cabinet under Premier Bill Vander Zalm,the order is administered by the Governor-in-Council and is intended to honour current or former British Columbia residents for conspicuous achievements in any field,being thus described as the highest honour amongst all others conferred by the British Columbia Crown.
Stephen Douglas Owen was a Canadian lawyer,administrator and politician. From 2000 to 2007 he served as Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Vancouver Quadra,encompassing the western end of the City of Vancouver. As part of the Liberal Party of Canada caucus,he was a member of Prime Minister Paul Martin's government,serving in cabinet as Minister of Public Works and Government Services from 2003 to 2004,and as Minister of Western Economic Diversification and Minister of State for Sport from 2004 to 2006. He left parliament to join the University of British Columbia (UBC) as the vice-president of External,Legal and Community Relations,serving in that role until 2012.
Vancouver-Fraserview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,Canada.
The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) is the police force in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada. It is one of several police departments within the Metro Vancouver Area and is the second largest police force in the province after RCMP "E" Division.
Barry Penner,is a Canadian lawyer and former politician in the province of British Columbia. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA),representing the riding of Chilliwack from 1996 to 2001,Chilliwack-Kent from 2001 to 2009,and Chilliwack-Hope from 2009 to 2012. A caucus member of the British Columbia Liberal Party,he served in several cabinet posts under premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark,including as Minister of Environment,Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation,and Attorney General.
The British Columbia Provincial Police (BCPP) was the provincial police service of British Columbia,Canada,between 1858 and 1950.
The Highway of Tears is a 719-kilometre (447 mi) corridor of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert in British Columbia,Canada,which has been the location of crimes against many Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) beginning in 1970. The phrase was coined during a vigil held in Terrace,British Columbia in 1998,by Florence Naziel,who was thinking of the victims' families crying over their loved ones. There are a disproportionately high number of Indigenous women on the list of victims.
Bruce Ralston is a Canadian politician. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia,representing the riding of Surrey-Whalley since 2005. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP),he has served in the cabinets of Premiers John Horgan and David Eby since 2017,currently as Minister of Forests.
Robert William Pickton,also known as the Pig Farmer Killer or the Butcher,was a Canadian serial killer and pig farmer. After dropping out of school,he left a butcher's apprenticeship to begin working full-time at his family's pig farm,and inherited it in the early 1990s.
The Missing Women Commission of Inquiry was a commission in British Columbia ordered by the Lieutenant Governor in Council on September 27,2010,to evaluate the response of law enforcement to reports of missing and murdered women. The commission concluded its Inquiry in December 2012,and outlined 63 recommendations to the Provincial government and relevant law enforcement. The Inquiry itself received criticism from various civil society group and Indigenous communities,regarding its investigative structure,as well as,the lack of government action after the Inquiry to fulfill its recommendations.
The 2009 British Columbia general election was held on May 12,2009,to elect members of the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The British Columbia Liberal Party formed the government of the province prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier Gordon Campbell. The British Columbia New Democratic Party under the leadership of Carole James was the Official Opposition.
Geoff Plant,is a Canadian lawyer and retired politician known for his interest in citizen's legal and electoral rights and aboriginal rights. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia,representing Richmond-Steveston from 1996 to 2005. A caucus member of the British Columbia Liberal Party,he served in the cabinet of Premier Gordon Campbell as Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Treaty Negotiations from 2001 to 2005.
The attorney general of British Columbia (AG) oversees the Ministry of Attorney General,a provincial government department responsible for the oversight of the justice system,within the province of British Columbia,Canada. The attorney general is a member of the provincial cabinet,typically a member of Legislative Assembly who is chosen by the premier of British Columbia and formally appointed by the lieutenant governor of British Columbia.
Steven Lewis Point,(Xwelíqwetel) is a Canadian academic administrator,criminal lawyer,and jurist. He is the current chancellor of the University of British Columbia. He served as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 2007 to 2012. He also served as the chair of the advisory committee on the safety and security of vulnerable women,a committee that provides community-based guidance to the implementation of the recommendations from the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry.
Charlie Wyse is an educator and former Canadian politician,who was a New Democratic Member of the Legislative Assembly in British Columbia from 2005 to 2009. He represented the riding of Cariboo South. He had earlier been an unsuccessful candidate in the 1986 provincial election,running in the then two-seat Cariboo riding for the Progressive Conservatives.
Edward N. "Ted" Hughes was a Canadian judge. He was best known for overseeing prominent investigations in Manitoba,Saskatchewan and British Columbia,one of which led to the resignation of Premier Bill Vander Zalm.
Victoria "Vicki" Huntington is a Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2009 until 2017 as an independent for Delta South.
Donna Barnett is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 election. She was elected as a BC Liberal member,representing the newly created riding of Cariboo-Chilcotin.
William ("Bill") S. Berardino,is a British Columbia lawyer who was appointed by the provincial government to serve as a special prosecutor in the trials associated with the BC Legislature Raids.
Lorimer Shenher is a Canadian writer and former police officer. The former head of the Missing Persons Unit of the Vancouver Police Department,he is most noted for his 2015 non-fiction book Lonely Section of Hell:The Botched Investigation of a Serial Killer Who Almost Got Away,about the regulatory and bureaucratic failures that hampered his investigation of serial killer Robert Pickton. The book was a shortlisted finalist for the Edna Staebler Award and the City of Vancouver Book Award in 2015.
