Police Act public inquiry into transit police assault of black UBC student, judicial salaries and cabinet documents, and UBC appeals a $1.15 million Fisheries Act fine

In 2011 a black, 22-year-old, UBC student went to the upper deck of a SkyTrain station to meet a friend. As he was not planning to ride the SkyTrain, he did not purchase a ticket, despite being in a “fare paid” zone. When he received a message from his friend, advising of a change of plans, he started to walk down the stairs at the SkyTrain station. Two transit police officers approached the student, and after a five-minute discussion, wrongly concluded he had provided a false name. The...