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Complaint and request for additional disclosure seek systemic change at the company, which recently boasted about its Newsweek ranking as “the most trustworthy Canadian retailer.” COQUITLAM, BRITISH COLUMBIA (October 1, 2024) – Richard and Dawn Wilson, father and daughter, are going public today with a BC Human Rights Commission complaint they have filed against Canadian Tire…

A settlement has been reached between a bank and an innocent Indigenous man who was handcuffed outside a Vancouver branch in 2019. The Heiltsuk First Nation announced the settlement between Maxwell Johnson and his 14-year-old granddaughter Thursday. “This ends our legal action against the bank for what happened to me and my granddaughter, but we…

Two police officers who handcuffed an Indigenous man and his 12-year-old granddaughter outside a Bank of Montreal branch in downtown Vancouver more than two years ago have been ordered suspended and ordered to apologize for their “serious, blameworthy” misconduct. A disciplinary decision posted online Wednesday said both Vancouver police officers committed misconduct when they handcuffed…

This story originally appeared on VancouverSun.com on June 14, 2021. A Vancouver Police union leader has complained to the police board, saying Mayor Kennedy Stewart‘s public statements about systemic racism have created a “toxic work environment” in the force. Sgt. Blair Canning’s complaint also alleges that Stewart’s statements have contributed to the recent increase in assaults on officers…

This story originally appeared on TimesColonist.com on June 16, 2021. The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has launched an effort to gain intervener status in a human rights case involving an Indigenous man and his granddaughter over their treatment by Vancouver police while they tried to open a bank account. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a former…

This story originally appeared on VancouverIsAwesome.com on June 16, 2021. Following a traumatic and humiliating incident that took place two years ago, two Heiltsuk Nation members have more supporters in their corner. One rainy Friday in December 2019, Maxwell Johnson and his then 12-year-old granddaughter Torianne Tweedie stopped by a Bank of Montreal location in…

This story originally appeared on CoastReporter.net on June 16, 2021. The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has launched an effort to gain intervener status in a human rights case involving an Indigenous man and his granddaughter over their treatment by Vancouver police while they tried to open a bank account. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a former…

This story originally appeared on CTVNews.ca on June 16, 2021. Security video showing an Indigenous man and his 12-year-old granddaughter being handcuffed in downtown Vancouver more than a year ago has now been made public. While the police are defending the officers’ actions in response to a human rights complaint filed following the incident, the…

This story originally appeared on TheGlobeandMail.com on June 16, 2021. The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has launched an effort to gain intervener status in a human rights case involving an Indigenous man and his granddaughter over their treatment by Vancouver police while they tried to open a bank account. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a former…

This story originally appeared on GlobalNews.ca on June 16, 2021. Security camera footage has now been released by Indigenous leaders in the case of an Indigenous man and his 12-year-old granddaughter being handcuffed outside a Vancouver bank in December 2019. The footage shows Maxwell Johnson and his granddaughter being led outside the Bank of Montreal branch on…