B.C. Reviews Festival Safety After Deadly Vehicle Attack

Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 5:20 pm

In Vancouver, authorities are reeling from a tragic vehicle attack at a local festival that claimed 11 lives. A high-profile review of event safety, headed by a former chief justice, is underway—even as Premier Eby passionately defends judicial independence, leaving no stone unturned in the quest for tougher measures.

lapresse.ca / Attaque au véhicule-bélier | La Colombie-Britannique engage un ex-juge pour examiner la sécurité des évènements

Le gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique a nommé mercredi un ancien juge en chef de la Cour suprême de la province à la tête d’une commission indépendante sur les mesures de sécurité destinées aux organisateurs d’évènements et à la police, après que 11 personnes ont été tuées dans une attaque au…

theglobeandmail.com / B.C. government appoints former chief justice to review festival safety measures

Premier David Eby says Christopher Hinkson has agreed to serve as commissioner to conduct the review ‘in a very short period of time’

thestar.com / B.C. government appoints former chief justice review festival safety measures

The British Columbia government has appointed a former chief justice of the B.C. Supreme Court to report on safety measures for event organizers and police after 11 people were killed in a vehicle attack in Vancouver.

globalnews.ca / Probe of B.C. summer event safety to be led by former Supreme Court chief justice

British Columbia is launching a review of summer event safety, due by the end of June, in the wake of the deadly Vancouver Lapu Lapu day car ramming tragedy.

thestar.com / Court can weather suggestion accused spends 'rest of his goddamned life in jail': Eby

British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is confident the independence of the court won't be influenced by his feelings that the man accused of killing 11 people at a Filipino festival should "spend the rest of his goddamned life…

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