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Basi-Virk defence lawyers seek hundreds of documents related to secret informant

 
VANCOUVER — Defence lawyers in the Basi-Virk political corruption trial are seeking hundreds of documents related to a secret informant that was the focus of a Supreme Court of Canada ruling last week, a judge was told Tuesday.
 
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Telus Corp. said Tuesday it had obtained a court injunction preventing rival Rogers Communications from claiming its wireless network is the most reliable in Canada.
 
 
 
 
 

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Second World War veteran Doug Grant, also formerly of the Victoria Police Department, at his home in Oak Bay. Among other experiences, Grant was a Prisoner of War in a Japanese POW camp for several years, and was on the outskirts of Nagasaki when the second atomic bomb was dropped on August 9, 1945.

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Second World War veteran Doug Grant, also formerly of the Victoria Police Department, at his home in Oak Bay. Among other experiences, Grant was a Prisoner of War in a Japanese POW camp for several years, and was on the outskirts of Nagasaki when the second atomic bomb was dropped on August 9, 1945.

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