VNCOUVER B.C.-Vancouver’s police board and the Heiltsuk Nation both say they are committed to working together after a report found their relationship had “broken down” in the wake of a landmark agreement. But the B.C. First Nation says it is still owed an apology from two officers involved in the wrongful handcuffing of a Heiltsuk man and his granddaughter outside a Vancouver bank in 2019. B.C. Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender on Wednesday released a review of the September 2022 settlement stemming from the case. Govender said in the report that there were “significant shortcomings” in implementing the deal in the time since an agreement was reached. Behind the shortcomings were fractured ties between the Heiltsuk Nation and the Vancouver Police Board that “must be repaired” in order for the…
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