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• Oct. 01, 2010: NRI, former attorney general Wally Oppal named commissioner to head Pickton inquiry --Attorney General Michael de Jong, QC, announced Wally Oppal QC will head the commission to consider the police investigations of serial killer Robert Pickton. Pickton eventually was convicted of killing six women, but 21 other charges were stayed. The inquiry also will review the January 1998

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• May 26, 2009: After recounting votes, Oppal was defeated by 32 votes- Vicki Huntington, a daughter of Ron Huntington, former Progressive Conservative MP from B.C. who died in 1998, defeats Oppal by 32 votes in Delta South recount

• US General Colin Powell Meets with most successful NRI businessmen and local leaders at La Terrazza, Vancouver

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NRI Wally Oppal, MLA appointed Attorney General

Vancouver, July 15, 2005
Aman Prihar
NRI press

B.C. Appeal Court Justice Wally Oppal joins the BC Liberal Team (left), with
Daniel Igali (Surrey Netwon), Carole Taylor (Vancouver-Langara), Premier Gordon
Campbell (Vancouver-Point Grey), and Patrick Wong (Vancouver-Kensington)

NRI Wally Oppal, MLA, was elected in the riding of Vancouver-Fraserview in the 2005 provincial general election by joining BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBERAL PARTY. . On June 16, 2005 he was appointed Attorney General of Canada. A s attorney general he will bring to focus the gang violence that has rocked the Indo-Canadian community, which has lost nearly 100 youths..... Read More