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The police chief says it was a matter of bad bookkeeping not criminal activity by cops.

Chief Jean-Michel Blais appeared before the police commission yesterday and said about 3,000 of almost 10,000 pieces of evidence are still unaccounted for. That includes drugs and cash…some of which may have been destroyed without the proper paperwork. Blais says it’s a matter of miscataloguing not any nefarious activity by officers that’s to blame. He also said his department has, or is in the process of, implementing all 34 recommendations from the auditor-general who uncovered the missing evidence.

One of the businesses near the new convention centre has now filed a complaint with the Utility and Review Board.

The Wooden Monkey Restaurant on Grafton Street wants to recoup over half a million it says it has lost because of construction of Nova Centre. Lawyer Ray Wagner says the restaurant’s owners say the city, province, developer and everyone else involved in the project have been unwilling to discuss compensation. So the company has gone to the UARB. The Wooden Monkey is just one of the restaurants and other businesses which have complained about the noise and dirt disrupting their customers.