VANCOUVER - The Law Society of British Columbia says it has become aware of lawyers receiving extortion threats for "substantial sums of money."
The legal profession regulator sent out a notice to its members that says lawyers have been targeted with threats to their physical safety and it urges victims to contact police.

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