Would like to share my good news with everyone here!
I received the golden email just now, 8:01pm PST (Vancouver time). I am a BCPNP inland applicant. Not sure why I received the email in the evening though. I was going to finish my 6 months by this weekend and was thinking if I should call them after that day but surprisingly the golden email just arrived today.
AOR 2016-08-05
BG in progress second time 2016-09-23
PPR 2017-02-02
Yes my security check started pretty early but it has been ongoing for over 4 months. I did worry about it a lot while waiting as I thought my background and history was simple and clear. I was a new grad and had only worked for one company in my life. It turns out everything was gonna be fine and good news would come eventually. I wish anyone who is like yesterday's me could feel at least a bit encouraged by reading this. Enjoy life and enjoy work. PPR will come very soon even without your notice.