by Contributor on Monday Jul 24 2017
Attorney General and Minister Responsible for ICBC David Eby said Monday that the provincial government is committed to fixing systemic financial problems at ICBC to make life more affordable for British Columbians.
As one of his first actions as minister responsible, Eby requested that ICBC make public a 203-page report by the consulting firm Ernst & Young into mounting financial...
by David Suzuki on Wednesday Jul 19 2017
Of all the plastic products we use and take for granted, plastic drinking straws are among the most unnecessary. Designed to be used once and discarded, their only real purpose is to keep your mouth from touching a glass or ice. It made more sense in the days when contaminated vessels were more of an issue.
Now, there’s a movement to get people and businesses to ditch the straws. It may...
by Sara Golling on Tuesday Jul 18 2017
While four of six Tsilhqot’in communities are evacuated due to raging wildfires surrounding their communities, Christy Clark's outgoing Liberal government has granted permits to Taseko Mines to conduct extensive pre-construction exploration and drilling for the New Prosperity mine proposal in a place precious to the Tsilhqot'in Nation. Never mind that the federal government has twice nixed...
by Dermod Travis on Thursday Jul 13 2017
Houston, we have a consensus. Well, almost.
All three parties in the B.C. legislature now support a ban on corporate and union donations, as well as setting a cap on personal contributions.
It's that last one that gets tricky. What's the right cap?
Perhaps B.C.'s new government should rip a page out of Alberta's NDP playbook.
Legislate all points of agreement this...
by Murray Dobbin on Friday Jul 07 2017
The trouble with demonizing the leader of an unpopular government is that it gives the next leader way too much slack. I remember writing a column years ago comparing the hated Brian Mulroney with Paul Martin (who more or less ran Jean Chretien's government). Who was more destructive to the public interest and progressive government? Conventional wisdom would say Mulroney. But, while Mulroney'...
by Dick Cannings MP on Monday Jul 03 2017
Last Monday I travelled to Washington, DC with Tracey Ramsey, the NDP critic for International Trade. I was there in my role as NDP critic for Natural Resources, and we were both there to talk about softwood lumber with senators, congressmen and their staff.
We had a full day of meetings on Tuesday, going from office to office while senators negotiated Trump’s new health care act and...
by Nelson Daily Staff on Sunday Jul 02 2017
The company responsible for moving mountains of cash over the internet said its e-Transfer service "is back online and fully operational."
In a media release on its website, Interac says its e-Transfer service is back up running after it was suspended Friday morning due to technical issues.
"We apologize for the inconvenience this service disruption has caused, as we understand...
by Rossland Telegraph on Thursday Jun 22 2017
By Gaelle Gourmelon; article from WorldWatch Institute
You’re standing at the store, a bottle of shampoo in each hand. Your gaze circles from one label to the other, and your mind runs 10 simultaneous comparisons to decide which bottle you’ll bring home. Blue is, after all, your...
by Contributor on Thursday Jun 22 2017
By Carol Linnett. This article is from DeSmog Canada.
While news of Saskatchewan’s plan for a small geothermal power plant was met with excitement by renewable energy advocates...
by Community Futures on Sunday Jun 11 2017
Sometimes it doesn’t take much to kick-start a business or help it grow.
According to a study by Intuit Canada, more than half of all small businesses in Canada get off the ground for less than $5,000 and that number is even higher (77 per cent) for sole proprietors. But that $5,000 can be difficult to borrow if you’re just starting out, have little or no credit history, and/or no...
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