Provincial News
by Contributor on Tuesday May 02 2017
ICBC (Insurance Corporation of BC) said sixty per cent of motorcycle crashes in B.C. involve other vehicles.
Which why police and ICBC are urging everyone to share the roads safely with motorcycles and yield the right-of-way at intersections.
by Dermod Travis on Sunday Apr 30 2017
Earlier this month the 2016 donation numbers for B.C.'s political parties were filed with Elections B.C. and, not unexpectedly, it was another bumper crop for the B.C. Liberals.
The party raised $13.1 million, more than any other provincial party in Canada and $4.8 million more than the federal NDP and Green party combined.
by The Fraser Institute on Thursday Apr 27 2017
More and more Canadians are using complementary and alternative medicines and therapies—such as massage, yoga, acupuncture and chiropractic care—and they’re using them more frequently, finds a new survey by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.
by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives on Wednesday Apr 26 2017
During an election, pundits and political parties tend to focus on spending promises. But the attention on spending makes it easy to forget that we’ve actually witnessed an incredible shrinking of government’s role in BC over the past 15 years.
by Contributor on Monday Apr 24 2017
The U.S. Department of Commerce Monday announced that preliminary countervailing duties of nearly 20% will be applied to the majority of Canadian softwood lumber shipments entering the United States.
Preliminary countervailing duties in the form of cash deposits become effective around May 1, 2017, (once notice published in U.S. federal register) for four months to the end of August.
by Nelson Daily Staff on Sunday Apr 23 2017
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Miss Vickie's Canada is recalling Miss Vickie's brand Jalapeño Kettle Cooked Potato Chips from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination.
The CFIA said this recall was triggered by the company.
by Contributor on Friday Apr 21 2017
The number of illicit drug deaths in March remained high, with the third-highest number ever for a single month said the BC Coroners Service in a media release.
by Dermod Travis on Sunday Apr 16 2017
F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote: “Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.”
It's the missed opportunities over the 2012 healthy ministry firings that will forever haunt the B.C. government.
by Contributor on Wednesday Apr 12 2017
After months of tough winter driving conditions, many British Columbians are likely making their first road trip of the year this Easter weekend.
The Insurance Corporation of BC (ICBC) said in a media release, that every Easter long weekend, an average of four people are killed and 650 injured in 2,300 crashes in B.C.
by The Fraser Institute on Wednesday Apr 12 2017
Wealth inequality in Canada is largely the result of differences in people’s age, where wealth accumulation is a slow and steady process over a long period of time, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.
