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OP/ED: Lillooet rapidly becoming basket case of municipal governance in B.C.

IntegrityBC is calling on the provincial government to appoint a conciliator to try and resolve the escalating disputes in the town of Lillooet over local governance and water management. IntegrityBC's call follows on the heels of the government rejecting the request of 336 residents for an inquiry into town affairs earlier...

Pushing the West OUT of Canada

Don’t think it couldn't happen!  People out here in the West may not yet be mad as hell, but we are confident enough in ourselves these days that we’re not going to take it anymore  if NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair  (and any other Central Canada political leaders) tie their pursuit of power to policies pumping up Eastern Canada...

Obscure US corporation may be behind BC Hydro's exaggerated power demand, ruinous IPP contracts

By Erik Anderson in The Common Sense Canadian. Why has BC Hydro gone so Big?   Over the past few years a number of us have puzzled over this question. The Crown Corporation, in most people’s minds, was given its natural monopoly status in the belief that the Board and Officers will prudently manage Hydro’s ...

NDP calls on province to fight GMO apples

New Democrats are calling on the B.C. Liberals to defend the B.C. fruit industry by working with the federal government to keep the province free of genetically modified fruit. "The B.C. tree fruit industry produces healthy products that are world famous for flavour and purity.  Growers are concerned that this marketing...

No excuse for further Liberal HST stalling

The BC Liberals and their friends in the corporate and media communities, have tried to sell the public on their supposed “business” abilities…unlike those “socialists” on the other side. And yet, after the voters ordered them to get rid of the HST, they are incapable of  returning for a full NINETEEN MONTHS to a provincial...

COMMENT: TRIUMF Lab helps make case for electoral finance reform

Who would ever have thought that a single political donor could have disclosed so much about the sorry state of affairs surrounding money and politics in B.C. In what they now call a “learning experience,” TRIUMF – Canada's nuclear physics laboratory located at the University of British Columbia – finally acknowledged last ...

More B.C. workers find jobs in April, unemployment rate dropped to 6.2 per cent

More British Columbians benefited from jobs in April, as B.C.'s unemployment rate dropped to 6.2 per cent from seven per cent in March, and gained 19,700 jobs  — 16,700 of which are full time positions. Since February 2011, B.C. has added 57,900 jobs to the economy, benefiting families all over the province. "Under the BC...

Midwives laud expanded training opportunities

The Midwives Association of British Columbia (MABC) welcomes the Provincial Government’s commitment to increase the availability of midwifery training and services, said Ganga Jolicoeur, Executive Director of MABC. Jolicoeur, along with new mom Channing Rodman of Vancouver, participated in an event today at which the Minster...

Ancient Musqueam Marpole village site must be protected from further desecration

First Nations Summit leaders are speaking out in support of the Musqueam Nation in their continuing fight to protect the remains of their ancestors located on the former Musqueam village site C̓əsnaʔəm, now known as the Marpole Midden.   The Musqueam Nation has been engaged in discussions with the City of Vancouver and the ...

LETTER: Help find Madison Scott

Dear Editor Re:   20 year old Madison Scott still missing as anniversary date approaches   Unbelievably, my 20 year old niece, Madison Scott, remains missing after mysteriously disappearing on Saturday, May 28, 2011, from the Hogsback Lake forestry campsite 25 kms south of Vanderhoof, one hour west of Prince George. She was...

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