Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 01:22:46 +0000
Todd Stone, responsible for ICBC under the Liberals, said he turned down the proposal
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Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 22:05:52 +0000
Environment Minister George Heyman said the legislation, if passed, would “strengthen B.C.’s ability to respond to the challenges of climate change
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Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:01:35 +0000
VICTORIA — The company that owns a politically-charged contaminated soil dump near Shawnigan Lake is within weeks of forfeiting the entire mess to the province due to unpaid taxes. The Ministry of Finance confirmed Tuesday that Cobble Hill Holdings owes $38,106.80 in unpaid taxes dating to 2017, plus penalties and interest. That means the property […]
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Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 15:00:02 +0000
OPINION: Why were trailers for China’s most sophisticated film used in a Canadian public school for a Mandarin language assignment?
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Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 23:11:52 +0000
VICTORIA — A law that sets aside a share of B.C.’s lottery revenues for First Nations communities has passed at the legislature, but with lingering concerns that the structure to administer the money is inefficient. The bill, which directs seven per cent of the B.C. Lottery Corporation’s annual net income toward the province’s 203 First […]
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Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 17:58:35 +0000
B.C.’s New Democrat government hopes that a minority federal election result may mean more funding for child care and public transportation.
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Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 22:55:03 +0000
B.C. motorists with out-of-province driver’s licences are seeing big increases to their auto insurance rates because of ICBC changes.
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Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 19:21:10 +0000
VICTORIA — The owners of a contaminated landfill in Shawnigan Lake have told the B.C. government they can’t meet the deadline for setting up the testing and water-protection measures required as part of a closure plan that the community continues to insist is inadequate. Cobble Hill Holdings has asked for an extension to the Oct. […]
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Credit to Author: Harrison Mooney| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 03:20:58 +0000
A proposed change to the Gaming Control Act would provide a stable, long-term source of revenue for B.C. First Nations, the Province announced Tuesday. If passed, the gaming control amendment act will give B.C. First Nations 7 per cent of BC Lottery Corporation net income for 23 years. The amendment will allow the provincial government […]
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Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:37:51 +0000
The B.C. government will not change its new risk rating system for auto insurance, despite a backlash.
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