B.C. introduces bill to force companies to hand over gas price data
Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:34:12 +0000
However, experts say the move is unlikely to reduce gasoline prices that are among the highest in Canada.
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B.C. tables bill to force companies to hand over gas price data
Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:22:31 +0000
However, experts say the move is unlikely to reduce gasoline prices that are among the highest in Canada.
Read moreTown Talk: Vancouver Chinatown Foundation gala raises $5.5 million
Credit to Author: Malcolm Parry| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 19:04:23 +0000
PENDER’S BIG SPENDERS: Time was when future notables vacated downtown theatres and bars to dine on neon-glittering, late-night Pender Street. That migration reversed recently when Lieutenant-Governor Janet Austin, Premier John Horgan, Mayor Kennedy Stewart and other heavies attended the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation’s third annual fundraising gala in the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. No old-time chow mein, […]
Read moreTown Talk: Galas support hospitals and cancer and juvenile diabetes research
Credit to Author: Malcolm Parry| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:00:11 +0000
B.C. Cancer Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, B.C. Children’s Hospital big winners at galas
Read moreVancouver to ask province for share of PST collected by Airbnb
Credit to Author: Joanne Lee-Young| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 01:12:10 +0000
Airbnb isn’t the only platform that offers short-term rental listings, but it accounts for 82 per cent of active listings in Vancouver.
Read moreB.C. farmers support beefed up trespassing laws to deter animal-rights activists
Credit to Author: Glenda Luymes| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 20:28:41 +0000
But activist groups say more accountability and transparency are needed to protect livestock.
Read moreTown Talk: $3.8 million raised for 'Brain Breakthrough' campaign
Credit to Author: Malcolm Parry| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 14:00:19 +0000
VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation’s recent Night of a Thousand Stars reportedly raised $3.8 million
Read moreWynn Las Vegas casino sues B.C. fraudster who scammed Chinese immigrants
Credit to Author: Gordon Hoekstra| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 22:17:10 +0000
Wynn suing to have a Nevada court judgment totalling nearly $100,000 Cdn. applied in B.C.
Read moreVancouver-based Westbank gets green light for $450-million Seattle luxury tower
Credit to Author: Bloomberg News| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 23:32:49 +0000
While Vancouver’s market for high-end condos has cooled, the tech-wealth boom in Seattle means there’s demand for new luxury developments there
Read moreHollywood North faces huge environmental challenges
Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 21:44:23 +0000
Experts will gather at a sustainability forum for the film industry in Vancouver in November to discuss ways the industry can help in the climate fight. Topics will include banning diesel generators, re-evaluating the type of food served to crews, and ditching the fake plastic snow.
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