aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Olympic torch delayed by Toronto protesters. It is not known if Morning Brew's counter part on BlogTo participated in the action. Or I could go ahead and take an educated guess. Canucks fans charged with assaulting security guard. That's totally an ...

topics: bc-government, political

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu, former BC NDP candidate for Vancouver Fraserview To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB].During the last provincial election, the BC Liberal Party stated in black and white that ...

topics: bc-government, bc-rail, business, candidate, concert

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

On October 23, 2009 several mayors voted to increase funding for Translink to $130m in order to keep services running at the same level we are experiencing now (as opposed to a cut back to 1970s levels--ouch). Unfortunately, this plan falls short of ...

topics: bc-government, coquitlam, liberals, surrey, translink

aggregated from: TheTyee.ca

B.C. is broke but she could make $145,000 to $350,000 as a TD director. ...

aggregated from: Legislature Raids

.v. rail road ed, rail road ing, rail roadsv.tr.1. To transport by railroad.2. To supply (an area) with railroads. or obstruction3. Informala. To rush or push (something) through quickly in order to prevent careful consideration and possible cri...

topics: bc-government, bc-rail, election, liberal, liberals

aggregated from: Public Eye Online

Earlier, we reported the number of full-time equivalents in government is forecasted to decrease by 430 or 1.34 percent in fiscal 2009/10. But, in an email sent to civil servants, the premier's deputy minister Jessica McDonald stated under 300 posit...

topics: attorney-general, bc-government, housing, premier, union

aggregated from: Green Party of BC blogs

Vancouver, BC With most governments around the globe embracing stimulus initiatives that promote efficiency incentives, the BC government has done the opposite by relegating the province to archaic fiscal management in regards to converting t...

topics: bc-government, environment

aggregated from: North Vancouver Politics.com

With the BC Government looking to amalgamate and reduce the school boards from the existing 60, is there any point to the upcoming by-election.What are the opinion on a potential amalgamation of the possible candidates and the current board members?W...

topics: bc-government, election, school-board

aggregated from: Public Eye Online

Civil service jobs impacts will be announced after the budget is table on September 1, according to the premier's deputy minister. In an email sent to bureaucrat yesterday afternoon, Jessica McDonald stated those impacts will be kept low and under t...

topics: bc-government, planning, premier, provincial-government

aggregated from: TheTyee.ca

This is good tax policy for consumers, say two UBC economists, and I agree. ...