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B.C. auditor-general loses court bid to access privileged Basi-Virk files
Vancouver :: Canada | 5 months ago
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Taxpayers in British Columbia may never fully learn why the government paid $6 million in legal fees for two former ministerial aides now that a judge has dismissed an application for government documents...Supreme Court Justice Robert Bauman said in
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Politics trumps planning on Vancouver Island hospitals
Campbell River :: Canada | 1 year ago
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Politics trumped planning in the decision to build two new hospitals on Vancouver Island, according to Campbell River Mirror ...Premier Christy Clark last week announced the construction of a 153-bed, $334-million hospital will begin in the Comox
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Northern B.C. balks at employing migrating welfare recipients
Toronto :: Canada | 1 year ago
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A pilot project by the B.C. government to fly welfare recipients to the North and house, clothe and train them for jobs in the bustling resource sector is ridiculous, says the Burns Lake Lakes District News in Burns Lake. The scathing editorial urges
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Timing off in honouring politician British Columbians love to hate
Vancouver :: Canada | almost 2 years ago
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During his nearly decade as premier, Gordon Campbell was always a polarizing figure. While winning three provincial elections, his personal popularity always seemed to lag that of his party's. When he finally resigned in November of 2010 because of
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Law Society reserves decision on aspiring lawyer who paid bribes to B.C. official
Ontario :: CA :: USA | 2 years ago
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The Law Society of Upper Canada reserved its decision on whether Erik Bornman, who paid bribes to a senior B.C. government official, should be allowed to become a lawyer in Ontario. Bornman's hearing concluded today with the law society not calling
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Aboriginal affairs may move quickly up Clark's agenda
Vancouver :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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Aboriginal affairs may quickly rise to the top of the agenda for British Columbia's next premier. The Daily News in Kamloops raises the prospect of a long hot summer of native blockades. The Skeetchestn Band intends to ramp things up with what they'
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Would-be B.C. premiers rounding bend in race for leadership
Abbotsford :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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The race of who will become B.C.'s 35th premier is down to its final days and final four candidates. After a week of political horse-trading that saw two of the six contenders abandon their bids and most of the remaining provincial Liberals pick
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B.C. leadership candidate George Abbott promises vote on carbon tax
Victoria :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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The future of British Columbia's groundbreaking carbon tax should be put to a provincewide vote, says B.C...British Columbia earned worldwide kudos from the environmental movement when it announced plans four years ago to introduce a carbon tax on
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B.C. developer expected to plead guilty to bribing government official
Victoria :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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A Vancouver Island development company that built a residential community in Sooke, B.C., is expected to plead guilty Friday to charges of bribing a government official in an attempt to remove land from the Agricultural Land Reserve, the Victoria
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Hawks top Canucks in shootout
Vancouver :: Canada | over 2 years ago
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Sun-Times Media The Blackhawks' answers are virtually the same as last season. Playing the Vancouver Canucks creates a more intense atmosphere...So Wednesday night's game at the United Center had plenty of questions that still needed answering. The
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