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UCAN fires back at former director
San Diego :: TX :: USA | 22 days ago
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The Utility Consumers' Action Network has filed a cross-complaint against former executive director Michael Shames, claiming he breached his fiduciary duty by accepting illegal bonuses and not informing the board...The group seeks to recover the
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North Vancouver firm wins engineer award
Vancouver :: Canada | 3 months ago
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A North Vancouver company received top honours at the ninth annual Deputy Minister's Consulting Engineers Awards. Structures for its work on the Hagwilget Suspension Bridge Rehabilitation project near New Hazelton. More than $5 million has been
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Canadian PM to meet First Nations leaders after protests
Sarnia :: Canada | 5 months ago
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Ottawa An Idle No More march at the Peace Arch border crossing between Canada and the US in Surrey, British Columbia. Photograph: Andy Clark/Reuters The Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper , has agreed to a meeting with First Nations leaders
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Hitchhiker leaps to safety from moving van
Toronto :: Canada | 5 months ago
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PT A hitchhiker says she jumped out of a moving van on Christmas Eve as it slowed to cross a bridge in B.C. when the man who picked her up made her uncomfortable, and now police in New Hazelton are looking for the driver...Police said Thursday
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Letter: Wyckoff gas station owner shames state
Nutley :: NJ :: USA | 6 months ago
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He's quoted as saying "my responsibility is to my residentsif I have to take flack for that, then so be it."...Workers have come from all over the country to help the region. People are donating food, clothing, and shelter to those who need
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Ohio hiker's body found in B.C.
Vancouver :: Canada | 6 months ago
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Ohio who went missing last July in New Hazelton, B.C., while making a bear documentary. On Saturday, a search team located what appeared to be a shirt belonging to Warren Andrew Sill, 26, near a waterfall and a pool area that couldn't be accessed
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Utility group transaction under scrutiny
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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Back in 2005, the Utility Consumers' Action Network collected $2 million from a class-action lawsuit against Rent-A-Center, a furniture and accessories retailer based in Plano, Texas...The funds were to be set aside for nonprofit efforts to educate
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Fuel spilled in tanker rollover near Hazelton
Prince George :: Canada | 7 months ago
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A fuel tanker truck has rolled over and spilled a small amount of fuel on Highway 16 near Hazelton in northwestern British Columbia. No one was injured as the truck rolled after pulling onto a shoulder to let other cars pass around 11:30 a.m...The
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Ancient village along B.C. river reveals 1,300 years of First Nations history
Prince George :: Canada | 7 months ago
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Along the banks of B.C.'s Babine River sits an archeological treasure trove, an ancient village that may have been used as a crossroad for First Nations dating back more than 1,300 years. While the Babine Lake First Nation knew their ancestors'
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UCAN demands $474K from ex-boss
San Diego :: TX :: USA | 8 months ago
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The Utility Consumers' Action Network is demanding that former Executive Director Michael Shames return more than $474,000 of the bonuses he was awarded while running the advocacy group. In a letter obtained by The Watchdog on Thursday, Chairman
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