Provincial News
by John Horgan on Friday May 24 2019
Many British Columbians were shocked when they heard the findings of the Expert Panel on Money Laundering in Real Estate. More than $7 billion in dirty money was laundered in B.C. last year alone. About $5 billion of that went through B.C.’s real estate market, driving housing prices up and hurting families, seniors and students.
by Dermod Travis on Tuesday May 21 2019
Pity assignment editors in newsrooms across B.C. this month. No shortage of material.
by Contributor on Monday May 20 2019
BullyingCanada is seeking volunteers across the country to help offer our services to the many bullied youth throughout Canada. BullyingCanada receives, on average, more than a thousand requests a day and in order to reach kids where they are—on their smartphones without actually being on the phone—BullyingCanada
by Contributor on Thursday May 16 2019
Sydney was found by a Good Samaritan and arrived at the BC SPCA’s Kamloops & District Branch heavily pregnant with an abscess on her paw.
by Dan Kraus on Thursday May 16 2019
This week, representatives of 132 governments around the world released a United Nations report that issues a stark warning: the accelerating deterioration of nature is jeopardizing humanity’s collective future. The report is the most comprehensive-ever study of life on Earth.
by Wildsight on Wednesday May 15 2019
More than 30 organizations from across the province joined together in Victoria on Wednesday to call for major reform to B.C.’s dated mining laws and regulations. Wildsight joined the group to call on the B.C.
by Contributor on Sunday May 12 2019
The Invasive Species Council of BC (ISCBC) is partnering with the Canadian Council on Invasive Species to pilot a national Clean Drain Dry program across BC over the next three years.
by Contributor on Thursday May 09 2019
Ignoring new, prominent warning signs and flying through one of British Columbia's highest-risk intersections soon will lead to an automated speeding ticket - a road safety approach proven to cut speeds and tragic outcomes elsewhere.
by Contributor on Wednesday May 08 2019
British Columbia’s luxury car sector is being used to launder the proceeds of crime, according to an independent review on money laundering through luxury cars and horse racing by former senior RCMP officer Peter German.
German's report, released Tuesday, May 7, 2019, is the first detailed examination of money laundering in luxury car sales in Canada.
by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives on Monday May 06 2019
By Alex Hemingway
Changes to personal BC taxes over the past year and a half — including elimination of Medical Services Plan (MSP) premiums—mean the vast majority of households are seeing their tax bills fall while the richest one per cent are paying more.
This is good news for tax fairness in BC.
