IntegrityBC releases Christy's Christmas Castle animation
IntegrityBC has released Christy's Christmas Castle, an animated video to drive home an important aspect of the organization's campaign on electoral finance reform. Since 2005, the B.C. Liberal party has raked in more than $40 million from big business and is now the only major B.C. political party that still opposes a ban ...
IntegrityBC calls for BC Libs to re-commit to pre-election advertising restrictions
IntegrityBC is calling on the B.C. government to recommit to its 2009 ban on non-essential government advertising in the four months prior to voting day. The organization made the call following growing public concerns over the government's new TV ads featuring Premier Christy Clark. IntegrityBC released a copy of the...
B.C. communities benefit from grants-in-lieu of property taxes
Three West Kootenay cities will benefit from the B.C. Government distribution of $16.9 million in compensation for municipal property taxes. Castlegar, Nelson and Rossland will net more than $200,000, with the Heritage topping the trio at $183,964.41. Grants-in-lieu of property taxes are distributed every November as a way to reimburse communities for services that benefited […]
Economists cautiously optimistic about B.C.'s economy
The majority of B.C. Economic Forecast Council members predict B.C. real GDP growth will slightly outperform the Canadian average in 2013, Finance Minister Michael de Jong announced at the conclusion of the annual meeting of the council. On average, the council expects B.C. real GDP growth to be 2.1 per cent in 2012, down...
Culture needs to change to stop bullying
More than 130 students, anti-bullying experts, and key stakeholders came together at Premier Christy Clark’s ERASE Bullying Summit to identify key priorities and actions that will help school, communities and individuals work together to combat bullying. “The summit brought together a wide range of participants who were in agreement: stopping bullying requires a culture change […]
COMMENT: Addicted to oil
Not long after the Defend Our Coast rallies, a pollster phones, wanting to know who I plan to vote for in the provincial election. The first party to unequivocally say NO to tar sands oil in pipelines and tankers through BC land and waters, I tell her. This causes a bit of confusion, as it clearly isn’t one of the options ...
RCMP asks for public assistance in locating a missing White Rock man
The RCMP and Search and rescue officials are asking for the public’s support to find a White Rock man presumed to be missing in the Revelstoke area. RCMP report that on October 8 39-year old David Anthony Klammer left his parents residence in Saskatchewan in his White 2003 Subaru Impreza. Klammer was expected to be […]
Two arrested in four-year-old Salmon Arm murder
The RCMP finally got their men After four years following up leads, the RCMP has arrested two individuals for the 2008 murder of Tyler Myers in Salmon Arm. Myers, who was 22 at the time of his death, was found in the yard of the Bastion Elementary in Salmon Arm on November 21, 2008 where […]
Time change not good for everyone, including drivers
As we get ready to set our clocks back an hour this Saturday night (Sunday morning at 2 a.m.) for the end of Daylight Savings Time (DST), ICBC is asking drivers to take extra care as the time change can affect us in different ways. The biggest impacts can be felt on some of the […]
Seven-year-old Chilliwack boy saves Grandpa with 9-1-1 call (complete with audio)
A seven-year-old boy is being hailed a a hero after helping save his grandfather’s life Saturday in Chilliwack. At around 9:30 a.m. Saturday (October 27), a 9-1-1 operator received a call from the boy during a drive on a road. The boy told the 9-1-1 operator his Grandpa suddenly pulled over, started to shake violently […]
