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BC Conservative smear letter writers remain unknown, lawsuit considered
The authors of two anonymous letters sent to members to smear leadership contestant Rick Peterson ahead of the April vote remain unknown, said British Columbia Conservative Party president Tom Birch ahead of a board meeting this weekend. Read more…
Do You Agree with BC’s Decriminalization Rollback?
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Do you have a special story to share from your own backyard? Read the results of that poll here.
Police dogs seriously bite in BC, report finds
Police dogs are the number one source of injury caused by police forces in B.C., according to a new report released today by Pivot Legal Society. On average, every other day a person is bitten by a police dog in the province. Read more…
VIEW: BC Lib gov't is stacking the deck against urban regions
A built-in bias, constitutionally enabled, is going to get worse, skewing the politics of this province and loading the dice against the interests of the urban regions of B.C., unless our voices are raised -- and soon. By the time the consequences become clear, it may be too late. Read more…
High natural gas transport costs 'a constraint' to LNG: IEA
In a special report on global energy prospects, the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) warns that expectations for a robust liquefied natural gas industry may fall apart due to bad economics and high transportation costs. Read more…
Lodge would need to pay full cost of connecting up front: BC Hydro
BC Hydro is open to working with Bell 2 Lodge to connect it to the electricity grid, but it also needs to protect its existing customers, said a spokesperson for the publicly owned utility. Read more…
VIEW: Pipeline 'nation-building' argument is just plain wrong
On pipelines, the analogies being drawn to nation-building are dead wrong. Read more…
VIEW: Clark's pension costs taxpayers $76,000 a year, but disability rate increase not 'affordable'
Premier Christy Clark scores top marks for hypocrisy in explaining why British Columbians on disability benefits, and their children, should live in poverty. Read more…
VIEW: Thank a public sector worker, 'cause the minister who leads them won't
In case you missed it, National Public Service Week was celebrated across Canada this week. Its objective is "to recognize the value of the services rendered by federal public service employees, and to acknowledge the contribution of federal public service employees to the federal administration."
Unfortunately, these workers do all these important things not thanks to, but in spite of, the cabinet minister responsible for them. Read more…
Tyee readers beef up event list for National Aboriginal Day (Sat. June 21)
National Aboriginal Day is this Saturday, June 21 -- check out The Tyee's list of events! Read more…
Reluctant Tyee readers pick CBC radio over TV
In her most recent column, Shannon Rupp argued that "Canada is a radio nation," and that if cuts to the CBC must be made, they should be to eliminate CBC TV in favour of improving CBC Radio.
This week, The Tyee asked readers whether they agree with that idea. Roughly 68 per cent of the nearly 800 people who had responded by Thursday afternoon said yes, they would cut CBC TV in favour of CBC Radio. Read more…
One-in-six Metro Van renters face landlord discrimination, survey finds
A recent survey of Metro Vancouver residents shows that one in six respondents have been discriminated against by their landlords over age, disability, sexual orientation, language or lack of credit history. Read more…
BC's position on Northern Gateway 'unchanged': enviro minister
B.C.'s environment minister says the province's position on the Northern Gateway pipeline remains "unchanged," despite the conditional approval granted by the federal government today. Read more…
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VIEW: What Clark gains by calling teacher bargaining broken
With government seemingly refusing to bargain with teachers -- offering a "take it or leave it" package -- a bigger question emerges. Is Christy Clark hoping to break the union through a long and deeply divisive attack? Read more…
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Internal army ordered to work on big ICBC billing blunder
ICBC deployed more than 100 people to fix its $110-million billing error, according to documents obtained via Freedom of Information. Read more…
Vancouver School Board formally adopts transgender policy
It's official. The proposal that advocates said would make schools safer for transgender students and opponents said would undermine parental rights is now the policy of the Vancouver School Board. Read more…
Employees gave international trade ministry, MCFD lowest marks for work environment
Workers in the ministries responsible for international trade, children and family development, and agriculture gave the lowest scores for employee engagement in the British Columbia government last year. Read more…
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Here's a win-win for you. You love and want to support independent, fact-based journalism. You love and want to listen to great new music. Now you can do both, at least if you've got luck in your corner. Read more…
Kinsella 'kin' fined for lobbying violation
A lobbyist connected to longtime BC Liberal insider Patrick Kinsella was fined $700 for not filing a return within 10 days of beginning to lobby for a client. Read more…
BC Fed president fined for lobbying violation
The registrar of lobbyists for British Columbia has upheld a fine of $1,000 against Jim Sinclair, the president of the B.C. Federation of Labour, for violating the Lobbyists' Registration Act. Read more…
VIEW: As a BC teacher, I can't afford not to strike
I was one of the 28,809 teachers that voted yes in favour of a strike escalation. I did so with a heavy heart. As a new teacher, I can't afford to go on strike. As somebody who values public education, I can't afford not to. Read more…
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