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Two Pieces of Good News for Township Taxpayers
Yesterday's Vancouver Sun had not one, but two, pieces of good news for local taxpayers. First, Premier Gordon Campbell announced that municipalities who sign on to the Climate Action Charter will be refunded their carbon tax every year. The Township signed on earlier this year. This is excellent news, as municipalities like ours buy a lot of fuel and heat quite a few buildings. We were expecting to pay around $50,000 in carbon tax the first year--with that escalating to over $141,000 in 2012 as the rate crept up.In other good news, the BC Supreme Court has upheld the region's right to demand...
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Basi-Virk case rides again - today in BC Supreme Court
| aggregated from: Bill Tieleman |
The long strange case of the 2003 BC Legislature Raid and breach of trust and fraud charges against former BC Liberal ministerial assistants David Basi and Bob Virk resumes once again today in BC Supreme Court at 9 a.m.The pre-trial hearing today is ...
19 views | aggregated: 11 weeks 17 hours ago
topics: liberal, supreme-court
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Today at 9:00 AM in BC Supreme Court
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.Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Case #23299 -- HMTQ v. Dave Basi, Bobby Virk, Aneal Basi -- returns to BC Supreme Court, Vancouver, for another pre-trial hearing. ...
15 views | aggregated: 11 weeks 17 hours ago
topics: supreme-court
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Premier picks school in his riding for big benefit
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The scent of old-style pork barrel politics is hanging over the premier's office.The government has decided it would be a good idea to see schools threatened with closure used as community centres. The five lucky schools selected for the pilot projec...
30 views | aggregated: 10 weeks 5 days ago
topics: forestry, langley, liberals, point-grey, politics
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Gassy Jack
"Gassy Jack" by The Evaporators (SOCAN). Video directed by Jason Margolis from the CD/LP &...
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When Jesse Was Born
Explores the turbulent, sometimes painful, and often humorous lives of one blue-collar family as the...
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A Piece of Glass
With the 2010 Olympics rapidly approaching, many people are concerned about the issue of homelessnes...
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