The Mayor of Vancouver says he and his fellow mayors are sticking to their deadline when it comes to finding a solution on transit funding. Gregor Robertson says if no new funding is found by February 28th the impact on the transit system will be immediate. "If there isn't money found in the budget or new money that is put forward by the BC … [Read more...]
Deadline looms for Port Mann Bridge toll discount
November 30, 2012 by
Thousands of drivers hoping to catch a break on tolls for the new Port Mann Bridge waited until the last minute to register. "It's been all hands on deck. It's been very busy here," says Max Logan, who speaks for the TReO program. Logan says the demand has grown from about three thousand people registering per day two weeks ago, to three … [Read more...]
Human rights groups slam Missing Women Inquiry ahead of deadline
November 19, 2012 by
The inquiry into B.C. missing and marginalized women, and why serial killer Robert Pickton wasn't caught sooner, didn't have to be this way. That, according to three human rights groups, days before the quiry is expected to deliver its findings. The B.C. Civil Liberties Association, Pivot Legal Society and West Coast LEAF have put together a report … [Read more...]
New deadline for Missing Women Inquiry results.. and costs still rising
October 25, 2012 by
Costs linked to BC's Missing Women Inquiry continue to rise. The deadline for completing a government-ordered review has been extended to November 30th. The Ministry of Justice has confirmed total money spent on the Commission headed up by former Attorney General Wally Oppal has topped $ 8.6-million. Hearings examining why serial killer … [Read more...]
Mayors give province a deadline for Translink funding solutions
October 18, 2012 by
The Mayors Council for Translink has voted to pass the "hot potato" issue of transit funding back to the provincial government. A motion tabled by Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson passed, setting a hard deadline of February 28th for the province to help solve transit funding woes. Robertson says it also rules out any new property taxes to fund … [Read more...]
Mayor of Richmond pans yet another deadline to sign RCMP deal
May 29, 2012 by
Colour the Mayor of Richmond unimpressed by the latest "hard" deadline by the province for municipalities to sign the new RCMP deal. Malcolm Brodie says deadlines are nothing new for mayors who still have lots of concerns about the deal "I don't know what a hard deadline means. Each one of them, at the end of each month, for the last … [Read more...]
Deadline approaches to ratify RCMP deal
May 28, 2012 by
The deadline set by the province for municipalities to ratify the newRCMP contract is this Thursday, and a few communities are still holding back. Langley City mayor, and municipal observer to the contract talks, Peter Fassbender says he expects about 50 of the 62 communities to ratify by the deadline. Fassbender says while the province … [Read more...]
Some Mayors are going to ignore a deadline to ratify the RCMP contract
May 23, 2012 by
Don't expect Burnaby to ratify the new RCMP contract by the end of month deadline, and it looks like they aren't going to be alone in doing so. Mayor Derek Corrigan says the city is still examining its options as they have concerns over costs and control over policing under the deal. Corrigan didn't seem to be phased much by the … [Read more...]
One Mayor is clearing the air when it comes to civic confusion over RCMP deal deadline.
March 9, 2012 by
The municipal observer to the RCMP contract talks is clearing up some of the confusion at the civic level as an end of March deadline to sign off on the deal approaches Fassbender says the end of March deadline is only between the feds and the province. He says after that the contract is then sent out to municipalities. When asked … [Read more...]
Confusion at the civic level as a deadline approaches to sign off on BC’s new RCMP contract.
March 8, 2012 by
As we near the end of March deadline to sign off on a new RCMP contract for BC, Mayors have yet to even see the document. Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore said "No we haven't. We had a briefing in the beginning of January but we haven't actually seen the contract yet." He is echoed by John Ruttan, Mayor of Nanaimo when asked if he had … [Read more...]
