Arthur and Lancelot He was the favourite, now "Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington is set to play King Arthur in "Arthur & Lancelot" at Warner Bros. Pictures. Harington, who plays Jon Snow on the HBO series, beat out his onscreen 'brother' Richard Madden for the role opposite "The Killing" actor Joel Kinnaman as Lancelot. Production will be … [Read more...]
Surrey mayor wants to dredge up both jobs and economic activity at the port.
November 15, 2011 by
The mayor of Surrey wants to see at least a metre and half dredged from the Fraser river in order to create over a thousand jobs. Dianne Watts says 1300 jobs could be created along with hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activiity for the Fraser Surrey docks. Watts says due to economic conditions the city has lost 40%, … [Read more...]
BC Hydro cuts 300 jobs from its workforce
October 12, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's power utility says it's cutting its workforce by 300 people this week.BC Hydro says it's part of a workforce reduction that will see staff reduced by about 700 positions over the next three years.The utility has already cut 250 positions.President and CEO Dave Cobb says the utility needs to keep power rates low for … [Read more...]
Polak blasts Cummins over criticism of government’s jobs plan
September 25, 2011 by
More strong words for B.C. Conservative Party leader John Cummins -- but this time, they're coming from the person he's likely to square-off with in the next provincial election. Langley Liberal MLA Mary Polak is blasting Cummins' criticism of the government's jobs plan. "Jobs are about all British Columbians, it's not a partian issue." It's … [Read more...]
Premier rolls out phase two of jobs plan
September 20, 2011 by
Premier Christy Clark is in Kamloops, making the second announcement as part of her jobs plan. Clark has announced an international education strategy, designed to grow BC's international student population by 50-percent. She says if the governments can meet those targets, it means another nine thousand jobs and half a billion dollars for the … [Read more...]
Clark launches jobs push in northwest B.C.
September 19, 2011 by
VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark is about to introduce her first major policy initiative since her election as premier last February — a jobs plan that comes as the B.C. economy shrinks and job growth sputters. Clark is hitting the road Monday for a cross-province tour that sees her making stops in Prince Rupert, Kitimat Village, Kamloops, Surrey … [Read more...]
Premier Christy Clark hits the road to sell her promised jobs plan
September 18, 2011 by
It's been in the works for months -- now Premier Christy Clark is set to finally unveil her much talked about jobs plan. Clark will be touring the province this week, introducing what many are calling the first major policy initiative of her administration. The timing of the plan comes at a point where the economy is thought to be shrinking as job … [Read more...]
Premier insists she has a good jobs plan
September 10, 2011 by
Even though numbers released by Stats Canada show more people were looking for work in B.C. last month compared to July, Premier Christy Clark insists she has a good plan to create more jobs. "What we need to do is we need to get out of the way of private sector job creation." Clark still hasn't revealed her job creation plan, but she's dropping … [Read more...]
Christy Clark plans Asia trip to boost B.C. jobs
August 17, 2011 by
Beginning of Story Content B.C. Premier Christy Clark says she will travel to China and India in the next few months as part of a trade mission aimed at boosting jobs at home. The provincial ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
