Six years after The Queen of the North sank off the tiny B.C. community of Hartley Bay, a band councillor says BC Ferries has abandoned his village. Cameron Hill claims the sunken ship is still leaking oil into the ocean – but the corporation stopped monitoring the leak last year. "They pulled the funding to have a daily monitoring of the … [Read more...]
VSB Chair outraged by money spent on advertising
March 20, 2012 by
The Chair of the Vancouver School Board is fuming after a report that the BC Government spent 1-point-seven million dollars on ads to do with the teachers' dispute, "I find that just outrageous at a time that school boards have been directed to tighten their belts, once again." Patti Bacchus says there are parents fundraising for basic … [Read more...]
Family of murdered Merritt children outraged
March 11, 2012 by
Allan Schoenborn -- the man found not criminally responsible for killing his three children -- has postponed his latest review hearing. The family of his victims, calls the move a slap in the face. "This review board is just ridiculous, and this process for the review board is just ridiculous," says Stacy Gault, the cousin of Schoenborn's ex-wife … [Read more...]
