March 28, 2024

Settlement finally paid in Canada Line foreign workers case: union

A B.C. trades union is expected to announce tomorrow details of a settlement that has finally been paid in a human rights case involving temporary foreign workers who helped build the Canada Line. The b-c human rights tribunal ruled back in 2008 that SELI Canada and SNC Lavalin discriminated against Latin American workers toiling on the Skytrain … [Read more...]

Is ICBC involvement getting transit tickets paid?

New laws aimed at forcing transit fare dodgers to pay their fines have been in effect in BC for nearly six months now.   But it appears they have yet to bring in any of that money.  Among other penalties, ICBC can now refuse to renew your insurance or driver's licence until you pay up.   So far, spokesman Adam Grossman … [Read more...]

Millions in severance paid out by BC Government triggers political back and forth

The BC Conservative party says they have crunched the numbers and discovered bc taxpayers paid a massive bill for saying goodbye to government staffers.  John Cummins says in severance payments to government staff alone taxpayers are on the hook for over $ 62 million over the last seven years.   Cummins says under Premier Christy Clark … [Read more...]

UBC president tops lists of highest paid public-sector execs

Perhaps the numbers will drop now that the B.C. government plans to freeze financial compensation for Crown corporations. But several high-level public-sector executives earned more than $ 450,000 last year. Once again, the highest paid was University of BC president Stephen Toope, who earned $ 581,000 in 2011. But if you factor in severance, the … [Read more...]

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy box points to first paid DLC for Nintendo 3DS

3DS owners have been waiting (and waiting) for a chance to take advantage of a downloadable content market, and while Nintendo already accomplished the tough part (read: launching it) a few days back, there's still been no word on when paid content would make an appearance. Pushing those freebies aside is Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, which is … [Read more...]