People living near Colebrook Road came away from another meeting with Surrey's Mayor full of confidence crime issues will be addressed. Bob Campbell with the Panorama Ridge Ratepayers Association says Dianne Watts agreed to utilize all city resources to target problem homes. Campbell says those include derelict homes, or homes run by slum … [Read more...]
CLBC official pleased Turpel-Lafond will be able to help young adults
February 24, 2013 by
Officials with Community Living BC are pleased the province's children's watchdog is getting more power. Legislation introduced last week would allow Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond to assist young adults until they reach age 24. Right now, she has to stop advocating for developmentally disabled clients when they reach 19 and are transferred to the care … [Read more...]
Dix pleased government scrapping plans for privatizing liquor distribution
September 30, 2012 by
BC NDP leader Adrian Dix says it's a positive the government has come to a tentative deal with the BC Government and Service Employees' Union. "It's always good when agreements are negotiated and I think it shows in all negotiations it takes two to negotiate and it's always a good thing when things are resolved at the bargaining table." Dix says … [Read more...]
BCCLA pleased with Privacy Commissioner’s latest moves
July 26, 2012 by
The Privacy Commissioner's demand for the BC Government to change its employee criminal record check policy is drawing praise from the BC Civil Liberties Association. Policy Director Micheal Vonn says the report underscores that not every job requires a criminal records check. Vonn says how the criminal record check information is handled is … [Read more...]
BCMA pleased with tentative deal
June 8, 2012 by
The president of the BC Medical Association is pleased with a tentative four year master agreement with the Ministry of Health that was announced today. Doctor Nasir Jetha says the associations' 12-thousand members are being asked to approve the contract. "We are happy with this agreement, it addresses the issues that our patients and their … [Read more...]
VPD Chief pleased with first riot sentence
February 16, 2012 by
Vancouver's Police Chief is pleased with the length of the sentence handed to 20-year-old Ryan Dickinson, the first Stanley Cup rioter to be sentenced. Dickinson was sentenced to seventeen months behind bars, and with time already served, with spend another thirteen and a half months in jail. Chief Constable Jim Chu says while he expects … [Read more...]
Youth rep pleased with, “positive step.”
November 15, 2011 by
The Representative for Children and Youth in BC says she's very pleased with the Provincial Government's new Family Law Act, saying it could save lives. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says the law will replace a confusing system of restraining orders with protection orders that are backed up with criminal code penalties, "Now, police must be … [Read more...]
