Adriane Carr says the legal "opinion" confirms what she believed all along - that City Manager Penny Ballem doesn't have any authority to interefere with a motion Carr put forward to be discussed at the council table. Carr sought the opinion after Ballem blocked her from asking staff to examine the potential financial impact of the park board plan … [Read more...]
Positive forecast for BC economy
May 16, 2012 by
Unemployment will drop, retail sales will rise and British Columbia's overall economic growth is expected to climb to 3.4 per cent.Those are predictions in the Conference Board of Canada's latest quarterly report. The board's Marie-Christine Bernard says BC's growth stems from the ongoing recovery of the U-S economy. "What we're seeing for 2013 is … [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...]
