The riding breakdown of results, from the referendum, have an interesting tale to tell. Voters in the riding of West Vancouver-Capilano were the most in favour of keeping the tax, with 64.5% voting no. Their counterparts in Surrey-Green Timbers were the opposite.Over 75% of them voted to kill the tax. There are some obvious geographic … [Read more...]
HS Orka sees turnaround in half-year results
August 27, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Icelandic geothermal company HS Orka hf has reported a big turnaround in net earnings in the first half of 2011, majority owner Alterra Power Corp. (TSX:AXY) said Friday.Alterra said HS Orka posted net income for the first six months of of US$ 6.5 million, compared with a loss of US$ 18.7 million in the same, half-year period in 2010 … [Read more...]
HST results to be made public Friday
August 24, 2011 by
Elections BC has confirmed that acting Chief Electoral Officer Craig James will release the results of the HST referendum after the close of counting on Friday. The time on Friday is not known, but it is one day later than expected. James had said he hoped to have those results available on Thursday, but it will be a day later before … [Read more...]
The wait for HST results continues…
August 24, 2011 by
We may have to wait an extra day to learn the results of the HST referendum. Rumours are circulating that Elections BC will wait until Friday to release the numbers, and not Thursday as had been expected.Elections BC spokesperson Don Main is not commenting. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]
HST results a toss-up as voters weigh in
August 12, 2011 by
Elections BC announced Thursday that more than 1.6 million registered voters turned in their mail-in referendum by last Friday’s deadline. That’s just more than half - 52.6 per cent - ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
