April 29, 2024

2nd Social Media Risks

Highlights: • Get leading-edge advice on avoiding liability and litigation over the improper use of social media from Canada’s top internet law experts, as they discuss: • New legal issues and risks in social media use • Minimizing risks when advertising and marketing via social media • Best practices for developing & implementing social media … [Read more...]

Update on flood risks

An update on flood risks throughout the province, with increasing rain and melting snow. The B.C. River Forecast Centre has upgraded the hazard to a flood warning for the Fraser River at Prince George and the Okanagan, and a flood watch from Quesnel to the Fraser Canyon. A high streamflow advisory has been issued for the lower Fraser River near … [Read more...]

B.C. inquiry asked to weigh fish farms’ risks

VANCOUVER - The head of the inquiry into British Columbia's salmon fishery must decide whether salmon farms are incubators of disease that threaten wild stocks, or pose no threat to the environment and migrating species.Opponents and proponents of B.C.'s fish-farming industry asked the commissioner hearing evidence into the collapse of the 2009 … [Read more...]