It was a close race, but business owner Bill Lawrence has won a seat on the White Rock City Council. Lawrence won Saturday’s by-election by 130 votes with a total of 620. There were nine candidates seeking the position left open after long-time councilor Mary-Wade Anderson died in June. Only 15-percent of registered voters in the White Rock … [Read more...]
John van Dongen puts the Premier on the hot seat over BC Rail memo
June 25, 2012 by
One time BC Liberal MLA and now BC Conservative party member John Van Dongen says the BC Rail memo raises lots of questions. Talking earlier with Simi Sara on CKNW he says the memo fits with other evidence forwarded to him by the special prosecutor's office just last week. Van Dongen says the memo also substantiates concerns he has been … [Read more...]
Father of abducted B.C. boy eyes council seat
October 31, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - The father of a three-year-old B.C. boy abducted in September says he's going to run for municipal council during elections this November.Paul Hebert says he wanted to serve Sparwood, a community located in the province's south-east, long before his son, Kienan, was abducted in September.But Hebert says he grew proud of his community … [Read more...]
MLA Kash Heed allowed to keep his seat
August 31, 2011 by
BC's former Solicitor General --who quit his job as West Vancouver's Police Chief to get into politics-- has been fined 11-thousand dollars, but he's been allowed to keep his seat as the MLA for Vancouver-Fraserview. The fine stems from a vote-tampering scandal during the 2009 election campaign. While there's no proof Heed … [Read more...]
Pamela Martin says run for provincial seat not out of the question
August 14, 2011 by
8/14/2011 It's been rumoured for months now, and still Premier Christy Clark's Director of Outreach Pamela Martin says she's hasn't made up her mind on whether she'll ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
