B.C. Liquor: Turning a branch into a board
Lots of changes over the last week-and-a-half in British Columbia’s taxpayer-owned enterprises, where “interim” is the operative word. ICBC chair…
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HootSuite and City Vancouver: a marriage based on secrecy
In the Vancouver Courier on Jan. 23, I wrote that City of Vancouver doesn’t want you to know how much…
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To the mountains, once more
We came wearing Gore-Tex and fleece. Some of us came on mountain bikes. Some walked with dogs on leash. Some…
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B.C. becoming a banana republic: Burnaby mayor
Derek Corrigan, the NDP-allied mayor since 2002 of Vancouver suburb Burnaby, doesn’t mince his words. At its Jan. 13, 2014…
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ICBC interim chair on government ad agency list
When ICBC’s chair Paul Taylor suddenly and mysteriously quit on Jan. 22, he was immediately replaced by an interim chair,…
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Ethnic media get special access to PM and Preem
When Prime Minister Stephen Harper came to Vancouver in early January, mainstream media reporters were severely limited in their access…
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Exclusive: CEO Hayden quitting PavCo
More turmoil at the top of B.C. Pavilion Corporation, the money-losing, taxpayer-owned entity which operates B.C. Place Stadium and Vancouver Convention…
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Remembering when the Hawks and Niners came north
The Seattle Seahawks host the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship on Jan. 19 and a trip to New…
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Of the green mayor and black-gold councillor
You might remember the controversy last summer when the Vision Vancouver majority city council was going through the motions before…
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Four companies get Massey Bridge gigs
Remember those four big Massey Bridge contracts that were up for grabs, just a week-and-a-half after Premier Christy Clark announced…