Police dispatched as 2.1 magnitude earthquake hits Langley

Barry Artiste Op/Ed If any Now Public Readers live in Langley, it would be interesting to know your experiences, though 2.1 is pretty small, it is a slow News Day around here! " LANGLEY, B.C. — A small earthquake...

Macquarie signals huge losses day after P3 mega-bridge announced

Just a day after the B.C. Liberal government announced plans to supersize the new Port Mann bridge crossing comes news that the project's private partner is facing major write-downs on its other infrastructure funds and equity investments. In an operating update released...

UK strike regarding use of foreign workers rolls on

More British workers are joining a rolling strike in support of demands that domestic rather than foreign labour be employed at the Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire. " Contractors at two nuclear plants have walked out in support of protests over the use of foreign...

Embattled B.C. P3 lender to be cut loose by German parent

Depfa Bank PLC, a key source of credit to several British Columbia public-private partnership projects and a financial sink hole for its German parent, will be cut loose according to media sources. The...

Homebuyers, use a BC licensed Home inspector or do it yourself!

Barry Artiste Op/Ed  Seems the BC Government wants to legitimize the Home Inspection Industry, with their own brand of training programs. Yeah, the same BC Government and their Government and Municipal...

P3s cost more, says prominent B.C. forensic accountant

A new study by B.C.'s best-known forensic accountant concludes that so-called public-private partnerships (P3s) for public projects cost more than if they were financed directly by government. The study also finds...

B C BOXING NEWS - Flashbacks and Memories

During 1983 to 1986, I was the editor of two publications: 1983; Vancouver Island Amateur Boxing Newsletter, and 1983 to 1985: British Columbia Amateur Boxing Newsletter The publications were not only a record of...

Money Can Buy You Justice In British Columbia

Source: Daughters settle B.C. ferry lawsuit By Steve Mertl, THE CANADIAN PRESS  VANCOUVER, B.C. - The daughters of a man who died in the sinking of the B.C. ferry the Queen of the North have settled their wrongful-death lawsuit out of court but not because they...

Firemen take Hour to get to Fire a Block Away from Fire Station

A former tenant in the rooming house at 90 Alexander St. above the Incendio restaurant, has questions about the fire at 5 a.m. on Jan. 6 that left all tenants evicted. It took the fire department “about an hour to...

B.C. government bails out Port Mann P3

There's a lot of questions being raised about the future of using so-called public-private partnerships to provide major infrastructure projects like the Port Mann Bridge and Highway 1 expansion. Just yesterday, the treasurer of California argued that the P3 model Governor...

Schwarzenegger's P3 schemes rapped by California treasurer

In an op-ed published in today's Sacramento Bee, California's state treasurer takes on proponents of public-private partnerships and makes the case for funding public infrastructure projects by issuing municipal...

Patient at Vancouver Heath Care facility reported EBE/aliens

The following apparent alien sighting took place at about 3:00 am to 4:00 am on 3 March 2006 in East Vancouver: internet site reference:  www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2009/01/26/03074.html

World credit crunch makes local P3 projects risky propositions

The Vancouver Sun has published a major feature that raises serious questions about the financial health of privately-financed infrastructure projects in British Columbia.The investigative report comes a day...

Avian Flu Scare in B.C. Canada

" The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it is investigating the possibility of an H5 avian influenza outbreak on a turkey farm in B.C.'s Fraser Valley. Agency spokesperson Monika Mazur says testing done at the...

Bullets Fly near Solicitor General Constituency Office Abbotsford

Barry Artiste Op/Ed A Shooting with machine gun fire a blazing near our Solicitor Generals Constituency office shocks our Province's Top Cop? Will wonders never cease? Our Solicitor General's response "as if he is...

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