HST Referendum Results: BC Rejects HST

British Columbia Rejects HST in Referendum British Columbia's voters have rejected the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) in a province-wide referendum. 54.73% of voters voted to scrap the HST, while 45.27% wanted to keep...

Popular Vancouver Eatery Falls Victim To HST And BC's Liquor Laws

Call issued on compassionate and humanitarian grounds Town Hall at 1032 Alberni Street, one of Downtown Vancouver's most popular eateries and watering joints, has closed down for business. Town Hall was a...

Canada Day 2010: What Will Be Affected By the New HST Tax?

Thursday July 1 2010 is Canada Day But It is Also the Day Taxes Will Be Changed in Three Provinces British Columbia will be affected by the HST tax as consumers will have to pay 12 per cent on services such as auto...

Harmonised Sales Tax (HST): BC's Welfare System For Big Business

Gone are the days, it seems, when government would take from the privileged to give to the underprivileged. As evidenced by the Bank Bailout in the U.S., and BC’s (and Ontario’s) Harmonised Sales Tax,...

Dr. Hunter S. Thompson Suicide Was Four Years Ago Today

On February 20th, 2005 the world of creative writing lost a true icon. While sitting at his typewriter at his home in Woody Creek, Colorado Dr. Hunter S. Thompson took his own life. On the typewriter in front of him...

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