NDP have different policies to different audiences....again!

Why can't the NDP just be honest for once?  Don't they know that we are no longer living in the days of the newspaper guilds when information could be geographicaly restricted? Why then did Carol James state...

New Port Mann Bridge Will Open One Year Early

New Port Mann Bridge Will Open Full Year EarlyThe new, 10-lane Port Mann Bridge will open in December 2012 – a full year earlier than originally expected, Premier Gordon Campbell announced today.April 17,...

Montreal P3 'superhospitals' in doubt as private financing tanks

Public-private partnerships, the infrastructure development model hailed by some as a superior way for governments to provide hospitals, highways, schools and other large-scale projects to taxpayers, have taken...

Port Mann bridge partner reports massive losses on toll roads

The key investor behind the public-private partnership building and operating the new ten-lane Port Mann toll bridge today reported a loss of over $1 billion (CAD). Macquarie Group's infrastructure arm took the...

B.C. P3 lender burning through government loan guarantees

The Belgian-French bank that's supplying the financing to several public-private partnership (P3) projects in British Columbia has exhausted half of the government guarantees it received in a September bailout....

$3.3 Billion Freeway Bridge called a "Super-Sized Mistake"

Surrey, BC — "Premier Campbell's announcement about replacing the Port Mann Bridge with a $3.3 Billion super bridge is a super-sized mistake," said Wilderness Committee Healthy Communities Campaigner Ben West. ...

Vancouver, Say farewell to the Green Zone

On the face of it this just seems like a very, very dumb idea.  Don't these people read the papers (or even trade mags for Christ's sake)?  Even Hellman's has figured out that food security is one of the fastest growing concerns people have.  I thought BC was...

VancouverIAM's Daily Blog Report: Librarians will reject new contract, emissi...

This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from VancouverIAM where you will find the best blogs from Vancouver, British Columbia as well as video uploads, social networking, rumors, and blog authoring....

Remembering Pierre and Harriet

Last week the BC environmental movement lost two of its foot soldiers in the shape of Harriet Nahanee and Pierre Rovtar. Harriet was instrumental in the Eagle Ridge bluffs protest and at 71 had been sent to...

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