Category Archives: social issues
Seniors up in arms over DriveABLE
Drivers beggin MLA for help By Lexi Bainas, CitizenDecember 2, 2011 Local seniors, worried about facing driving tests when they pass age 80, have been pouring into the office of Cowichan Valley MLA Bill Routley. He presented petitions carrying more … Continue reading
Filed under Community, Reported Elsewhere, rural bc, seniors, social issues, transportation
Provincial program ‘unacceptable’: MLA Coons
November 21, 2011 From Haida Gwaii Observer. View online article here. by Ashlee Morgan A program required by the province is being called ‘unacceptable’ by MLA Gary Coons. DriveABLE, essentially a driving assessment test, means that seniors living on Haida … Continue reading
Critic wants more detail
September 22, 2011 VICTORIA/CKNW(AM980) Alison Bailey | alison.bailey@corusent.com NDP ferry critic Gary Coons is calling on BC Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom to intervene after BC Ferries claims it doesn’t have documents that detail the crown corporation’s decision to end its … Continue reading
Filed under ferries, Reported Elsewhere, social issues, transportation, Transportation
Missing women forum begins with prayer from First Nations elder
By NEAL HALL, VANCOUVER SUN September 12, 2011 Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/Missing+Women+forum+begins+with+prayer+from+first+nations+elder/5390195/story.html#ixzz1Y3kMx0o8 The Missing Women Inquiry’s first community forum in northern B.C. heard some heart-wrenching stories Monday in Prince Rupert. One woman described being raped at gunpoint by an RCMP officer … Continue reading
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Missing women’s commission to hold hearings in September
This article is from Muskeg News. Click here to visit site. August 18, 2011 On August 5, the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry announced that their Study Commission will be holding public hearings in communities around Northern B.C. in September … Continue reading
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New Democrats Urge Christy ClarkTo Extend Compensation To All Woodlands Shcool Survivors
For Immediate Release August 1, 2011 Leader Adrian Dix indicates that as Premier he will overturn decision to exclude students who suffered abuse pre-1974 from settlement VANCOUVER - In the interest of justice, the Christy Clark Liberal government should stop using … Continue reading
Filed under Community, press release, social issues, Uncategorized
BC Ferries Executive Staff Pay Records
Click here to view David Hahn’s Pay Period Statement from May 2003 – December 2009 Click here to view Active Executive Employee’s Pay Period Records 2003-2009
Filed under ferries, social issues, transportation, Uncategorized
The hard truth about post-secondary debt
July 12, 2011 Advanced Education Minister Naomi Yamamoto thinks that “student debt is a really good debt to assume” (July 8, 2011 Kelowna Buzz). Yamamoto needs to take a closer look at what the B.C. Liberal government has done to … Continue reading
Filed under education, Reported Elsewhere, social issues, Uncategorized
New Democrats Stress Upon the Need of Upgrading Haida Gwaii Hospital
Submitted by Annabel Tautou on Wed, 06/01/2011 – 08:03 The Opposition, New Democrats have highlighted the need of improving the conditions at the Haida Gwaii hospital on British Columbia’s north coast. They said that the conditions at the hospital are … Continue reading
Filed under Community, health care, rural bc, seniors, social issues, Uncategorized
Public Commission on Legal Aid Met in Terrace
The Public Commission on Legal Aid met in Terrace B.C to discuss their concerns about the availability of Legal Aid and the need to ensure a strong legal aid system for our future. Our MLA Gary Coons was asked … Continue reading
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