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Some RCMP officers may have been surprised to hear the province's gaming minister say there was dissatisfaction with the outcomes of the province's anti-illegal gaming team. After all, that's not the reason they were given for its disbandment...
The Crown corporation responsible for British Columbia's subsidized housing has prepared a confidential document assessing the homeless-related risks associated with the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games...
It seems Friends character Joey Tribbiani has been hired to write the weekly poll questions for the provincial government's employee Intranet. Earlier last month, bureaucrats were asked "How are you doing?" or "How You Doin,'" as the page reporting on the results of that poll put it...
The government should consider making British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. subject to freedom of information requests...
Last month, Alex Tsakumis resigned as a columnist with 24 hours. But that resignation hasn't put him out of the punditry business. Mr. Tsakumis has launched his own Website. And his facebook status updates have promised his writings will shortly be appearing in not one but two newspapers...
"We found the compensation of the (British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.) executive excessive." That was one of the major findings in a report released today by comptroller general Cheryl Wenezenki-Yolland...
Transportation Minister Shirley Bond responds to a report on transportation governance
Attorney General Mike de Jong made this quip at last night's annual Law Society of British Columbia bench and bar dinner: acknowledging his new acting deputy Jerry McHale had won this year's George A. Goyer memorial award, the legislator joked his ministry was changing it's name to McHale's Navy...
"I'm probably more approachable than I look." That was one of the messages the premier's deputy minister Allan P. Seckel had in a video address posted on the provincial government's employee Intranet. Mr...
Next Thursday, GrowthWorks Ltd. president and chief executive officer David Levi will be hosting an exclusive reception for federal New Democrat leader Jack Layton. According to an email list obtained by Public Eye, invitees to the reception, which will take place at Mr...
Provincial New Democrats could soon have the power to oust their leader, Carole James, Public Eye has exclusively learned. At present, there isn't any formal way for members to push out James - who has said she intends to lead the New Democrats into the 2013 election...
Internal documents show the province's anti-illegal gaming enforcement team was directed to "focus on mid-level targets." But the province's gaming minister refused to comment when asked if that might have been why the team's former commander said it "seemed the way to remain in favour with...
The British Columbia Federation of Labour has a plan to help the New Democrats win the next election. And, not surprisingly, the province's unionists - whose job is mobilizing workplace action - are calling for better organization...
Earlier, we exclusively reported on the sudden departure of advanced education and labour market development deputy minister Robin Ciceri. Ms. Ciceri has stated she's leaving to "pursue another career opportunity." But what could that opportunity be...
In a surprise move, Robin Ciceri has left her post as the top bureaucrat the ministry of advanced education and labour market development to "pursue another career opportunity." Ms...
