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Questions swirl around NDP MLA turfed from caucus

Questions swirl around NDP MLA turfed from caucus

Adam Walker’s expense reports include two heavily censored legal invoices regarding an 'employment matter'
Online accommodation taxes in this B.C. city are now going to help renters

Online accommodation taxes in this B.C. city are now going to help renters

Council opts to contribute $150,000 to monthly rent supplements, and $75,000 to a rent bank
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Auto talks The contracts between Unifor and the three big U.S. automakers are set to expire on Monday at 11:59 p.m. The union is negotiating with Ford Motor Co.
Forest fires, housing, emergency services on UBCM conference agenda

Forest fires, housing, emergency services on UBCM conference agenda

The annual Union of BC Municipalities conference runs Sept. 18-22 in Vancouver.
B.C. lawyer wired $2.6M to Dubai for client under U.S. stock probe

B.C. lawyer wired $2.6M to Dubai for client under U.S. stock probe

Neal Burton Wang faces discipline from the Law Society of BC after being caught moving millions of dollars through his trust account, to a company in Dubai, according to a tribunal ruling.
B.C. mining executive fined $40K for consulting misrepresentations

B.C. mining executive fined $40K for consulting misrepresentations

Bryn Gardener-Evans suggested that the B.C. Securities Commission has found difficulties with its regulations and is changing them after the fact while using him as a "scapegoat."
Ng postpones 'Team Canada' trade mission to India amid strained relations

Ng postpones 'Team Canada' trade mission to India amid strained relations

OTTAWA — Canada is postponing a trade mission to India that federal Trade Minister Mary Ng had spent the past four months promoting as key to the government's Indo-Pacific strategy.
Equipment hauled off site of second Surrey hospital, days after ground-breaking ceremony

Equipment hauled off site of second Surrey hospital, days after ground-breaking ceremony

Signs at the site say 'under construction,' but the site was empty as of Friday.
Former B.C. doctor to pay US$10.4M, sell waterfront home after stock fraud admission

Former B.C. doctor to pay US$10.4M, sell waterfront home after stock fraud admission

Avtar Singh Dhillon, a former B.C. cannabis company executive and stock promoter, has exchanged his testimony and guilty plea in a civil fraud proceeding for a US$10.4-million repayment of ill-gotten gains and a penny stock ban, with no civil penalty; Dhillon faces a sentencing hearing for related criminal conduct, this November.
'Shown what they’re about': Some Vancouverites outraged at WestJet following political speech

'Shown what they’re about': Some Vancouverites outraged at WestJet following political speech

Some people have joined musician Jann Arden's decision to ban the airline after the conservative party leader made a speech.