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Mayor Gregor Robertson on Waste Management

Mayor Gregor Robertson wrote a guest column for the Province newspaper this morning. Here is an excerpt of that guest column. Also, to read the rest of Mayor Gregor’s guest column, you can visit the Province paper. A single waste to energy facility is proposed to deal with our garbage. Mass incineration, the most common form, burns raw garbage... Read more of this article

BC Lottery Debacle Continues to Fester

Can you imagine the howls of indignant outrage from the likes of Gordon Campbell, Rich Coleman, Mike de Jong and the rest of the BC Liberals about the BC Lottery Corporation debacle if there was a New Democrat government in power right now? What would the BC Liberals be demanding of the New Democrats right now? It was not that long ago when BC Lottery... Read more of this article

Port Coquitlam Mayor and Council Vote Themselves Hefty Pay Increase

Pretty sweet deal when you can tell your boss that the fact that you have not given yourself a pay increase recently is reason enough to vote yourself a 27% increase in pay. At a meeting Monday night, Port Coquitlam council voted in favour of a 27 per cent increase for the mayor, which would raise his pay to $85,418 a year from $67,277. City councillors... Read more of this article