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Capping executive pay a long, slow road

E ver since the British Columbia government quietly imposed a cap on compensation for public-sector executives two years ago, Craig Hemer's matchmaking has demanded a deft touch. A partner with Odgers Berndtson, an international executive search firm, ...

From JUSTINE HUNTER, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John Doyle (politician),  Rogers Wireless,  Nike,  Carole Taylor,  David Hahn

Nisga'a take leap into economics of real estate

A fter decades of fighting for recognition of title, the Nisga'a government in northwestern British Columbia has passed a law allowing its citizens to own – and sell – Nisga'a lands. “This is an exciting world we are about to enter, and we are doing ...

From JUSTINE HUNTER, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2009

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B.C. vows bigger HST break for new home buyers

B owing to pressure from home builders, the British Columbia government is promising to provide a bigger break on the new harmonized sales tax to new home buyers. The province announced earlier this year that B.C. will move to the HST next July, ...

From JUSTINE HUNTER, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2009

They want to break free

O n a hot afternoon last July, a distressed teenager called the RCMP. They found him at the edge of a sheer cliff 80 meters above the Bulkley River, threatening to jump. They spent four hours trying to talk to him. Then he went over. This month, Shawn ...

From JUSTINE HUNTER, Globe and Mail,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Donald J Trump,  Gordon Campbell,  Chuck Strahl

Heed Gitxsan proposal, says head of B.C. treaty commission

T here is no legal hurdle for the B.C. and federal governments to negotiate a treaty with the hereditary chiefs of the Gitxsan, says the head of the B.C. Treaty Commission. Top officials within the federal and provincial governments have recently ramped ...

From JUSTINE HUNTER, Globe and Mail,  10 Nov 2009

Native tribe will petition Ottawa to remove their Indian status

A delegation of the Gitxsan people from northwest British Columbia is set to meet with Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl next month with a groundbreaking proposal: That the 13,000 members of their tribe be allowed to abandon their status as "Indians." ...

From JUSTINE HUNTER, Globe and Mail,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chuck Strahl,  George Abbott,  Gordon Campbell

Games to benefit B.C. by 'billions,' minister says

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From JUSTINE HUNTER, Globe and Mail,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: PricewaterhouseCoopers,  Bruce Ralston

Doctor defends vaccination of hockey players

British Columbia's top health official says an Abbotsford doctor who vaccinated professional hockey players against the H1N1 virus this week broke the rules but will face no repercussions. Perry Kendall, the provincial health officer, promised to talk ...

From JUSTINE HUNTER, Globe and Mail,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Calgary Flames

Band leaders criticize rollout of vaccinations to native reserves

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From JUSTINE HUNTER, Globe and Mail,  4 Nov 2009

B.C. ends ambulance strike, cites H1N1

The B.C. government is imposing an end to a seven-month-long strike by British Columbia's ambulance paramedics, citing pandemic infection rates that are expected to rise in B.C. in the coming weeks. “Right now, our entire health system is operating at ...

From JUSTINE HUNTER, Globe and Mail,  2 Nov 2009

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