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Renewal unlikely after municipal elections in BC

6 Jul 2011

Lois Jackson is asking voters to become the Mayor of Delta - again With only a few months left until the civic election in BC, a number of politicians are making some hard decisions regarding whether to remain or...

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Jackson's calls for separation from TransLink ring hollow

4 Feb 2011

It could be a long wait for this Delta transit user For the last several decades we’ve heard about how Quebec has wanted to separate from Canada. We’ve seen our nation pushed to the brink with each referendum asking the...

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2011 is the time to elect new chair for Metro Vancouver

16 Nov 2010

Watts has the right stuff to become the new Chair of Metro Vancouver Now that Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts has finally announced she doesn't want to run British Columbia, would she open to the idea of running Metro Vancouver?...

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Metro directors get 25% pay increase - good timing, you guys

23 Nov 2009

Malcolm Brodie, chair of Metro Vancouver's Finance Committee: "We're cheap compared to Translink"CityCaucus.com occasionally likes to raise a stink about how cities spend our tax dollars, but we're careful not to beat that drum too often. When a story like...

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Carbon Cadman cut off Copenhagen

13 Nov 2009

Why are so many elected officials flying around the world attending environmental conferences?Well, well, well. It would appear that Metro Vancouver's high flying City Councillor and President of an obscure organization known as ICLEI has had his travel wings clipped...

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CityCaucus.com's 1st Annual Civic Report Card

26 Oct 2009

Vancouver City Council needs to turn down the political rhetoric, and turn up the results Every local columnist and media outlet covering the city beat will soon be giving you their views on the first year of Vision Vancouver's...

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Where is the consultation on Vancouver's new remand centre?

11 Jul 2009

Will South Vancouver become home to Mayor Robertson's new pre-trial centre? Mum's the word on which location he's recommended to the Province Mayor Gregor Robertson and his Vision team have been getting hit from all sides over the last...

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Report reveals Metro Vancouver salaries pegged at $102,131,905

26 Jun 2009

Johnny "Cash" Carline A regular reader alerted us to an interesting report which was buried deep in the agenda for today's Metro Vancouver meeting. It is a line-by-line itemized statement of all the salaries paid at Metro Vancouver. It...

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Another editorial blasts Carbon Cadman

25 Jun 2009

The Tri-City News asks what kind of carbon emissions David Cadman spewed out flying all over the world to attend environmental conferencesAnother editorial has now been published which blasts Vancouver Councillor David 'Carbon' Cadman for his taxpayer funded international travel...

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Chair Jackson takes it on the chin for Carbon Cadman's travel

24 Jun 2009

Metro Vancouver Chair Lois Jackson thinks taxpayers received good value for her recent study mission to Istanbul, TurkeyYesterday on CKNW's Christy Clark show, Metro Vancouver Chair Lois Jackson was on the hot seat whereby she had to justify the $100,000+...

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Cernetig asks Carbon Cadman to make a choice

19 Jun 2009

Councillor Carbon Cadman has to make a choice. Is the prize behind door number 3?The ongoing saga of COPE Councillor 'Carbon' Cadman took an interesting twist with today's excellent column in the Vancouver Sun written by Miro Cernetig. Cernetig first...

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We were too hasty in praising Martin?

17 Jun 2009

Langley Councillor Gayle Martin says she "busts her buns" earning that extra stipend on Metro Vancouver's board of directors Just when you thought it was safe to praise one of Metro Vancouver's civic leaders, a story emerges from Langley...

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Carbon Cadman finally grounded by Metro Vancouver Board

15 Jun 2009

Metro Vancouver Board has now voted to ground Carbon Cadman indefinitely After a tonne of negative PR over providing funding for COPE Councillor David Cadman's world travel over the last several years, the Metro Vancouver board has voted to...

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More snowmageddon fallout in Delta

15 May 2009

Is Delta Council burying their head in the snow when it comes to Snowmageddon response? Delta Mayor Lois Jackson and her Council recently had a chance to review a report from their staff which states (quelle surprise) that staff did...

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More concern about Metro Vancouver water tunnel troubles

11 Mar 2009

Kudos to Global TV's Ted Chernecki for his follow-up look (video link) at the troubled Metro Vancouver water tunnel that is now estimated to be at least $200 million over budget. CityCaucus.com has been tracking this story over the past...

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Filtration plant cost overruns 'outrageous' says Chair Jackson

1 Mar 2009

Yesterday we reported the cost overruns on the Seymour-Capilano water filtration project were skyrocketing. Today, Metro Vancouver Chair Lois Chair Jackson finally broke her silence and weighed in with her perspective on the $220,000,000 cost overruns that occurred on her watch.One...

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Metro Vancouver pours $220,000,000 down the drain - literally

28 Feb 2009

Metro Vancouver pours another $220,000,000 tax dollars down the drain for Capilano-Seymour filtration projectFriday afternoons are traditionally the day politicians dole out bad news. That's because it's the day of the week most likely to see your bad news "buried"...

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First NAFTA, then TILMA, could BLIMA be next?

24 Feb 2009

Over the last decade, there have been numerous debates about a number of high profile trade and labour mobility agreements. Ostensibly, politicians of all stripes have pursued these agreements to help reduce trade and labour mobility barriers. While senior levels...

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Metro Vancouver 'rudderless' under Chair Jackson

20 Feb 2009

It took Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts to initiate a meeting of regional officials to discuss the issue of gang violence on Metro Vancouver streets Mayor Dianne Watts initiated an urgent meeting of officials from all the cities who've been impacted...

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Vancouver a no-show at gang violence response meeting

19 Feb 2009

CityCaucus.com has spoken to Surrey city officials and confirmed that no one from Mayor Robertson's office nor his governing caucus attended an urgent meeting of Metro Vancouver mayors and police forces on the gang violence crisis due to a...

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