Election 2014: Ladysmith – Stone in as mayor, former mayor Hutchins gets council seat

Lake Cowichan council has presented the top civic award (Freeman of the Town) to their former mayor Ross Forrest.

Proposed legislation from the B.C. Conservatives would raise taxation rate caps for municipalities, which are bracing for a potentially major financial hit from upcoming assessment changes. The post B.C. Conservatives propose higher tax caps to offset municipal losses from pipeline assessment appeared first on AM 1150.

Premier David Eby isn’t ruling out an early election if his government’s bill to fast-track construction of the North Coast transmission line fails to pass. The post Eby leaves door open to early election over North Coast transmission line bill appeared first on AM 1150.

A motion will be tabled by North Cowichan mayor Rob Douglas to determine the future of the existing site of Cowichan District Hospital.

A bill that aimed repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) was voted down in the legislature. The post Proposed bill to repeal B.C. Indigenous rights legislation fails to move forward appeared first on AM 1150.