There are many examples of narrowly held contrarian views becoming mainstream, gradually or otherwise. Anti-smoking crusaders ‘cried in the wilderness’ for years; today smoking is culturally intolerable and widely banned— in some places even smoking outside is prohibited. To smoke in another person’s house or car without their express permission, indeed even to ask is taboo.
* Comparing October 2009 to October 2010, total international overnight arrivals to B.C. rose 7.8 per cent to 238,085 visitors.
International overnight visitors to B.C. climbed for the fifth straight month when comparing year over year, outpacing the rest of Canada, according to new figures released by Statistics Canada.
100 MILE HOUSE – Young athletes needing help with travel costs for sports will benefit from a provincial investment of $600,000, Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett announced on behalf of Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Stephanie Cadieux.
VICTORIA – B.C.’s per-student funding has hit a new high of $8,341, a $159 increase from 2009-10 operating grants, announced Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid.
Vancouver, BC: For the eighth consecutive year, readers of the influential US travel trade publication, Travel Weekly, have named Vancouver the best destination in Canada.
Police say People who leave their car in their driveway, with the keys in the ignition, to warm them up in the morning are presenting a target to thieves.
A woman was shot at while driving toward the Port Mann Bridge early Sunday morning. Police say pellets fired from a high-velocity air gun sprayed a black VW Jetta she was driving and smashing out her rear window.
James Donald Bahen will take his seat on Jan. 14. Bahen received a law degree from the University of Toronto in 1983 and has practiced law in Vancouver for 25 years, focusing on criminal cases.
Const. David Clarke, a Surrey traffic cop with four and a half years service, has been charged with 15 criminal offences and has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of the court proceedings and an internal police code of conduct investigation.
