Three months ago, Road Rules provided Grade 10 students at a Vancouver high school with background information for their essay assignment questioning the 16-year-old minimum driving age. Our summer reading thus far has included a sampling of their essays. All of the essayists implicitly regard the dreadful statistic—that motor vehicle crashes remain the leading cause [...]
Prime Minister Stephen Harper t commemorated the 58th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice and marked National Korean War Veterans Day by paying tribute to those who fought for democracy during the conflict. Prime Minister Harper laid a wreath at the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance and spoke about the importance of remembering the [...]
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, accompanied by Mike Wallace, Member of Parliament for Burlington, hosted a roundtable with a number of local small-business people to seek their views and suggestions concerning the general economic direction of the country. This will be the first of several similar meetings this summer to prepare for the [...]
DELTA – Three weeks remain to register online with Healthy Families BC and win, just like Linda Deamer of Delta. Deamer is the third weekly winner in the Healthy Families BC contest and is now enjoying a five-piece “Essential Set” by Le Creuset. For six weeks, prizes with an estimated value of $500 are for [...]
Lower Mainland District: On July 22, 2011, at approximately 8:35pm, a male, now identified as Darrell Elroy BARNES age 48 of Vancouver (photo attached) was observed in the 300 block of Powell Street carrying a machete. Two VPD officers attended and confronted BARNES. The VPD officers initially used less lethal force by discharging several rounds [...]
On April 12, 1980, a young man dipped his foot into the Atlantic Ocean, an inconspicuous act for sure but one that would spark a legend. Now, thirty-one years later, there is barely a Canadian to be found that does not know the story of Terry Fox, but what if you asked the people of [...]
Contrary to a recent report by the Fraser Institute conservative think tank, two Simon Fraser University economists have demonstrated that immigrants are not a burden to the economy. Earlier this year, the Fraser Institute released a study claiming “immigrants on average received an excess of $6,051 in benefits over taxes paid,” for an annual cost [...]
A 30 year old Surrey man is facing charges of Production of a Controlled Substance and Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking a Controlled Substance after emergency services responded to a male in distress at a townhouse complex in the 15400 block of 101A Ave. Surrey B.C. The Surrey RCMP Drug Section commenced an investigation [...]
It is critically important that all British Columbians are fully informed about the new deadline to submit their HST referendum ballots. We wrote to B.C.’s Chief Electoral Officer to ask for a two-week extension to the July 22 deadline because of the mail delays caused by the Canada Post lockout, and Elections B.C. agreed that [...]
Pakistani national, Arshad Muhammad; wanted for alleged war crimes is now in CBSA custody. He was one of 30 war crime fugitives posted on the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Border Watch website last week. Tips pouring in from the public, resulting in the apprehension of the second individual named on the web site. The [...]
