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Is ICBC A B.C. Liberals Cash Cow?

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.11.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - A consumers group is accusing the B.C. Liberal government of ignoring the public good while siphoning cash from the Insurance Corporation ...

$800 Lie Results In $200K ICBC Fine

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.22.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - A couple who lied to the provincial insurance agency in hopes of saving barely $800 in premiums has instead been ordered to pay the Insura...

Vancouver Pedestrian Deaths Soar

CBC | Posted 02.04.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Vancouver Police Department records show more pedestrians die on city streets than any other road user, and city hall is looking to do something about...

Guess Who ICBC Axed?

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.02.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - B.C.'s public auto insurer is slashing 250 jobs, most of them in management.The restructuring move at the Insurance Corp. of B.C. means fi...

Fired ICBC Estimators Gain Union Muscle

CBC | Posted 12.02.2012 | Canada British Columbia

The union representing six fired Insurance Corporation of B.C. estimators says it will fight the dismissals because the employees were just doing what...

ICBC Employees Fired

CBC | Posted 12.01.2012 | Canada British Columbia

ICBC has fired six of its estimators at the Richmond Claims Centre and an auto body shop in the city has lost its accreditation following an investiga...

1,500 ICBC Workers to Stike

CBC | Posted 11.11.2012 | Canada British Columbia

Unionized staff at 55 claims-related Insurance Corporation of B.C. locations will stage a one-day strike Sept. 18, their union said Tuesday. ...

A B.C. Government For The People, Not At The Expense Of The People

Laila Yuile | Posted 10.29.2012 | Canada British Columbia
Laila Yuile

I've written much about the air of entitlement this government has come to display, an attitude which sets an example from the top of government for all the levels below. How can one expect any government executive or bureacrat to display restraint when those in charge demonstrate a proclivity for excess? The truth is the average person is British Columbia just doesn't even listen to any of this bizarre hypocrisy anymore. The average person in this province is still struggling to make ends meet. Whether or not it's the most basic of needs such as food and shelter, or meeting mortgage and car payments, most people in this province are far removed from the reality of luxurious "vacations" oops I mean, conferences in Nairobi.

'Truth' From Gordon Campbell's Ex-Aide Comes Too Late

Jordan Bateman | Posted 10.23.2012 | Canada British Columbia
Jordan Bateman

They say dead men tell no lies. That may never be truer than in the cutthroat blood-sport of B.C. politics. Consider Martyn Brown, the former chief of staff for Gordon Campbell and chief architect of the B.C. Liberals' decade in power. He's no longer in politics and suddenly feels very free to tell the truth about the B.C. government.

ICBC Executives Make Drunken Sailors Blush

Jordan Bateman | Posted 10.16.2012 | Canada British Columbia
Jordan Bateman

Former B.C. Premier W.A.C. Bennett once had a cabinet minister tell him he would treat taxpayers' money as if it were his own. "Oh, no, you won't," Bennett said, "not as long as I'm premier. That money is tax money, it's trust money, and I want 110 cents worth of value out of every dollar." That's a philosophy the overpaid executives at the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) have clearly failed to embrace. That shouldn't be a surprise -- government monopolies are notoriously inefficient and expensive.

ICBC CEO Quits After Critical Review

The Huffington Post B.C. | Andree Lau | Posted 08.16.2012 | Canada British Columbia

ICBC’s CEO Jon Schubert is quitting on the same day the B.C. government released a report criticizing the insurance corporation for having too many ...

Arson Is Another Piece In Vancouver Attacks Puzzle

CBC | Posted 03.15.2012 | Canada

An arson in West Vancouver Friday morning is linked to an investigation into a mysterious series of more than a dozen attacks involving t...

Top Five Excuses For Drinking And Driving In BC

CBC | Posted 02.21.2012 | Canada

"I can't be drunk, I'm the designated driver,” is one of the top excuses B.C. police have heard from impaired drivers this month, accor...

Get Outta My Way! Driver Manners Getting Worse In Canada?

The Canadian Press | Posted 09.17.2011 | Canada

THE CANADIAN PRESS — VANCOUVER - Has driver courtesy been tossed out the car window? Is the traffic "thank you" wave dead? Drivers polled for the...