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Of i. S. I. L. Catching up with a convicted spy after six months of freedom. His controversial release a key to restoring ties between the United States and cuba and welcome to Al Jazeera America im tony harris in tonight for antonio mora. We begin in greece where in less that 48 hours voters will decide whether to accept the terms of an international bailout, or face exit from the eurozone. Today clashes erupted between police and demonstrators in athens. It came while thousands were attending ...

For the first time since Vancouver council created a code of conduct, the mayor has used it to file a complaint against a fellow councillor — but it didn't go the way Ken Sim likely hoped. 

As the city moves toward hiring a new ethics commissioner this year, Reece Harding says a lot needs to change in order for the ethics commissioner's office to be more transparent, independent and effective.

A persistent number of false alarms in social housing buildings across Vancouver's Downtown Eastside are putting undue strain on firefighters, building staff and residents alike, renewing pressure on officials to find a solution to a problem that plagued the residences for years.

Former Surrey Councillor Brenda Locke was elected mayor on Oct. 15 by a margin of...

When Surrey announced it would be the first municipality in B.C. to have an ethics commissioner, it was hoped it would usher in a new era of transparency at city hall. But little more than two years later, the future of the office is in limbo.

A Surrey councillor is worried new changes to the way the city investigates ethics complaints will make the government less transparent.

Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum has backed down on a motion that would have stopped the city’s ethics commissioner from investigating new complaints until the October municipal election.

Lawyers, judges and advocates have agreed say tax sales are a necessary tool for municipalities, but clear communication from the city to the homeowner throughout the process is absolutely essential to be fair to homeowners.