B.C. auditor general examining sustainability of government-run bus services in northern region
B.C. s Office of the Auditor General is looking at the sustainability of government-run bus services for northern communities, three years after long-haul bus companies shut down operation in the region.
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Posted: May 14, 2021 5:34 PM PT | Last Updated: May 15
B.C. s Office of the Auditor General is examining the sustainability of B.C. Bus North, a ground transportation service jointly funded by the provincial and federal governments for residents of remote northern communities.(B.C. Transit)
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The organizers of an “anti-lockdown” rodeo in Alberta that violated public health orders aimed at mitigating the spread of the coronavirus have been charged with breaking the Alberta Health Act. As CBC News reports, hundreds gathered May 1-2 near the community of Bowden in defiance of restrictions. The rodeo event was not sanctioned by the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association.
RCMP confirmed to CBC News that Ty and Gail Northcott have been served papers requiring them to appear in Red Deer provincial court on May 17.
Meanwhile, other Alberta rodeo organizers are worried the unsanctioned Bowden rodeo could hurt the sport’s recovery with some saying the event made their sport look bad while reinforcing long-held stereotypes about Western Canada. CBC News has that story, too.
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Auditor-general raises long-running concern with B.C. government’s budget accounting VICTORIA Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Auditor-general Michael Pickup says he has long-running concerns with the way the British Columbia government counts the money it receives from other levels of government.
Pickup outlined Tuesday what he describes as a nine-year accounting difference of opinion his office has with B.C. over the way federal funds for capital projects are added to the province’s annual budget totals.
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