Penticton mayor attributes high police workload to homelessness in the Okanagan city
Penticton Mayor John Vassilaki says the high police caseload in the Okanagan city is caused by the influx of homeless people from other areas with fewer services.
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Mayor John Vassilaki says the RCMP caseload is boosted by an influx of people from other communities
Posted: Feb 10, 2021 8:15 PM PT | Last Updated: February 11
Penticton, B.C., Mayor John Vassilaki says his municipality s high crime rate and call volume to RCMP are due to an influx of homeless people from other communities.(Ben Nelms/CBC)
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The B.C. government has announced a temporary cap on delivery fees to help restaurants and hospitality businesses struggling with high costs during the pandemic.
Effective Dec. 27, food delivery service providers must not charge a restaurant more than 15 per cent of the total cost of the customer order, before taxes, for delivery services.
To make sure that delivery companies don’t shift their costs or charge restaurants under different fees, an additional five per cent cap of the total meal cost, before taxes, has been introduced for other related services, such as online ordering and processing fees.
The order comes from the creation of an Emergency Program Act order from the B.C. Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General to help restaurants that have been struggling for months to keep up with high fees charged by third-party food delivery companies.