Thursday May 30 | Lake Cowichan Gazette
Union fires shot across bow of B.C. Transit over Victoria cruise shuttle issue
On Thursday, Canadian Auto Workers Local 333 issued a statement blaming B.C. Transit's leasing of six buses for shuttling cruise ship passengers between Ogden Point and downtown Victoria for what the union calls "repeated route cancellations." The flash point appeared to be the cancellation of five trips on Monday, which union local president Ben ... (more)
B.C. Transit buses to be used for Victoria cruise ship tourists
A decision by the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority to use B.C. Transit buses for cruise ship passengers has transit drivers fuming.
Giant rubber duck in Hong Kong harbor
Hong Kong's busy harbor is never short of action, but the great big yellow duck that floated into town on Thursday turned everybody's heads.
Coast Capital credit union members vote to cut executives' pay
Members of Canada's second largest credit union overwhelmingly voted in favour of cutting their board members' pay, according to results released at its Annual General Meeting in Richmond Tuesday.