Hip Cheque donation $627,240

Christy Clark supporters

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Branson 95

The new flights add an additional 960 seats per week from the U.K. between May and October.

Up to approximately 40,000 people a year to B.C. It will be a boon to our economy and strengthen our already close ties to the U.K. market.

Virgin a

When in British Columbia a few days ago, the delightful Premier Christy Clark accepted my invite to come for a kitesurf ride on my back.

One thing though - I forgot to tell her about the dress code! Well, here it is.

The offer still stands Christy!

Virgin Atlantic will stop flying its Vancouver-London route on October 11 and will not resume seasonal flights on that route next year, the airline announced September 3.

The move is part of Virgin restructuring its route schedule to focus on “flying routes which deliver maximum profit or strategic importance,” the company said in a statement.

“We are disappointed to learn that Virgin Atlantic is no longer going to fly direct from Vancouver to London,” Vancouver International Airport Authority (YVR) vice-president of marketing and communications Anne Murray told Business in Vancouver.

Premier Christy Clark

Massey Tunnel Bridge Replacement

Factsheet

March 31, 2017

Can a bridge be built on a river delta?

Bridging major rivers through soft deltaic soils is a challenge that bridge engineers have developed and honed over centuries of bridge foundation design.

A recent bridge engineering feat of note, the Sutong Bridge - the world's second longest cable stayed bridge - crosses China's Yangtze River delta over soft soils to depths of 240 meters, with piles installed to depths of about 100 meters.

Like the Sutong Bridge, the George Massey Tunnel replacement bridge will span a river delta with deep, soft soils. While the George Massey tunnel replacement bridge will be considerably smaller than Sutong, the geotechnical similarities of the Yangtze River delta to the Fraser River delta offers assurances of the feasibility and effectiveness of the deep pile foundation planned for use here.

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1. Introduction

The Sutong Bridge is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, China, which is in the lower reaches of theYangtze River having width varying between 6km and 14km wide, and a maximum depth of approximately 50m.

At a cost of approximately US $920 million dollars, this visionary project was motivated by the need for a highway route crossing the Yangtze River and linking Nantong City and Changshu, a satellite city of Suzhou of Jiangsu province at the opposite banks. This project is an important project with the aim of reducing the economic gap between Suzhou and Nantong city and promoting balanced development in the area. Completed in the summer of 2007, Sutong Bridge is the longest cablestayed bridge in the world till 2012 after Rusky Bridge. The total length of the cable-stayed portion of the project is 2,088 meters with a 1,088-meter main span and a pylon height of about 300 meters. At the same time its deep water approaches are also made up of prestressed concrete.

Finance
The total cost for construction of the Sutong Bridge is estimated to be $6.45bn ($750m). $2.2bn ($266.12m), amounting to 35% of the total, was collected by the local governments of Jiangsu province (78.5 million) (60%), Suzhou City (10.58 million) and Nantong City (7.283) (20% each). The remaining funds were sourced via loans from domestic banks. The bridge is being tolled and the fares received are being used to pay back the loans.

The 2010 census put Shanghai's total population at 23,019,148, a growth of 37.53% from 16,737,734 in 2000. 20.6 million of the total population, or 89.3%, are urban, and 2.5 million (10.7％) are rural.

Fraser Delta to the right just like Yangtze

Bridge building China

 Winter Safety - Transportation Investment Corporation

www.ticorp.ca/winter/

Highly-trained Rope Access Technicians hang from the top of the Port Mann Bridge to reload snow-clearing cable collars. Workers standing far above the Fraser ...

http://www.ticorp.ca/winter/

I want to be a rope access technician. What will my salary be?

JARED LINDZON

Special to The Globe and Mail

The Toll collecting company used by TIC is Treo.   Could there be a name change coming from Treo to Trio of Tolls?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbyhtFE9K38

On one hand the Port Mann Bridge TIC pays 'visitors' to climb the tower structures and on the other hand the BC Liberal Government are considering having 'visitors' pay to climb the Lions Gate Towers..........  Google Search Criteria: Lions Gate Bridge, climb

Stairway to heaven: Lions Gate Bridge climb will offer unrivaled views ...

I secured my dog at the spot I normally do, near the area designated for dogs. A gentleman from animal control, who was exiting the library as I entered, stopped me and said I could no longer tie my dog and leave him alone, no matter it was a two-minute errand into the library to retrieve my book.  ..... Snip

North Shore News Editor’s note: In an email response to our query, the district’s chief bylaw officer, Carol Walker, explains: “Not everyone is comfortable around dogs, particularly when they are unattended. This is an issue we receive complaints about. While we support and encourage owners taking their dogs for walks and outings, they should not leave them unattended. It is the law.”

"Under Control" means, in respect of any dog, leashed or unleashed, that the dog:
    a) immediately returns when called by the person who owns or has care and control of the dog; and
    b) is not annoying, harassing or attacking any person, wildlife or other animal

Capilano Library  - Edgemont Village

Edgemont Village - near the Clock

Signage for Dogs - Bottom Left 'No Parking outside'  + Top Right 'Special Dogs Permitted inside'

Definitely No Parking

One of the B.C. Liberal party’s top donors, the New Car Dealers Association, has overseen millions of dollars in B.C. government electric car incentives since 2011.

It’s an unusual arrangement. Normally B.C. government transfers go to health authorities, schools, colleges and non-profit groups that deliver social services, not profit-making enterprises or their associations.

By this spring, $18.7 million will have passed through the new car dealers group for the $5,000-a-car incentives. About $1.42 million of that will have been spent on administration, marketing and training of dealers’ salespeople, according to information provided to Postmedia after a request to the provincial government.  Snip

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OUR CHILDREN?  BC Liberal Party Membership

Does British Columbia keep moving forward, or do we risk sliding back to our past?  That's the question that matters on May 14, 2013.  -  Christy Clark

And there perhaps, is the next-time slogan for the Liberal campaign bus in this sequel-happy age: 

“Debt Free 2 — This Time We Mean It.” 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Leader Christy Clark is permitted to attend a BC Liberal Party fundraiser, but billboarding the event as a caretaker Premier Christy Clark is not.

https://secure.bcliberals.com/ticket/890729

At least we know where to protest, and when 

2017.04.06 Misfire - News Release

2017.04.06 Misfire Backgrounder - BC Ombudsperson

OmbudsReport 2017 533-web-sm

 And the costs just keep climbing:

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British Columbia. Ministry of Attorney General
Statement of Crown Proceedings Payments for the Fiscal Year ... 

 

Treasury Board directive 1/15 : settlements of claims and payments into court proposed to be certified under section 14 of the CrownProceedingAct in amounts greater than $500,000

Settlements of claims and payments into court proposed to be certified under section 14 of the CrownProceedingAct in amounts greater than $500,000

Follow-up to CN Rail’s claim for rent from West Vancouver – unpaid since 1994 – for use of its land in the Seawalk area:

Rent negotiations went on until 1999, then fell silent. So CN’s restarting of the issue last September – demanding $3.7 million rent – came completely out of the blue (or the red?) for current Mayor Michael Smith and council. The players at the turn of this century have long left the town hall scene.

Canadian National Railway Co. is paying $1-billion in cash to acquire provincially owned BC Rail Ltd., unveiling a plan yesterday to expand its fleet of rail cars and chop 430 jobs.

B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell and CN chief executive officer Hunter Harrison announced the deal in front of provincial Liberal cabinet ministers and MLAs in Victoria, with Mr. Campbell's caucus applauding the long-awaited move to unload debt-laden BC Rail's freight operations.

"It creates a very strong franchise," Mr. Harrison said.

The combination of Montreal-based CN, Canada's largest railway, and North Vancouver-based BC Rail, the country's third largest, will ensure the long-term health of rail service in B.C., he said.

Mr. Campbell emphasized that the provincial government will maintain ownership of the tracks, rail beds and rights-of-way, while CN will pick up an operating lease that could last up to 90 years.

 Lauten: Appeared in Business in Vancouver – March 26, 2013

Christy Clark doesn’t seem to have a re-election hope in hell – which at least sounds drier and warmer than Vancouver in March.

But the premier has something going for her that doesn’t require dark deeds in the political night. Human nature.

We often hear people say: "Oh, that's some more B. C. Electric propaganda!"  Well, what of it?  The only thing wrong with the remark is the insinuation put in the word propaganda.  If the other fellow says it, it's propaganda; if you say it, it is truth.

Every public utility company has to keep informing the public about its business.  That is the only kind of "propaganda" we use.  But the criticism is so general that we came across some remarks made the other day by Preston S. Arkwright, president of the National Electric Light Association, which express what we have in mind better than we could do.

Our business is peculiarly subject to public favor or ill-will, and is regulated and controlled everywhere by commissions, city councils, LEGISLATURES and juries.  Their attitude is influenced by prejudice which arises largely out of unfamiliarity with the business.  We therefore should acquaint them with the business.  If we are going to perform our public duty, we have got to expand every year.  We have get to GET THE MONEY for EXPANSION from somebody else, and we can't get it if the community is prejudiced against us.  so it is our business to see that the industry is understood, for one reason so that we can get the additional finances we need in order that the public may benefit in better service at a smaller cost.  That is only one of the benefits from public relations.  We want the public constantly to benefit in better treatment, greater consideration, more universal service and economical rates."

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Bennett replied that Clark was not running for a fifth term. She is just now wrapping up her first full term as premier. “She’s running for re-election and she deserves it.”

"To remain strong in the face of global economic uncertainty, we will accelerate our jobs plan and run a tight ship.  We will respect families who simply cannot pay higher taxes.  We will also respect future generations and not burden them with our debt, so when it's their turn to lead they can make their own choices."   -  Premier Christy Clark

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Page 12 of 32  'our focus ... keep life affordable for families by controlling spending'

Lucy Lobmeier Attendee list details

Lucy Lobmeier

 

What happens?

 Feb 2, 2015

What happens when you join Today's BC Liberals? - YouTube Brought to you Courtesy of a You Tube Standard License

Elections BC Guidelines Page 26 of 68

Class A gambling event licences allow eligible organizations to fundraise by holding a gambling event or series of gambling events that will generate more than $20,000 in gross revenue. Gambling events include raffles, bingos, social occasion casinos and wheels of fortune. This page includes information about these licences, including: eligibility, how to apply, application resources (forms, tips, FAQs, etc.) and more.

A bona fide application  .... 

Ticket Raffle applications may take up to 10 weeks to process, except for Class B and Class D licences, which take approximately three (3) working days after receipt by the Branch.

If the status of your application is "Complete", a decision has been made by the Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch and you will be receiving a letter of assessment shortly. If you chose e-mail for the delivery method when you applied, the letter will be sent only to the address that was provided.

Gambling event licences allow eligible organizations to fundraise by holding a single gambling event or a series of events. Gambling events include raffles, bingos, poker, social occasion casinos, and wheels of fortune. Find out about eligibility requirements and how to apply.

Offence in relation to lotteries and games of chance

206. (1) Every one is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years who

(a)	makes, prints, advertises or publishes, or causes or procures to be made, printed, advertised or published, any proposal, scheme or plan for advancing, lending, giving, selling or in any way disposing of any property by lots, cards, tickets or any mode of chance whatever;
(b)	sells, barters, exchanges or otherwise disposes of, or causes or procures, or aids or assists in, the sale, barter, exchange or other disposal of, or offers for sale, barter or exchange, any lot, card, ticket or other means or device for advancing, lending, giving, selling or otherwise disposing of any property by lots, tickets or any mode of chance whatever;
(c)	knowingly sends, transmits, mails, ships, delivers or allows to be sent, transmitted, mailed, shipped or delivered, or knowingly accepts for carriage or transport or conveys any article that is used or intended for use in carrying out any device, proposal, scheme or plan for advancing, lending, giving, selling or otherwise disposing of any property by any mode of chance whatever;
(d)	conducts or manages any scheme, contrivance or operation of any kind for the purpose of determining who, or the holders of what lots, tickets, numbers or chances, are the winners of any property so proposed to be advanced, lent, given, sold or disposed of;
(e)	conducts, manages or is a party to any scheme, contrivance or operation of any kind by which any person, on payment of any sum of money, or the giving of any valuable security, or by obligating himself to pay any sum of money or give any valuable security, shall become entitled under the scheme, contrivance or operation to receive from the person conducting or managing the scheme, contrivance or operation, or any other person, a larger sum of money or amount of valuable security than the sum or amount paid or given, or to be paid or given, by reason of the fact that other persons have paid or given, or obligated themselves to pay or give any sum of money or valuable security under the scheme, contrivance or operation;
(f)	disposes of any goods, wares or merchandise by any game of chance or any game of mixed chance and skill in which the contestant or competitor pays money or other valuable consideration;
(g)	induces any person to stake or hazard any money or other valuable property or thing on the result of any dice game, three-card monte, punch board, coin table or on the operation of a wheel of fortune;
(h)	for valuable consideration carries on or plays or offers to carry on or to play, or employs any person to carry on or play in a public place or a place to which the public have access, the game of three-card monte;
(i)	receives bets of any kind on the outcome of a game of three-card monte; or
(j)	being the owner of a place, permits any person to play the game of three-card monte therein.

.... a “huge loophole” in British Columbia’s election laws may have allowed corporations and unions in B.C. to keep their hefty donations out of the public eye — at least until long after the May 9 election is over.

According to a government transparency watchdog, B.C. voters should ask every would-be MLA one question at campaign stops and all-candidate forums: “Will you disclose your donors before election day,” suggested Duff Conacher, co-founder of Democracy Watch. “Then watch them all squirm.”

Where did this money come from?

That is what the North Vancouver RCMP is asking after they seized a significant amount of cash and rare coins from a male with no fixed address. The monies were discovered on April 06, 2017 at approximately 11:00 pm in the Lower Lonsdale area of North Vancouver after the North Vancouver RCMP Strike Force had observed a male acting suspiciously. The male was arrested for ‘Trespassing at Night’.

Subsequent to the arrest police seized from this 21 year-old male a large amount of cash along with a valuable coin collection of international origins. The male also had in his possession a pair of bolt/lock cutters. When questioned by police the suspect could not provide a lawful explanation of how and where he came to be in possession of the large amount of money.

Investigators are certain that the monies are stolen, perhaps from a break and enter of a residence or business, said Cpl Richard De Jong of the North Vancouver RCMP. Residents, not only of the North Shore, are encouraged to check the places they may hide their valuables to see if they are still there!

If these monies are your property and you can provide accurate and specific details of the total amount the police would be pleased to return them to you. Please quote file number 2017-8001. The North Vancouver RCMP can be contacted at 604-985-1311. By identifying the rightful owner of the money it will assist the police in charging the suspect criminally with ‘Possession of Stolen Property’.

Released by
Cpl. Richard De Jong
Media Relations
North Vancouver RCMP
nvan.bc.rcmp.ca
147 East 14 St, North Vancouver, BC, V7L-2N4
Office: 604-969-7561
Cell: 604-363-5584
Fax: 604-990-7450
Email: richard.dejong@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Her Binder Full of Talking Points

The biggest distraction? The most-seasoned political veteran actually looked like the least-prepared. Clark came with a thick binder full of talking points that she flipped through and the microphone caught every fwip-fwip-fwip of her pages. The former talkshow host should’ve known better, and so should her cadre of handlers. The sound of russling papers was distracting for the viewer and probably for the other leaders.
By contrast, Weaver had a notebook and Horgan a very small stack of papers. Clark is a career politician who should really know her files better.

3DSmith - Metro News

 We've released new products since then, and we have a wide network of resellers in Canada now, and I'd be happy to set up a demo or talk about time and money-saving uses for Creative jewelers Guild.

For example, you might like this new video we produced with Lockheed Martin about their satellite telescopic lenses: http://mbot.co/2m88i87 MakerBot One MetroTech Center, 21st Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 W
 makerbot.com | thingiverse.com

here is a great overview of soldering by Kate Richbourg on youtube-elapsed time 1 hour 39 minutes in length..intensive/thorough...I read through her newest book...love her 1 inch square tester plates. will make up several of them for our future classes

 Metalsmithing made easy739.27R52m

 

and from the attached website:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCng1kQjEAc

My name is Alec Steele, I am a blacksmith! You probably know me through YouTube and know that I film and edit a daily YouTube vlog, forging projects that push the boundaries of my knowledge and entertain you, the viewer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69kVOM7uQ5Y

 ... loves transforming graceful hands into eye-catching stages. Appropriately, his hand-made collections feature kinetic jewellery pieces that move and spin on the wearer's hand. At first glance, his stainless steel or gold ring sculptures seem to be attractively heavy, clearly shaped pieces. It is when you put them on and start moving your hands that their full magic is revealed: the top elements, which nestle closely together, start to move and rotate.

Susan Kingsley, Floating Variations Hung-up in a Structure