Came across this picture of my dad, Don Becker, taken in 1955 when he first bought Johnnies Taxi – soon to be called Four Star Taxi. Note the three digit phone number painted on the door of the cab. He’s parked in front of Coy’s Meats. I remember going in there with mom. Down the […]
Archives for 2017
NDP claim it’s just a pre-election budget
“Christy Clark made life worse for ordinary families. And now that an election is coming she wants people to forget everything,” said John Horgan. “The B.C. Liberals are using their cash surplus to make you forget there’s a deficit in the services people care about. “She wants people to forget that she hit them with […]
BC Budget – delivered today
British Columbia’s fifth consecutive balanced budget delivers the dividends of a strong and diversified economy and prudent fiscal management by cutting costs for middle-class B.C. families, investing in priority programs and services, and promoting a competitive, job-creating economy, Finance Minister Michael de Jong announced today. Balanced Budget 2017 funds new investments for classrooms, mental health […]
Backgrounder on Budget
MSP premiums reduced by 50% for two million British Columbians Medical Services Plan premiums will be cut in half for British Columbians with annual family net income up to $120,000, effective Jan. 1, 2018. This is the first step as the Province begins the process of eliminating MSP premiums. The changes mean annual savings up […]
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Happy Birthday
Be more than a bystander
Tuesday morning SOSS gym – 9:50 Two hundred plus students, teachers, staff, media and presenters. End Violence against women – instruction by members of the BC Lions Football club. Top #46 Rolly Lumbala and with crowd #7 Eric Fraser Program of instruction: When Be More Than a Bystander launched in 2011, the four main […]



