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Supporters cheer as B.C. Premier Christy Clark, centre left, and her son, Hamish, celebrate her byelection win in the riding of Vancouver-Point Grey on Wednesday. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press)

Premier Christy Clark’s 30 Minute TV Address

By on April 14, 2013 in BC Politics, Blog, Social Media, Videos

Below is the 30 minute TV address and “second screen” Facebook posts from Premier Christy Clark’s Page. Strong Economy. Secure Tomorrow. (Global BC Version) Runtime29:53 View count8,649 This post will be updated over the next 24 hours. [View the story "Premier Christy Clark's 30 Minute TV Address" on Storify]

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Finance Minister Mike de Jong

BC Budget 2013

By on February 19, 2013 in BC Politics, Blog, Social Media, Videos

Today BC’s Finance Minister Mike de Jong delivered the 2013 / 2014 British Columbia Budget. Below is the video of the presentation and a Storified version of events below. Enjoy! BC's Budget Announcement 2013 Runtime53:02 View count80 View the story “2013 BC Budget” on Storify

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Hospital clinical director Dr. Johann Brink said the facility is 'working diligently' to meet WorkSafeBC orders.

Psychiatric hospital violence spikes at B.C. facility

By on November 20, 2012 in Allan Schoenborn, Audio, BC Politics, Blog, Videos

From CBC‘s most awesome Natalie Clancy: Incidents of violence are increasing at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Port Coquitlam, B.C., worrying both the workers at the facility and the community at large, a CBC News investigation has found. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Hospital inspection reports from WorkSafeBC note that workers are routinely [...]

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With Bill Good Discussing Social Media In Politics

With Bill Good Discussing Social Media In Politics

By on November 8, 2012 in Audio, BC Politics, Blog, Social Media

A fun interview today with Bill Good from CKNW Radio. Bill had two guests – me in my role as a consultant with the BC Liberal Party and Michael Roy, Director of Communications for the BC NDP so we could discuss social media in politics. In light of the US Presidential Election two days ago and the [...]

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Here Is the New BC Liberal Cabinet

Here Is the New BC Liberal Cabinet

By on September 5, 2012 in BC Politics, Blog, Newsbits

The BC Liberals today announced a cabinet shuffle. Here is your complete list of new ministers and former minister positions. What do you think? Any surprises? NOTE: Chart below will be updated throughout the morning.

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Why pay $260k or even $700k for a website when you can pay $3M like the City of Vancouver

Why pay $260k or even $700k for a website when you can pay $3M like the City of Vancouver

By on August 10, 2012 in Audio, BC Politics, Blog, Social Media

The web design field has a wide breadth of service offerings from free design and hosting services; to small companies who charge a few hundred to a few thousand dollars; to large full service agencies equipped to provide design, hardware, database, migration and backend support which will run you from the mid five figures to [...]

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BC Conservative Adviser Brian Peckford Has 'Meltdown' on the Radio

BC Conservative Adviser Has ‘Meltdown’ on the Radio

By on July 27, 2012 in Audio, BC Politics, Blog, Canadian Politics, Newsbits

Wow! Anyone who did not think the BC Conservatives are currently a group of angry confused guys with a BIG axe to grind with Premier Christy Clark to the detriment of the people BC needs to listen to the sixteen minute radio interview below. This morning on CKNW, guest host Michael Smyth took BC Conservative [...]

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BC Hydro Presentation on Smart Meters

BC Hydro Presentation on Smart Meters

By on July 14, 2012 in BC Politics, Newsbits, Videos

I am happy to see that BC Hydro has FINALLY made available a well spoken and knowledgeable person to explain the Smart Meter program. Cindy Verschoor, Manager, Communications and Public Affairs for the Smart Metering Program spent roughly 26 minutes at the July 10th Port Moody Council meeting presenting FACTUAL information, answering the questions from [...]

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