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February 15, 2000 |
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5.25% Vancouver tax hike
looms
Vancouver property owners face a 5.25-per-cent tax increase
this year unless department heads at city hall can do some creative
cost-cutting.
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Pro-life UBC students sue over attack
on their display
Three pro-life
University of B.C. students filed legal action Monday against the
Alma Mater Society, accusing three student council leaders of
stifling freedom of speech and destroying a campus anti-abortion
display last Nov. 23.
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Justice officials pressure RCMP to
open all files
Under pressure to
defend itself against mounting lawsuits, the federal government has
been quietly trying to get its hands on hundreds of RCMP criminal
files, including its investigation of the tainted blood scandal,
court documents show.
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Regional Roundup
News briefs from
around the Lower Mainland.
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Crown prosecutors likely
to walk off the job today
Crown prosecutors
across B.C. were planning to begin a two-day withdrawal of services
today to protest having been without a contract for almost two
years.
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Animators blase over end
of B.C.'s Disney era
The Walt Disney
Company ended months of speculation Monday by officially announcing
it will cease "active animation production" in Vancouver and Toronto
this spring.
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