Minister John Yap and two government staffers resign VANCOUVER (CUP) — A BC Liberal project using taxpayer-funded resources to mount an election campaign targeting minority voters ran out of the BC Ministry of Advanced Education with the knowledge of former minister John Yap, according to a report issued by Liberal deputy minister John Dyble. The report, at the centre of an ongoing BC Liberal scandal, found a “serious misuse” of government time and resources to conduct party business: crafting a strategy to promote the party among BC voters who are members of ethnic minority groups. The report said the once-secret…
Continue readingVANCOUVER (CUP) — The BC Liberal minister of advanced education, John Yap, has stepped aside from cabinet over the fallout from a leaked internal party memo. Yap has been the minister of advanced education since September 2012, and has also…
Continue readingJob action begins for unionized workers across the province Photos by Mark Burnham VANCOUVER (CUP) — Many support and service workers of CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) picketed and rallied at five…
Continue readingPolitical fundraising dinners have landed a particle physics lab at UBC in hot water VANCOUVER (CUP) — Political fundraising dinners have landed a particle physics lab at UBC in hot water. TRIUMF, the Canadian national physics laboratory located at UBC’s…
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