Blogs

Inadequate brakes caused fatal CN derailment: report - A Canadian National train derailment that killed two people near Lillooet, B.C., in 2006 was caused by an inadequate braking system used in the steep mountain canyon, according to a federal report released Thursday. [CBC BC]

I blame this one squarely on Gordon Campbell's corrupt government who said they'd sell BC Rail, lost an election because of it, ran next campaign saying they wouldn't sell BC Rail.

They won that election, then *GAVE* away BC Rail - oh, but we still own *the tracks* - on a lease that can be renewed for nearly a millennium! 990 years!

B.C. faces deficit up to $2B, economists say - The deficit facing British Columbia could be three or four times as high as the $495 million the government projected in its February budget, two leading economists said Wednesday. [CBC BC]

Gordon Campbell's january budget, calling for under $500,000,000 deficit was a true "Fudgit Budget".

There was NO way it would be proven true, but this comes out a couple weeks AFTER the election?

B.C. Interior faces high risk of catastrophic forest fires: expert - Many communities in the B.C. Interior are at significant risk of potentially catastrophic forest fires this summer because critical prevention work promised by the government has not been done, a forestry expert said Friday. [CBC Canada]

Yet another promise of Gordon Campbell's unfulfilled once the spot light is turned elsewhere.