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9/2/2010
VICTORIA/CKNW AM 980
Drive too fast and lose your car.
That'll be the bottom line when new speeding regulations come into effect in BC on September 20th.
The Solicitor-General's ministry says it's targetting BC's worst speeders.
As of the 20th, a charge of excessive speeding will trigger a mandatory seven day vehicle impoundment for a first offence, a 30 day impoundment for a second, and 60 days for subsequent offences.
Excessive speeding is defined as travelling 40 kilometres or more over the posted speed limit.
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9/2/2010
VANCOUVER/CKNW AM 980
An alleged associate of the United Nations gang has been denied bail in BC Supreme Court.
Soroush Ansari is one of eight men who are charged with conspiring to murder the notorius Bacon brothers.
He applied for bail, but Mr. Justice Arne Silverman denied his application.
The arguments and reasons for the denial are covered under a publication ban.
All of Ansari's co-accused are alleged to be members or associates of the United Nations gang.
They're accused of conspiring to murder the Bacon brothers and their associaties in the rival Red Scorpions gang.
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9/2/2010
VICTORIA/CKNW AM 980
British Columbians say the Harmonized Sales Tax is definitely affecting their bottom line.
A new survey by Angus Reid public opinion shows 68 per-cent of British Columbians say the tax has severely or moderately affected their household finances, 31 per-cent say they've been severely affected.
89 per-cent of respondents say dining out has become more expensive, while 76 per-cent are noticing the impact on basic groceries. Nearly one third of respondents say they are buying much less then before the HST, and only five per-cent believe consumer prices will eventually fall as a result of the HST.
The results are from an online poll of 800 people in BC from August 16th to the 17th.
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9/2/2010
METRO VANCOUVER/CKNW AM 980
Abbotsford Police are looking for public help in solving a rash of break and enters.
They are reporting 33 in the last week alone.
Police say it's very disturbing, and it's widespread.
Constable Ian MacDonald says a number of people have seen the break-ins or seen indicators of crime, but have not called police.
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9/2/2010
VANCOUVER/CKNW AM 980
Following a two year investigation, RCMP have arrested two people in connection with the murder of a Beaverdell man.
Two years ago, Timothy Tyler was shot dead on his acreage.
He had a grow op on his property.
police think he was killed as he tried to stop people from ripping him off.
RCMP now say 49 year old Gerlinde Klumpp of Rock Creek is being charged with robbery and obstructing justice, and 53 year old Geoffrey Moore, formerly of Geenwood is being charged with murder and robbery.
Beaverdell is located approximately 70 kilometers south of Kelowna on Highway 33.
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9/2/2010
VANCOUVER/CKNW AM 980
"An absolute joke", and "......preposterous." Some of the words Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson is using to describe a supposed list of 15 reporters unpopular with the city's governing party.
Robertson says to his knowledge, there's been no substantive evidence that any such list exists or was created by anyone he works with. "......an absolute joke it's preposterous. There's nothing to it and frankly it's a total waste of time and undermines journalism and the good work that people on that list do everyday to try and report what's really happening."
The list was apparently leaked by a former Vision Vancouver insider to a political internet blogger who claims it was created by a group of people the mayor works with.
The list includes three CKNW staffers: Christy Clark, Jill Bennett and Janet Brown.
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9/2/2010
VANISLE/CKNW(AM980)
Two First Nations groups from Vancouver Island are taking the Province to Court, in a bid to proceed with a very profitable run-of-river hydroelectricity project.
The Da'naxda'xw and Awaetlala First Nations say they were given assurances 200-hectares of land from the Great Bear Rain Forest Conservancy would be removed.
Nanwakolas Council President Dallas Smith says that would allow them to move forward with the project that would inject 400-million dollars to their economy, "With the fishing and forestry industries in the state of disrepair that it is, our people have little to no jobs to go to."
After trying to work with the Province for years, Smith says they have no option but to go to the Courts.
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9/2/2010
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
Over 12-million dollars has been taken out of the criminal economy since 2006, thanks to BC's Civil Forfeiture Program. And it's not costing taxpayers a dime.
In the four years its been running the Program hasn't lost a case. It's goal is to seize assets considered the proceeds of crime, or used in the commission of criminal activity.
Executive Director Rob Kroeker says the program pays for itself, and any extra funds go towards crime prevention programs, "It's just under 2-million dollars that has been turned back in grants, and we can also compensate victims."
165 cases have been closed, and another 120 to 130 are in the works, worth 30 to 40-million dollars.
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9/2/2010
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
With New Brunswick's minimum wage increasing to 9-dollars an hour, the BC Federation of Labour wants BC's to catch up. President Jim Sinclair says BC's minimum wage of 8 dollars an hour, along with the 6-dollar training wage are contributing to the worst child poverty rates in the country, "Every other Government in Canada has raised their minimum wage in the last two years, and most in the last twelve months. We started off highest in 2001 and now we're dead last."
Sinclair wants to see BC's minimum wage rise to 10-dollars an hour immediately, with future increases linked to the cost of living.
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9/2/2010
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
Finance Minister Colin Hansen is playing down a study that suggests the HST will take five to ten years to benefit BC's economy, with a negative effect on jobs and take-home-pay in the meantime.
The study by the CD Howe Institute was published in 2008, and Hansen says "flexibility" on the part of Ottawa has reduced the negative impacts of the tax, "The seven percent Provincial portion does not apply to motor fuels, it does not apply to home energy costs. The fact that we've been able to carve out those exemptions are important. And also, I think the fact that the Province is going to be 1.6 billion dollars better off because of the transition dollars."
The report was released along with other Government documents on the HST in response to a Freedom of Information request.
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