Green Leader Weaver pushes foreign-buyer ban for farmland
B.C.'s government must fight raging land speculation by banning non-resident purchases of B.C. farmland and extending a residential foreign-buyer tax across the province, Green party Leader Andrew...
View ArticleB.C. casinos knowingly accepted 'banned' cash: Confidential report
River Rock Casino in Richmond knowingly accepted millions in suspicious cash that was provided to VIP gamblers by lenders who were banned from B.C. casinos, an internal audit obtained by Postmedia News...
View ArticleRiver Rock Casino's top VIP hostess no longer at the casino following...
Gao was responsible for overseeing table play in River Rock’s exclusive “VIP Privé Program.”
View ArticleB.C. Law Society citation alleges Richmond lawyer issued a 'criminal rate' loan
A Richmond lawyer used his private mortgage corporation to arrange a "criminal rate" loan agreement, a B.C. Law Society investigation alleges.
View Article$26 million price-tag for 'Villa di Fonti' estate in Surrey raises eyebrows
Two years after completing a 14,225 square-foot mansion in the "Tuscan-villa" style on Surrey agricultural reserve land, a B.C. couple is asking $28 million for the 76-acre property.
View ArticleClark, Wat met Hong Kong developers, while foreign investor debate roiled B.C.
The internal Ministry of Trade documents, for the first time reveal some of the courting strategies employed by then B.C. Premier Christy Clark and then trade minister Teresa Wat for trade meetings...
View ArticleRiver Rock VIP host deregistered after B.C. government probe
B.C.'s gaming regulator has revoked the registration of River Rock Casino's director of VIP gambler relations after an investigation into allegations of "third-party cash buy-ins" that violated...
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