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Written by Christopher Green
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Saturday, 20 March 2010 14:05 |
If the Olympics and Paralympics have given you a taste for large amateur sporting events, the good news is that the BC Games are now also coming to town. To the Township of Langley, that is.
The BC Summer Games, which take place 22 to 25 July 2010, will see participants, coaches and officials converge on our community for baseball, basketball, sailing, field hockey, swimming, volleyball, rugby and other sports competitions.
This is a large event, and - just like the Olympics - relies heavily upon volunteer labour. Organizers estimate that roughly one volunteer is need for each of the 3,200 expected participants. Recruitment of volunteers has already begun, so if you have any interest in becoming involved, please check out the website www.bcgames.org, or better yet, phone our friend and newsletter fan, Stan Tonoski, at 604-881-2010, who claims he has been dragooned into volunteer recruitment.
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Cameras to roll in court |
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Written by Christopher Green
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Saturday, 20 March 2010 00:00 |
A cautious thumbs-up to the Attorney General's initiative to bring cameras into the courts.
Over the past 30 odd years of going to court, I've been in the situation a number of times where press coverage has been involved, and it is oft times a surreal experience to read or view a news article that appears to bear little or no resemblance to what actually transpired in court. The public often get a distorted and sensationalized version of actual courtroom events, and it’s hard to escape the conclusion that cameras and microphones may give a more accurate rendering of the proceedings.
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Piping Hot Real Estate? |
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Written by Christopher Green
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Friday, 12 March 2010 10:13 |
 The glow of the Olympics hasn’t quite faded, as Hal gets set to pipe in another round of curling greats, this time for the Paralympics 2010. Yes, he’s getting time off for good behaviour.
Otherwise things are gradually getting back to normal around here.
The real estate market held its breath for the entire month of February, but came back with a vengeance as soon as the Olympic torch was snuffed. We are
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Daylight Robbery |
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Written by Christopher Green
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Monday, 15 March 2010 19:10 |
 So we all lost an hour’s sleep over the weekend. No big deal, right? Well consider if you were running a large manufacturing plant, or a mine, or even a police force, where your work force is paid by the hour, and works the graveyard shift: you just paid your entire work force 8 hours’ pay for seven hours’ work. Or consider the poor radio or TV station that makes its money by sell advertising by the minute. A whole hour of "inventory" just vanished.
Clearly, there is a hidden, and often massive,
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Our sharing ways |
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Written by Janice Moore
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 22:06 |
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At a recent eWomen's networking event, speaker Susan Jarema reiterated the importance of social media in all our lives. Susan, whose company Googol Learning provides online marketing strategies, spoke about ways to create and sustain an expert online presence. When we're all busy working in the business of our businesses, it's sometimes difficult to keep on top of all the 'peripherals'. Where I work it's simply not enough to be a lawyer - oh no, you've got to have a hobby worth sharing. Though I'm not sure those were the actual hiring criteria, Chris certainly encourages us to pursue our out-of-office experiences for the good of all. And so you may recently have read about Hal's bagpiping skills or followed Chris on his running adventures, or maybe you've raised a glass or two as a result of some of the wine tidbits I've contributed to our monthly newsletters? Well, as you never know what else we might dig up around the water cooler, you might want to register your interest in the section over to the right. Go on, we won't bite, we won't even hassle you to come in and spend your coupon. We'll just liberally sprinkle our emails to you with stories from our office and the occasional lawyer joke. After all, we have an online profile to maintain! |
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