Tuesday, June 30, 2026
ADVT 
National

B.C. Auditor Targets Include Site C, BC Hydro, Grizzly-Bear Management

The Canadian Press, 14 Sep, 2016 11:24 AM
    VICTORIA — British Columbia's auditor general says she's putting hot-button government issues such as the controversial Site C dam under her audit microscope over the next three years.
     
    Carol Bellringer says making public the programs she'll audit is an important part of maintaining transparency with British Columbians.
     
    Other projects she aims to review include rate-regulated accounting at Crown-owned BC Hydro and government management of the province's grizzly-bear population.
     
     
    Bellringer says plans are also underway for reviews of how the government manages risks posed by climate change and an examination of the independent B.C. Utilities Commission, which is primarily responsible for gas and electricity utilities.
     
    The auditor general says she's adding seven new projects to her target list, bringing to 56 the total number of projects started over the next three years.  
     
    Bellringer says future projects include reviews of access to clean drinking water and audits of government employment and domestic violence programs.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Ontario Changes Program After Buyers Of $1.1 Million Porches Get $5,000 Rebates

    Ontario Changes Program After Buyers Of $1.1 Million Porches Get $5,000 Rebates
    5 Ontario drivers who purchased a Porsche Spyder hybrid, which retails for about $1.1 million, got $5,000 rebates from the province's electric vehicle incentive program last year.

    Ontario Changes Program After Buyers Of $1.1 Million Porches Get $5,000 Rebates

    Go Ahead, Move To Canada: Donald Trump Tells Celebrities Threatening To Immigrate

    Go Ahead, Move To Canada: Donald Trump Tells Celebrities Threatening To Immigrate
     Donald Trump has a message for some of the celebrities musing about leaving for Canada if he's elected president: Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

    Go Ahead, Move To Canada: Donald Trump Tells Celebrities Threatening To Immigrate

    French Court Sentences ‘Horror Dentist' Who Was Extradited From Canada

    French Court Sentences ‘Horror Dentist' Who Was Extradited From Canada
    Dutch dentist Jacobus Van Nierop had fled to Canada in late 2013. He was arrested in New Brunswick in 2014 and then ordered extradited.

    French Court Sentences ‘Horror Dentist' Who Was Extradited From Canada

    N.S. Sex Assault Centre Tries Crowdfunding After Post-Ghomeshi Surge In Business

    A Halifax sexual assault centre has become the first in Canada to crowdfund online, saying a string of high-profile cases has tripled wait times for some services.

    N.S. Sex Assault Centre Tries Crowdfunding After Post-Ghomeshi Surge In Business

    Justice Minister Has Confidence In Advice From Officials Who Fought Assisted Dying

    Justice Minister Has Confidence In Advice From Officials Who Fought Assisted Dying
    In any event, Wilson-Raybould says Justice officials were not the ones who decided on the restrictive measures included in a proposed new law on assisted death.

    Justice Minister Has Confidence In Advice From Officials Who Fought Assisted Dying

    J Is For Jazzy Names Given To 13 Cute, Cuddly Four-Legged RCMP Recruits

    INNISFAIL, Alta. — The letter "J" figures prominently in a class of 13 RCMP canine recruits that were born at the force's dog training centre near Innisfail, Alta.

    J Is For Jazzy Names Given To 13 Cute, Cuddly Four-Legged RCMP Recruits