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Metro Vancouver trucking firms challenge federal right to set container rates
REGARDING: ongoing transportation contract issues at Port Metro Vancouver Israel Chafetz, one of the lawyers on the case, which involves 33 trucking firms led by Pro West Transport and Trend Transport, said “It’s not an issue of how fair or unfair the rate is, the issue is the authority to set a rate.” Read more:…
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Vancouver History : logging in Stanley Park
FROM THE VANCOUVER SUN FEB 15, 2014: In Feb. 14, 1899, American industrialist Theodore Ludgate signed a deal with the federal government to lease Deadman’s Island, off Stanley Park. The cost was $500 per year, for 25 years. Ludgate planned to build a lumber mill on the 7.5 acre island. He told The Vancouver World…
