Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2022-12-02
issued: 1991-04-04
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note: _._■•-- __;.— HUGHES CITES CONFLICT ,t,. Socreds lose Zalm VICTORIA - The Socred Johnston as interim leader of Former premier Bill Vander caucus appointed former the party and province, Zalm resigned earlier in the highways minister Rita Tuesday. day, after inquiry commission er Ted Hughes released a long-awaited report into Vander Zalm's business dealings. The report's conclusions were not at all favorable, concluding that his interests in Fantasy Gardens were in conflict with the terms of his public office. Vander Zalm, whose government drew up the conflict of interest guidelines, appeared visibly shaken as he announced his immediate retirement from office. In his conclusions, Hughes determined that, "The Premier played the primary and dominant role in the 1990 sale of Fantasy Gardens," and that, "By the Premier's participation in the events that led to the sale of Fantasy Gardens and the sale itself, the Premier was in breach of his Conflict of Interest Guidelines." Hughes cited Vander Zalm's dealings with Taiwanese investor Tan Yu, realtor Faye Leung and Petro Canada C.E.D. William Hopper, as responsible for the conflict. "During the course of my examination of the Premier and others, two points became obvious to me," said Hughes' report. "The first was that the Premier was not prepared to take advice from those respected and highly skilled political advisors whose job it was to steer the Premier clear of political minefields. "Perhaps more fundamentally, the Premier's problem stems not just from his inability to draw a line between his private and public life but in his apparently sincere belief that no conflict existed so long as the public wasn't aware of what was going on," said Hughes. Leanne and Kyle were two of the youngsters who joined in the chum salmon release at West Greek in north County. Line, Easter Monday. Fisheries staff and local residents have been working on restocking the salmoB^_5Rjjy(_BJng, creek for the past four years, VOL. 33 NO. 14 THUR…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0422275
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [place of publication unknown] : [publisher not identified]
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text