In this issue - #97 March 29, 2007

We are pleased to announce that well known Kelowna lawyer, Brad Cronquist, has joined our firm as a partner.

If you are planning to retire within the next 10 years or have just recently retired, there are 4 essential strategies that will be discussed at this Seminar.

In a recent edition of his weekly column, “Legal Ease”, which appears nationally in a variety of print and electronic media, Robert Smithson addressed the new B.C. Ferries collective agreement, in which the B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers Union has given up the right to strike.

Many entrepreneurs and executives at small to mid-sized organizations aren’t quite comfortable with strategy.

Airport security continues to be a topic in the news, both in Canada and abroad.

An employee who sues her former employer for damages for wrongful dismissal has a legal obligation to mitigate her losses.

In a recent edition of BDO Dunwoody’s electronic “News Flash”, BDO asserts that direct deposit doesn't just apply to payroll cheques, it's also a way your business can save time, money and paperwork when it comes to reimbursing expenses, paying dividends and a host of other payments you ordinarily make by cheque.

Yum Brands Inc. is the parent company of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut.

For those who watch CSI, here is the actual "Handbook of Forensic Science" used by the FBI.

Transport Canada announced on February 5, 2007, a new bilateral agreement between Canada and Japan, concluded January 25, 2007, which is likely to result in the expansion of air services between the countries.

On February 16, 2007, the International Civil Aviation Authority Committee on Environmental Protection announced that it had reached agreement, as to the guidance proposed to its member states, as to the incorporation of international aviation emissions into domestic emissions trading schemes.
 

The Canadian Airports Council issued a letter February 19, 2007, to all members of Parliament opposing Bill C-257 and seeking support for the Bill to be stuck down at the forthcoming vote on the Bill.

EU – US “open skies” reform will be implemented March 2008 according to recent reports.

The Canadian Airports Council in its March/April 2007 Newsletter indicates that EU-Canada talks aimed at achieving an open aviation area appear to be progressing.

The Canadian government should enshrine spam e-mailing and identity theft as offences in the Criminal Code lest Canada become a haven for scam artists, the country's Privacy Commissioner said yesterday.

The BC "Small Claims Manual" explains how to bring a Small Claims Action ( any civil claim under $25,000).

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