Alberta – Vancouver Not Vegas https://vancouvernotvegas.ca Non-partisan opposition to expanded Edgewater casino and expanded gaming in Vancouver Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:58:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Pete McMartin’s Series on BCLC and the Edgewater Casino https://vancouvernotvegas.ca/2011/01/pete-mcmartins-series-on-bclc-and-the-edgewater-casino/ Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:58:46 +0000 http://dontgamblevancouver.wordpress.com/?p=342 Continue reading →]]>

Pete McMartin of the Vancouver Sun has been working on a superb series of articles about the BC Lottery Corporation, the planned Edgewater mega-casino, and the way the BC government has been leaving charities out to dry—the very charities used by the BC government to justify its massive gaming expansion.

We will keep updating this list of articles by McMartin, so check back regularly.

Charities reeling from steady erosion of gaming grants

Huge gaming grant cuts don’t apply to BC Lottery Corp offices

How B.C. Lotteries came to pay $400 million to casinos

Is it time to take a step back from the gambling table?

Advice to B.C. charities: Move to Alberta


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