Black Press and Victoria News

The owners of this $28 South Surrey mansion would pay $5 in school taxes under the NDP’s new proposal.

 

https://www.maplerid...rotest-planned/

The increased school tax would increase taxes paid on a $4 million property by $800,000 but an inability to pay does not mean homeowners are immediately kicked out of their homes.

 

School taxes can be deferred by those over 55, surviving spouses and people with disabilities.

 

But Cummings said that using your home “as a bank machine” is “not something that most sensible people do not do, it’s a bad thing.”

Thanks for all the clarity, Black Press.

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 01 May 2018 - 09:42 AM.

Whoops, somebody multiplied by 0.2 instead of 0.002!

Yeah. Is it a big deal to defer 8k in taxes per year when the place is worth multiple millions? Not really...

May 11th:

Ticket sales booming in final days before rugby sevens event in Langford

Limited number of tickets available

Ticket sales are booming in the final days leading up to this weekend’s HSBC Women’s Rugby Sevens Series event in Langford.

If you want to take in this world-class rugby action, don’t wait to get a ticket as there are only a few options left.

Premium seating and general admission tickets for Saturday are sold out.

May 10th:

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 11 May 2018 - 12:09 PM.

But if you click on the "Ticket sales low" link you are directed to a re-written article saying "limited tickets available". See:

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 11 May 2018 - 01:22 PM.

Here is an example of why it's a very bad idea to let your advertiser write whatever they want in your paper, in a style that posing as a (really bad) article:

https://www.nanaimob...non-compliance/

That's why people will not want to come back to your paper and start reading stuff.

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 11 May 2018 - 01:33 PM.

Here's cached version quoting "officials":

Officials are hoping ticket sales will pick up before this weekend’s HSBC Women’s Rugby Sevens Series event in Langford with lots of tickets still for sale.

 

https://webcache.goo...n&ct=clnk&gl=ca

I don't think there's anything nefarious going on necessarily. Black News is not listed as an official sponsor but those sponsors do advertise. Black Press are being good neighbours and business boosters by downplaying the low ticket sales. If headlines say ticket sales are low, people will think it's a lame event and will stay away. There is power in a headline. 

I think it's a tough call sometimes. A paper wants to be a good citizen and promote fun events but if things turn sour (like IFCON 2015) they also have an obligation to report honestly without fear or favour.

Edited by Rob Randall, 11 May 2018 - 02:10 PM.

I'm thinking an official was asked by the reporter how things are going and he said, "fine, although ticket sales could be better" not realizing that was going to be tomorrow's headline. 

^You were expecting a more moderate headline like, "Ticket Sales About What You'd Expect At This Time".

^You were expecting a more moderate headline like, "Ticket Sales About What You'd Expect At This Time".

Tickets nearly sold out, only a few left for people who order right away!

VIDEO: Canada’s women kick off sevens tournament with tough loss to Australia

Big turnout at Westhills Stadium for the series

https://www.saanichn...s-to-australia/

Anyway... despite the sub-headline, they make no mention of crowd size in the article.  It looks like it's a tad over half full.

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 12 May 2018 - 01:40 PM.

That didn't take long. Two weeks into Black Press taking over the printing of the Times-Colonist there is a full page mistake in today's Sunday paper.

The editorial page is the same page as was published on Friday, including Friday's date.

That didn't take long. Two weeks into Black Press taking over the printing of the Times-Colonist there is a full page mistake in today's Sunday paper.

The editorial page is the same page as was published on Friday, including Friday's date.

....and the calendar on page 2 was for last Friday and Saturday instead of today and Monday.

So how does this work if you are the ones printing your competitors newspaper...more mistakes?

Wow, that's crazy. I guess it probably wasn't a computer error, more likely the trained monkeys operating the press forgot to remove one of the previous day's aluminum printing plates before putting the new ones on. 

that's why a pressman pulls random copies off the line and "reads" them, to make sure the pages are in order, no ads are upside down, no big ink run/streak etc.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 14 October 2018 - 07:57 AM.