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Rutland Herald
September 27, 2017
The story in a recent Herald front pager, concerning Gov. ... with former governor James Douglas, some of the same concerns I mentioned wereÃÂ ...
vtdigger.org
September 25, 2017
James Douglas' Climate Commission. ... “While I'm all in favor of very severe carbon pricing, the Vermont government needs to do it in a very ... “We need an activist governor at a time when the party that gave us the NationalÃÂ ...
Atlas Obscura
September 13, 2017
James Douglas had risen through the ranks of Britain's colonial hierarchy to become governor of British Columbia, and he was ... Bay Company, a de facto arm of the British government, should pay taxes on the sheep.
Haaretz
September 8, 2017
Sanberg had been mulling a governor's run... Now .... Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind said he was “appalled” over the incident and called on Vermont Gov. ... Australian businessman James Douglas Packer turns 50.
vtdigger.org
September 1, 2017
The incumbent was James Douglas, then seeking his first re-election ... Where Machia wanted less government, Diamondstone favored ... Did Clavelle's campaign for governor represent a modest step in that direction, I askedÃÂ ...
Vermont Biz
August 29, 2017
... held the position of director of government affairs starting in 1998, ... for then Vermont Governor James Douglas as special assistant to theÃÂ ...
Vermont Press Bureau (registration)
June 1, 2017
James Douglas in 2005 and reappointed by former Democratic Gov. ... According to the governor's office, Roisman has worked as a consultantÃÂ ...
RollingStone.com
May 24, 2017
Vermont Governor Phil Scott has vetoed S. 22, legislation that would have ... when then-Governor James Douglas allowed a bill passed in theÃÂ ...
Vancouver Courier
February 14, 2017
Sir James Douglas, who became governor of Vancouver Island in 1851, ... The territory was called Columbia and the British government hadÃÂ ...
vtdigger.org
January 19, 2017
James Douglas, a Republican, named her to the position, replacing retiring ... Reid was reappointed state librarian by Democratic Gov. ... Rebecca Kelley, Scott's spokesperson, said she expected the governor to fill the post.
vtdigger.org
January 15, 2017
James Douglas' time in office reveal few doubts and high hopes for ... providing greater insight into Douglas' eight-year run as governor, ending in ... span the administrations of Douglas, a Republican, and his successor, Gov.
Vancouver Sun
March 8, 2017
In the colony of B.C., Governor James Douglas issued his Feb. 14, 1859 proclamation declaring all lands in the colony belonged to the Crown in fee.
Two Row Times
March 1, 2017
Between 1850 and 1854, then-governor of Vancouver Island James Douglas signed more than a dozen treaties with First Nations on the island.
Castanet.net
February 24, 2017
Between 1850 and 1854, then-governor of Vancouver Island James Douglas signed more than a dozen treaties with First Nations on the island.
Vancouver Sun
February 24, 2017
They were welcomed by Governor James Douglas, himself having black ancestry, and Edward Cridge, a progressive Englishman who built the colony's first Anglican Church, created Victoria's first hospital, an orphanage and supervised schools.
CTV Vancouver Island
February 24, 2017
Between 1850 and 1854, then-governor of Vancouver Island James Douglas signed more than a dozen treaties with First Nations on the island.
rdnewsnow.com
February 23, 2017
Between 1850 and 1854, then-governor of Vancouver Island James Douglas signed more than a dozen treaties with First Nations on the island.
Times Colonist
February 19, 2017
Lutz is one of the organizers of First Nations, Land and James Douglas: Indigenous and Treaty Rights in the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, 1849-1864.
Asbury Park Press
February 18, 2017
"The road map was laid for us in November,'' said another of the honorees, retired Superior Court Judge Lawrence M. Lawson of Neptune, who urged the election next year of Democrat Phil Murphy as governor. RELATED: ... Eleanor Williams of Neptune ...
Vancouver Courier
February 17, 2017
After California took away many rights for African-Americans, James Douglas, the mixed-race governor of Vancouver Island, invited 800 African-Americans to join him on the island, where he was in charge of the Hudson Bay Company.
Times Colonist
February 14, 2017
Jacks is referring to treaties signed by Governor Sir James Douglas in the mid-1800s that recognized First Nations rights to village sites and enclosed fields, such as gravesites, he said.
Vancouver Courier
February 14, 2017
The role of governor did not immediately fall to Douglas but he soon pushed his predecessor out, becoming governor of the colony of Vancouver Island in 1851.
Open Democracy
February 9, 2017
Much later in colonial history, in the course of the settlement of the frontiers of British Columbia, James Douglas, a nineteenth century Governor of that province, established extensive areas of land for a number of separate indigenous groups that he ...
The Province
February 5, 2017
In 1858, Sir James Douglas, a mixed-race governor of B.C., heard from a ship captain who sailed between San Francisco and Victoria about racist policies in California and the disenchantment of many black Americans living there, Nicholson explained.
Arizona Daily Star
January 29, 2017
William E. Dodge, Jr. and James Douglas hired Ricketts as general manager of the Moctezuma Copper Co. to develop the newly acquired properties, which included building a five-mile-long narrow-gauge railroad line that connected the mine at Pilares to aÃÂ ...
Boundary Creek Times (registration)
January 21, 2017
He settled in New Westminster and instead became editor of The British Columbian newspaper, which led him to frequent clashes with colonial governor Sir James Douglas. Later, as political editor of Victoria's Daily British Colonist, he advocated that ...
Vancouver Sun
January 21, 2017
His flinty gaze framed by a starched collar and unruly mutton chop whiskers, Sir James Douglas is every bit the Father of British Columbia generations of schoolchildren have consigned to memory for history exams.
vtdigger.org
January 12, 2017
James Douglas. It's also four years less than the 10-year period for former Gov. Howard Dean. Documents from the Douglas years kept in the state's archive under executive privilege became public Monday, six years from when he left office.
MyNorthwest.com
January 12, 2017
During the latter years of the Hudson's Bay Company charter, Colonial Governor James Douglas negotiated a series of treaties with Native Americans on Vancouver Island that still somewhat inform how the current BC provincial government and CanadianÃÂ ...
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
January 6, 2017
MONTPELIER - The transition to Vermont's new state government for the next two years was completed Thursday as Republican Gov. Phil Scott was sworn into office along with the state's ... Former governors Madeleine Kunin, Howard Dean, James Douglas and ...
BCGEU
January 4, 2017
BC Sheriffs - 160 Years BCGEU acknowledges the vital work that of members in Sheriff Services, the province's oldest law enforcement agency.
vtdigger.org
January 4, 2017
"When the doorkeeper announced, 'The next governor of the state of Vermont,' there was a sense this was a turning point in my life.
Rutland Herald
January 3, 2017
MONTPELIER - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has filed a friend of the court brief with the Vermont Supreme Court defending Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin's authority to ... Sears' brief asserts that the petition filed by Turner and ...
Langley Advance
November 16, 2016
19, 1858, James Douglas proclaimed British Columbia a Crown colony in Fort Langley's Big House. Every year, the Fort Langley National Historic Site celebrates B.C.
KCUR
November 7, 2016
Right to left, former Amb. Allan Katz, former Mississippi Governor David Ronald Musgrove, and former Vermont Governor James Douglas took part in a public discussion on civility and politics, moderated by KCUR contributor Brian Ellison. Credit AmericanÃÂ ...
Rutland Herald
November 6, 2016
In times of trouble, from floods to recessions, citizens turn to their government for stability and help. They expect their leaders have the wisdom to keep the people's government on solid footing so that when help is needed, help is available.
vtdigger.org
November 4, 2016
Aiken, born in 1892, was a horticulturist who became a Putney School Board member in 1920, Vermont legislator in 1930, speaker of the house in 1933, lieutenant governor in 1934 and governor in 1936. He first won .... George Aiken (third in line) joins Gov.
Brattleboro Reformer
October 30, 2016
Consider the 2006 race for governor, in which Republican incumbent James Douglas swept every county except for Windham.
Times Colonist
October 27, 2016
5 at the lieutenant-governor's official residence, 1401 Rockland Ave., will differ somewhat from traditional balls, its host and chairman, Eric Charman, says it will have one big thing in common.
Times Colonist
October 24, 2016
I think that our first governor, Sir James Douglas, himself of Caribbean heritage, would have enjoyed seeing the diversity of ethnicities on stage and in the audience, as well as the combinations of Chinese jackets and Scottish kilts.
Times Colonist
October 23, 2016
He named his saloon the Ship Inn. In the years that followed, his business faced competition but survived, in no small part because Governor James Douglas introduced fees that drove the upstarts away. Yates returned to Scotland a decade after opening ...
Squamish Chief
October 21, 2016
The question of land ownership was first tackled by Gov. James Douglas in 1850 when the Crown bought land from local bands on Vancouver Island and allowed indigenous people to keep villages, enclosed fields and the right to hunt and fish on unoccupiedÃÂ ...
vtdigger.org
October 12, 2016
The broadcaster, former head of the state agencies of administration and human services under Gov. James Douglas, went to the "Bill Lee for Governor of Vermont" Facebook page to find such statements as "My first edict as governor shall be that 'if theÃÂ ...
Rutland Herald
October 7, 2016
H.784 was crafted during my tenure as tax commissioner and proposed to the Legislature by Gov. James Douglas in his 2004 State of the State Address.
Stowe Today
October 6, 2016
"He represents the commitment to employees and long-term business growth that is so vital to the Vermont economy." Other recent recipients include U.S.
vtdigger.org
October 3, 2016
Recent recipients of the Citizen of the Year award include Janette Bombardier, Stephen C. Terry, U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, Antonio Pomerleau, and Governor James Douglas. To register to attend the awards dinner honoring Bill Strizler on Wednesday,ÃÂ ...
vtdigger.org
October 3, 2016
Scott Voted in Favor of H.480 under Governor James Douglas Which Raised The Sales Tax From 5 Percent To 6 Percent. The Times Argus reported, "Vermont's previous governor, Republican James Douglas, raised the sales tax, Shumlin said. 'I want to point ...
Caledonian Record
September 26, 2016
Former Governor James Douglas was among the speakers at a ceremony dedicating the recently renovated Capitol City Press building on Thursday and renaming it in honor of David C. Dill.
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
September 18, 2016
MONTPELIER - With just three months left in office, Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin says he plans to push hard to complete a handful ... Shumlin, who is not seeking re-election after his third term expires, reflected in an interview about his time in ...
Rutland Herald
September 11, 2016
Facing long odds is nothing new for Milne, who nearly toppled Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin in 2014 - a near-monumental feat that Milne made sure to highlight at his U.S.
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