Where do lottery profits go after prizes are paid out?
Kathryn wants to know where all the lottery profits go after the prizes are paid out. Public documents show, after expenses including prize payouts, The B.C. Lottery Corporation put $1.2 billion back into the province last year; the bulk of which went into healthcare, education and community programs. Casinos give 10 per cent to the communities where they’re located. BCLC is a Crown corporation and submits an annual report which is posted on its website.
Woman wants Christmas sweater pulled from store shelves
A Victoria woman is upset about a controversial Christmas sweater being sold at Target stores in the U.S. and she wants it pulled off store shelves. The sweater says “Obsessive Christmas Disorder,” and Doreen Gee, who suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder, says it’s not funny.
“I was horrified that an illness that almost wrecked my life is being exploited as a joke on Target's Christmas sweater.” Gee told CTV News, “I was shocked that a major chain of stores is being so oblivious to people who have a serious illness.”
Gee wants Target to remove the sweater and issue a public apology. Target says it has no plans to do that.
Are extra fees for condo party room use legal?
Veronique is upset that the fees to use the party room in her Burnaby condo were raised after she moved in. She says her strata changed its bylaws to add an additional $100 fee to the $200 she was already paying to use the common room. She wanted to know if that’s legal. The Condominium Homeowners Association says a fixed user fee for a club house facility is legal and is different from the common expenses paid for in monthly strata fees. But if the strata council wants to raise the party room fee, it needs to change its bylaws and apparently that happened after Veronique moved in.
