As buildings went up on Broad Street, frame houses and shanties were displaced, causing many small brothels to be closed. And, while it didn’t make the street more respectable, it did create a mix of more up-market and acceptable places.
This was similar to Broughton Street, which was dominated by the Victoria Transfer Company buildings and therefore employed many male workers, so having a brothel nearby didn’t seem to cause too much consternation. This pleased one of Broughton Street’s mainstays, Maud Lord, who previously went by the name of Dora Son.
In February of 1890, the steamer Islander carried passenger Dora Son from Vancouver to Victoria. Whether she was alone is not known, but family lore has it that she was accompanied by a sea captain who promised a future he would not deliver on.
Louisa Jones suggests that a full financial analysis of a united Ireland be done before a border poll is staged (“Credibility crunch”, Letters, last week). I find it strange that the argument to keep
Another suggestion put forward by Foodstuffs was that the Government should consider sticking to a five-day minimum entitlement while raising the cap on the amount of sick leave employees are legally entitled to carry forward from year to year from 20 days, to 25 or 30 days.
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Foodstuffs says it is concerned about how doubling sick leave entitlements would affect owners of its smaller stores. First Union assistant general secretary Louisa Jones said it was disappointing that “a major supermarket chain like Foodstuffs” had chosen to take that approach. Last year, the union surveyed retail workers and 57 per cent told the union they had come to work sick due to pressure from a manager, she said.
gate bridge. it will burn off quickly and it certainly is not widespread as we toured head towards afternoon bringing us warm temperatures in fact warmer than we have seen for the week. things change towards the ekend rain drops in sight. current temperatures this morning warming up in oakland and hayward and to the 60 school up in the north bay staying in the mid-50s down into the south bay to the afternoon keeping 80s and the pictures through santa rosa napa 733 novato 724 richmond down to the south bay temperatures in the 80s in places like los gatos and morgan hill today low 70s through oakland and hayward by the weekend things changed by friday storm system getting close dipping down to the south bringing rain drops by saturday again being the best bet for the north bay as we head through the day saturday and into sunday would bring the chance of rain moving southward along the peninsula even down to san jose mountain view bringing rain drops into the picture on sunda