The provincial government has changed its mind about the Georgia Straight, and now says the Vancouver weekly is clearly a newspaper.
The province had stripped the Straight of its sales tax exemption and slapped it with a $1-million tax bill, claiming it contained too much advertising to qualify as a newspaper.
Georgia Straight is a newspaper.
The province had stripped the Straight of its sales tax exemption and slapped it with a $1-million tax bill, claiming it contained too much advertising to qualify as a newspaper.
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