Vaughn Palmer: Bellringer anxious to plug into B.C. Hydro's accounts

VICTORIA — Auditor General Carol Bellringer ended the year by securing the backing from two legislature committees for a full-blown audit of B.C. Hydro, a first for the independent watchdog.
A budget increase of $600,000 spread over two years to hire additional audit staff is subject to formal approval in the spring session of the legislature.
But that’s a foregone conclusion, given both the timely nature of the exercise and all-party support from both the public accounts and fi