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There’s great irony in government launching a cost-saving review by appointing a new person with an almost $400,000 salary to oversee it. But if...
Premier David Eby’s decision to back down on the most contentious clause of his anti-tariff legislation has deflated what was a crisis situation...
Premier David Eby backed down on his controversial anti-tariff legislation Friday, after a chorus of critics, including two former premiers, an...
Pressure is rising on the BC NDP government to separate its move to eliminate interprovincial trade barriers from a contentious bill that seeks to...
Stung by criticism that its new tariff response legislation is undemocratic, the BC NDP government is considering changes to try and bolster flagging...
Did the B.C. NDP government turn down hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to help pay for its new George Massey tunnel replacement?...
Opposition BC Conservatives are swinging for the fences over the NDP government’s new emergency tariff legislation, saying it makes Premier David...
The B.C. government’s communications shop tried to frame the province’s new electricity rate increases as “in response to the economic and trade...
The consumer carbon tax may be dead politically, after Prime Minister Mark Carney eliminated the federal version last week. But the financial fallout...
Premier David Eby has for months been using wartime imagery to describe the threat of American tariffs, calling it “declaration of economic war”...
British Columbia does not want to increase the price of the carbon tax on April 1, and has unsuccessfully researched ways to try and get out of the...
Watching the BC Conservatives in action the past few months, it’s clear there are two competing movements inside that party: Those that want to do...
What a difference a week makes in provincial politics. BC Conservative Leader John Rustad started on a high after a strong endorsement at his...
Premier David Eby was running late from his hotel on budget day, and trying to grab some eggs from the continental breakfast, when an older woman at a...
B.C. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey continues to point to a government “hiring freeze” as one of the ways the province is saving money to protect...
B.C.’s provincial budget is shaping up to have three broad takeaways: A big new record-setting deficit, large pots of unallocated cash to respond to...
The BC NDP government started and ended the week preoccupied by the looming tariff threat from U.S. President Donald Trump. But it was the moments...
There’s an old saying about politics that rookie BC Conservatives might want to brush up on: “If you’re explaining, you’re losing.” Five...
On paper, it sounds like something a BC NDP government would support: A financial penalty against dirty American coal being shipped across the border...
Anger and fear rippled through Delta, Ladner and Tsawwassen over the weekend after a doctor shortage led to the closure of Delta Hospital’s...
If you’re ever in trouble for royally screwing up at work, try this neat trick: Don’t admit you did anything wrong, just look your boss straight...
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The B.C. government delivered a throne speech to open the legislature that was big on rhetoric, low on...
Was the marquee promise of the BC NDP’s election campaign a big, fat, whopper of a lie that the party could never fulfil but nonetheless dangled...
No one knows what it will take to sway the president
They are, for better or worse, Canada’s last best hope against Donald Trump’s tariffs — 13 provincial and territorial premiers, many of whom...
Premier David Eby didn’t have a speech prepared for the opening of the Invictus Games in Vancouver. He hadn’t written anything down. He didn’t...
Two years after saying it wasn’t happening, a year after arguing there was no evidence, and nine months after promising to maybe start tracking the...
How much does it cost to get public information out of your provincial government? If you said, nothing, it should be free — oh, you witty little...
British Columbia began pulling American alcohol from government liquor stores Sunday in a show of defiance against punishing new tariffs levelled...
The political debate in British Columbia over how to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threat continues to reach new lows, just at the...
Who wants to be the leader of the BC Green Party? Anyone? ... Anyone at all? It’s a question now rippling through B.C. politics, after Green leader...
Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon spent the weekend tut-tutting Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s new plan to halt construction of supportive housing, arguing...
The province is broke, Americans have started a trade war, and now B.C.’s public sector unions are hinting at a whole lot of labour strife on the...
It starts with Kentucky bourbon, spreads to peanut butter, and is accompanied by a splash of orange juice. The Canadian response to Donald Trump’s...
When Premier David Eby took the stage last week to announce the United States had declared “economic war” on the province, something remarkable...
Premier David Eby backed away from a marquee promise of his election campaign Thursday, parking a $1,000 grocery rebate for British Columbians in the...
How did Premier David Eby’s chief of staff Matt Smith land an extraordinary severance package that paid him one day’s compensation for every two...
B.C.’s housing minister is vowing to continue forcing local approval of new housing projects, even after a surprising loss in the province’s top...
Even by B.C.’s traditional standards for wild and wacky politics, 2024 was an extraordinarily bizarre year. In just a few months, the province saw...
Does the weakened BC NDP government really want to go to war with municipalities over housing? It’s a question worth watching in the tiny...
It was hard to find any numbers worth bragging about in Finance Minister Brenda Bailey’s latest economic update Tuesday. The economy? Showing signs...
The BC NDP don’t need the Greens to govern, and they showed as much in their new co-operative agreement. It’s a deal that gives the Greens little...
The B.C. government is willing to participate in retaliatory measures against the United States if president-elect Donald Trump follows through on...
Premier David Eby is promising what he calls a “reset” in his relationship with B.C.’s business community, including a government hiring freeze to...
The leak of a letter in which a group of BC Conservative MLAs targeted one of their own colleagues and challenged their leader is yet another...
Premier David Eby says a plan to implement involuntary care for those with severe mental health and addictions issues will be ready to launch soon,...
Ever since it was barely re-elected, the BC NDP government has promised a renewed focus on growing the economy, creating jobs and generating new...
British Columbia police chiefs have pulled their support for the province’s decriminalization project — a move that serves to underscore just how...
If you were hoping to spend your shiny new $1,000 “Eby-bate” during the holidays, maybe to load up on Christmas presents for the kids, or top-shelf...