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Divide and conquer. It’s the new strategy the BC NDP government is deploying against what used to be two major allies: The First Nations Leadership...
The B.C. government does not know how many people are using unwitnessed safe supply drugs, three months after promising to end the practice to reduce...
Is the BC NDP government willing to consider a new oil pipeline to the West Coast as part of Canada’s national economic response to American...
From the moment Michael Bryant’s appointment as Downtown Eastside ‘czar’ became public, it seemed clear the BC NDP government had made a...
After a tumultuous couple of months here at home, Premier David Eby will head to Yellowknife this week for the kind of event he typically excels at...
A man wielding a knife chased a group of nurses down a hallway at Burnaby General Hospital last week, part of a disturbing trend in health-care...
B.C. has left the option of a vehicle levy to fund TransLink on the table, despite contradictory comments last week that it may be disallowed. Premier...
The B.C. government is embarking on a glossy new marketing campaign to try and lure away American nurses to come work in our provincial hospitals. It...
After more than eight years of promises, $300 million spent and almost nothing to show for it, there’s not a lot for the NDP government to brag...
The B.C. government will not back down on its controversial bill to fast-track infrastructure projects, despite being on a collision course with First...
B.C. First Nations leaders have ramped up their attacks on the government’s new bill to fast-track infrastructure, saying the New Democratic party...
The B.C. government has thrown its support behind a proposal to dredge Burrard Inlet to allow oil tankers to fill up from the Trans Mountain pipeline...
One month after backing down from the power grab that was Bill 7, the B.C. government is at it again with new legislation that gives cabinet...
B.C.’s NDP government is breathing a long, heavy sigh of relief after watching Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives come up short in the federal...
There’s still very little known about what made a man allegedly drive through the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver on Saturday, killing 11 people,...
If you still haven’t made up your mind on who to vote for in the federal election, many of B.C.’s living former premiers would like to bend your...
Premier David Eby is raising the prospect of rescinding his government’s controversial short-term rental restrictions. That comes as financially...
The signs are popping up in ridings all around Metro Vancouver and the Island: “BC votes NDP to stop Conservatives.” They are a visible reminder...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre returned a third time to British Columbia over the Easter long weekend, as his party executes the final days of a...
Premier David Eby is raising the prospect of rescinding his government’s controversial short-term rental restrictions. This comes as financially...
B.C.’s health ministry has undergone a massive shakeup, with seven senior executive positions being eliminated and at least three top officials...
Do B.C. politicians need to be paid more? I’ll give you a moment to finish yelling “NO!” at your computer screen. It’s okay. Let it out. This...
Former BC United MLA Karin Kirkpatrick launched her new CentreBC party with a pretty direct sales pitch to voters: British Columbians deserve a...
Could vehicle levies be on the way to help fund Metro Vancouver transit? That’s the leading possibility, after the B.C. government revealed Thursday...
B.C.’s first attempt at cutting costs inside a health authority is proving to be a bewildering affair, with news that the $400,000 boss brought in...
The B.C. government is dismissing a new promise by federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to fast-track Phase 2 of the enormous LNG Canada...
B.C.’s network of 50 overdose prevention sites would be eliminated under a federal Conservative government, Leader Pierre Poilievre said Sunday, as...
When B.C.’s finance minister tabled a budget last month with record-breaking deficit and debt levels, she was asked if the sea of red ink drowning...
The high-priced consultant the B.C. government has hired to find savings in the health-care system has billed taxpayers almost $1.4 million the past...
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...