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Business recovery grant program deadline extended
Small businesses in B.C. now have until the end of August to apply for the government’s $345-million recovery grant program, Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon announced Thursday.
Read MorePolak back lobbying her old ministry for fired conservation officer
After more than 15 years in provincial politics, it has not taken former Liberal cabinet minister Mary Polak long to embark on a new venture — one that will soon have her interacting with a ministry she used to helm.
Read MoreB.C. versus Toronto
The B.C. government has involved itself in a Supreme Court of Canada case between the Ontario government and the City of Toronto over Premier Doug Ford’s move to slash the size of the city’s council ahead of the 2018 election.
Read MoreRural funding status extended to Gulf Islands
The NDP government issued an order-in-council yesterday that Adam Olsen, the Green MLA for Saanich North and the Islands, said he has waited years to see.
Read MoreFish farm phaseout draws criticism from premier and industry
Premier John Horgan had some harsh words regarding Ottawa’s approach to phasing out open-net pen fish farms in the Discovery Islands by summer 2022.
Read MorePublic health CEO out following investigation into allegations of misspending and retaliatory firings
CEO Benoit Morin abruptly “left” the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) yesterday, shortly after a report into allegations of misspending and retaliatory executive firings was made public.
Read MoreOutgoing lawmakers qualify for nearly $1M since election day
Later this month, severance payments for the 26 MLAs no longer in the legislature following the 2020 election are set to run out.
Read MoreNDP logged big bucks in profitable fourth quarter
B.C.’s main political parties saw their fundraising numbers soar in the final quarter of 2020, according to fresh interim financial reports released by Elections BC.
Read MoreBasic income panned by expert panel
Basic income is not the most “just policy option” to address poverty in B.C., and launching a pilot project to explore the option would “not be useful.”
Read MoreLong-term care report drops
Health Minister Adrian Dix apologized yesterday for the delay in releasing the report his ministry commissioned last spring on its Covid response in long-term care.
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