British Columbia Today Archives
B.C. not pursuing new federal funding for orphan well cleanup
Alberta wants Ottawa to fork out funding to clean up orphan oil and gas wells in the province, but B.C. does not seem keen to follow suit.
Read MoreHorgan warns against a return to the bad old days under BC Liberals, sings Singh’s praises
During his Saturday address at the annual NDP convention in Victoria, Premier John Horgan recounted the government’s successes over the past two years.
Read MoreB.C. Liberals open candidate nominations in 11 key ridings
People interested in running for the BC Liberals on Vancouver Island and in the Lower Mainland in the next provincial election were officially invited to throw their hats in the ring over the weekend.
Read MoreLiberals pitch potential election platform planks to party supporters
B.C.’s next provincial election is scheduled to take place on October 16, 2021, and the BC Liberal Party has begun testing platform planks as it seeks to defeat the “fragile minority government” of the NDP and allied Green caucus.
Read More‘Regulated into oblivion’: Farmers bring concerns about agriculture legislation to the legislature
On Monday morning, members of the Liberal caucus joined dozens of B.C. farmers who had come to the legislature to voice their concerns and frustrations about the NDP government’s approach to “revitalizing” the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) and Reserve (ALR).
Read MoreBringing oversight back: Green Party house leader on the behind-the-scenes work to ensure accountability at the B.C. legislature
Green Party House Leader Sonia Furstenau emerged from last week’s meeting of the Legislative Assembly Management Committee (LAMC) to learn that much of the meeting’s work — discussing the “appropriate steps” for releasing the redacted LePard report to both MLAs and the general public — had all been “for naught.”
Read MoreOntario moves to outsource film classification to B.C. without agreement in place
On Tuesday, the Ontario government officially wound down the Ontario Film Authority, the agency responsible for classifying mainstream and adult films distributed in the province.
Read MoreTrudeau and May in B.C. on first day of 2019 election campaign
The 2019 election campaign could be B.C.’s time to shine. Or not.
Read MoreThe numbers behind B.C.’s lagging cannabis industry
In the first six months after the October 17, 2018 legalization date, British Columbians purchased just $9.3 million dollars worth of legal cannabis products, according to Statistics Canada.
Read MoreB.C. politicians look for answers as forestry sector and workers face sustained hardship
By any metric, forestry operations in B.C. are a shadow of what they once were.
Read More