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Decriminalization officially begins in B.C.
B.C.'s provincial government has officially begun its decriminalization pilot program with the support of the federal government.
Read MoreEby talks quick start to premiership
In his first 11 days as premier, David Eby stepped in front of the media seven times, announcing over $1.2 billion in funding for new programs and projects, including $500 million for a new affordability credit, $400 million for a new BC Hydro credit, and $230 million for the RCMP.
Read MoreFalcon reflects on first 10 months back in politics
Looking ahead, BC Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon knows he needs to do more to refresh a party that has struggled since finishing in a dead heat with the NDP in the 2017 election and further losing power through a confidence and supply agreement between the NDP and Greens.
Read MoreGreen leader calls 2022 a year of ‘treading water’ by B.C. government
Green Leader Sonia Furstenau is pushing new Premier David Eby to articulate his vision to fix health-care, housing and drug poisoning issues facing British Columbians, rather than rely on the “status quo.”
Read More‘Frankly ridiculous’: Anjali Appadurai responds to NDP claims of ‘hostile takeover’
Accusations have been floating for weeks that Anjali Appadurai’s campaign has been drawing in card-carrying Greens to support her bid for NDP leader. In an interview with BC Today on Tuesday, Appadurai said any claims of a hostile takeover were “frankly ridiculous.”
Read MoreCherry Smiley enters BC NDP race hoping to provide a ‘different perspective’
With a challenge for the leadership of the NDP, women’s rights activist and scholar Cherry Smiley is hoping to bring awareness to struggles facing women, seniors, and people suffering from drug addiction in B.C.
Read MoreRebuilding trust: Appadurai wants to give NDP back to the grassroots
Anjali Appadurai wants to give the NDP a jolt in the leadership race David Eby hoped would be a coronation.
Read MoreWind should play a bigger role in B.C.’s energy mix, experts say
A proposed 164-turbine onshore wind farm poised to generate up to one gigawatt of power has B.C. experts looking east for inspiration to tackle a potential shortage of green energy that will be needed to power the province's grid.
Read MoreDon’t call him an activist: Eby vows more public cash for housing
David Eby is not the “activist” some of his most ardent supporters and detractors alike believe him to be.
Read More‘What’s happening now is not working’: Some consensus, lots of tension on addiction treatment in B.C.
When she appeared before the Select Standing Committee on Health earlier this month, Susan Hogarth painted a bleak picture of B.C.’s toxic drug crisis.
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