Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin wraps up seven-year post
VICTORIA - British Columbia's lieutenant-governor is leaving office after seven years on the job Janet Austin is set to perform her final ceremony in Victoria with a viceregal salute by the Naden Band...
Jan 29, 2025
B.C. extends deferral of logging in Fairy Creek amid reports of tree spiking
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has approved a legal order to extend temporary protections to an old-growth forest on Vancouver Island even as Minister of Forests Ravi Parmar acknowledges R...
Jan 29, 2025
B.C. assembles 'war room' to push back against U.S. tariff threats
VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier is assembling a "war room" over the looming trade war between Canada and the United States, with President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs on Canadian goods com...
Jan 29, 2025
Specialist wait lists for B.C. patients grow to 1.2 million people: doctors groups
VANCOUVER - Two doctors groups in British Columbia say there is a "wait-list crisis" for specialists that is severely compromising the health and well-being of residents. Doctors of BC and the Consult...
Jan 29, 2025
'Staggering' number of families struggle in B.C.'s system for disabled kids: advocate
British Columbia's children's representative says in the 18 years her office has been in place, the province has been slow to respond to the growing needs of children with disabilities and their famil...
Jan 29, 2025
Donald Trump's press secretary says Feb. 1 deadline for tariffs 'still on the books'
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's press secretary says the plan to slap Canada with tariffs on Saturday is still in play, as NDP leader Jagmeet Singh leaves the door open to supporting the Li...
Jan 28, 2025
Who's in and who's out of the Liberal leadership race
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade to replace the departing Justin Trudeau. The deadline for registering to vote in the leadership contest pass...
Jan 28, 2025
Eby vows pandemic-style tariff relief in B.C., may include loans and unemployment aid
VANCOUVER - Premier David Eby says protecting British Columbians from the potential impact of U.S. tariffs will be taken as seriously as the relief response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He says every dec...
Jan 28, 2025
Elections BC suspends probe into Conservative claims of vote violations
VICTORIA - Elections BC says it has suspended its review of a complaint from a Conservative candidate over potential violations in the October election as the B.C. Supreme Court considers a similar cl...
Jan 28, 2025
B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau stepping down
VICTORIA - B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau says she is stepping down. Furstenau says she never aspired to be an elected official but is leaving her role as leader of the province's third party...
Jan 28, 2025