B.C. Premier John Horgan trips up in his virtue-signalling sword dance
Horgan can’t be both pro-pipeline and anti-pipeline; he can’t be simultaneously a champion of...
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Paul Sullivan: Making existing homeowners poorer is hardly an affordability strategy
When 26 per cent of a typical new Vancouver apartment’s cost are government taxes and fees, the...
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Mike Smyth: Not all Indigenous leaders back UN call to stop B.C. projects
As hereditary chiefs block a key pipeline, and the UN calls for project shutdowns, an Indigenous...
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Provincial govt orders Canadian hospice to begin killing sick patients in February
DELTA, British Columbia, January 6, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The British Columbia government is...
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‘All about the money’: How women travelling to Canada to give birth could strain the health-care system
Women travelling to Canada to give birth to babies who will automatically become Canadian citizens...
Read MoreFull weight of B.C.’s employer health tax to be felt in 2020
The second year of B.C.’s employer health tax to replace Medical Services Plan premiums has arrived, and for many small businesses, 2020 is when they have to write their first cheques. While larger business and local governments...
Read MoreGoodbye MSP premiums and single-use plastics: Several new laws take effect this year in B.C.
British Columbians will ring in the New Year with no MSP premiums, tougher pollution rules, a hefty vaping tax, and single-use plastics bans in several municipalities. Here is a look at some of the changes taking effect in B.C.,...
Read MoreB.C. to ‘embed’ Asia trade offices in Canadian embassies
Opposition MLAs say the B.C. government’s decision to close its stand-alone trade offices in Asian countries is an effort to cut costs that will have long-term consequences for the province’s economy. The move was revealed late...
Read MoreUBC cancels Andy Ngo talk on antifa violence due to violent threats from antifa
Headed into 2020, the University of British Columbia is still struggling to balance free speech with safety concerns posed by antifa-linked groups, who threaten violent protests against speakers they object to on...
Read MoreB.C. Supreme Court grants injunction against Wet’suwet’en protesters in pipeline standoff
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has issued an injunction against members of the Wet’suwe’ten Nation who have blocked access to a natural gas pipeline project inside their traditional territory in northern B.C. Justice...
Read MoreClean B.C. is quietly using coal and gas power from out of province. Here’s why
Behind the sheen of its CleanBC program, the province holds back hydro power to instead import cheap electricity from 12 states including Wyoming, Utah, Nebraska and Montana which generate 55 to 90 per cent of their power from...
Read MoreB.C. has 2nd highest walk-in clinic wait times in Canada, with 7 cities over an hour: study
B.C. was found to be in the second spot on the list, with an average wait time of 50 minutes (behind Nova Scotia’s 69 minutes), and seven of the top 10 cities with the highest wait times are in B.C. Of those, three Vancouver...
Read MoreChevron’s possible exit from Kitimat LNG project dents Canada’s aspirations of building LNG hub
Chevron’s comments have dented some of the optimism in the Canadian natural gas sector
Read MoreCell phone tickets worse tax grab than speed limits, SenseBC says
Distracted driving statistics questioned as B.C. tickets pile up
Read MoreRob Shaw: Forestry crisis a huge risk to B.C. NDP
Rob Shaw: Forestry crisis a huge risk to B.C. NDP
Read More‘They just want the stumpage dollar’
BC’s forestry industry is in crisis for a number of reasons, says Dene Moore – but in large part because the provincial government is too focused on revenue and not enough on jobs.
Read MoreEmployer Health Tax is costing workers
Employer Health Tax is costing workers
Read MoreB.C. mulls potential promise and pitfalls of UNDRIP
B.C. mulls potential promise and pitfalls of UNDRIP
Read More‘World’s first’ fully-electric commercial aircraft takes flight
The world’s first fully electric commercial aircraft took its inaugural test flight in Vancouver on Tuesday in what has been described as “the start of the third era in aviation.”...
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