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WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. -- An Oscar-nominated documentary about deaths, abuse and missing children at a former British Columbia residential school should be shown in schools across Canada, says a First Nations leader.
VICTORIA -- A maximum 20-per-cent home-flipping tax is among new regulations taking effect in British Columbia as of Jan. 1, with a promised middle-income tax cut arriving in the coming months as well as a spring carbon tax increase.
COBBLE HILL, B.C. -- Gil Yaron barely contains his excitement when asked to describe his non-profit venture to convince construction companies, developers and renovation contractors to recycle tonnes of building material waste on Vancouver Island.
COLWOOD, B.C. -- A British Columbia ice arena, where John Horgan spent many hours cheering on his favourite local sports teams, was packed Sunday with a full house to pay tribute to the former premier, and wipe away a few tears.
COLWOOD, B.C. -- Hundreds are gathering at an arena today in Colwood, B.C., to celebrate the life of former British Columbia premier John Horgan.
VICTORIA -- A Vancouver Island First Nation whose people were the first to greet European explorers in the region almost 250 years ago is taking British Columbia to court, seeking title to its traditional territories and financial compensation.
VICTORIA -- A Vancouver Island First Nation whose people were the first to greet European explorers in the region almost 250 years ago is taking British Columbia to court, seeking title to their traditional territories and financial compensation.
VICTORIA -- British Columbia Education Minister Lisa Beare has appointed a special adviser to help the Victoria school board "revise and improve" its safety plan after it barred police from schools except in emergencies.
The chief of a First Nation in central British Columbia says potential unmarked graves have been identified at the site of the former Lejac Indian Residential School after nearly two years of geophysical survey work.
The proposed federal ban on open net-pen salmon farms in British Columbia coastal waters will cost taxpayers billions and seriously impact Canada's economy, food security and Indigenous communities, says a report commissioned by the BC Salmon Farmers Association. The ban would result in $9 billion of "unnecessary costs" to taxpayers to close the sector and subsidize companies with "unproven closed...
VICTORIA -- Premier David Eby has unveiled a drastically revamped British Columbia cabinet at Government House that features a mix of new and familiar faces drawn from an NDP caucus greatly reduced in last month's narrow election win.
VICTORIA -- A bus carrying members of Premier David Eby's new cabinet has arrived at Government House in Victoria, with passengers including both new and familiar faces.
VICTORIA -- Premier David Eby will introduce his new cabinet in British Columbia today after last month's tight election win that gave his New Democrats a slim, one-seat majority.
Premier David Eby says the British Columbia cabinet he introduces Monday will be tasked with focusing on issues voters strongly told the government they are most concerned about: affordability, health care, community safety, housing and the economy.Eby's New Democrats won a slim, one-seat majority in last month's election, taking 47 seats in B.C.'s 93-seat legislature.
VICTORIA -- Premier David Eby says the British Columbia cabinet he introduces Monday will be tasked with focusing on issues voters strongly told the government they are most concerned about: affordability, health care, community safety, housing and the economy.
VICTORIA -- Premier David Eby said he could sense the spirit of former British Columbia premier John Horgan at a swearing-in ceremony Wednesday for 47 New Democrat members of the legislature.
VICTORIA -- Former British Columbia premier John Horgan loomed large over the swearing-in ceremony for 47 New Democrat members of the legislature, a day after his death.
VICTORIA -- Two newly elected members of British Columbia's Green Party will officially take their seats in the legislature following the first of three swearing-in ceremonies since last month's provincial election.
VICTORIA -- Two newly elected members of British Columbia's Green Party will officially take their seats in the legislature following the first of three swearing-in ceremonies after last month's provincial election.
VICTORIA -- John Horgan would often say he believed most people in British Columbia were New Democrats deep down but they just didn't know it yet.
VICTORIA -- Ambassador to Germany and former British Columbia premier John Horgan has died at the age of 65, after his third bout with cancer.
Ambassador to Germany and former British Columbia premier John Horgan has died at the age of 65, after his third bout with cancer. Horgan served as B.C.'s New Democrat premier for five years before stepping down in 2022, then was appointed ambassador last year. But in June, Horgan announced he was on leave after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and...
VICTORIA -- Ambassador to Germany and former British Columbia premier John Horgan has died at the age of 65, after his third bout with cancer.
British Columbia Premier David Eby has been asked by Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin to form the next government after a count of absentee votes gave his New Democrats a narrow win in the provincial election. Eby says he met Austin on Monday, nine days after the vote, and that he will "work hard every day to earn the trust" British Columbians...
VICTORIA -- British Columbia Premier David Eby has been asked by Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin to form the next government after a count of absentee votes gave his New Democrats a narrow win in the provincial election.
Premier and NDP Leader David Eby says he's been told by the B.C. Green Party that it's too early to begin talks about a minority government agreement after the weekend's still-undecided provincial election.
British Columbia's redrawn political landscape won't be settled for about a week, with manual recounts triggered in two key ridings after a nail-biting provincial election that has yet to produce a clear winner. Elections BC said Sunday the recounts will take place from Oct. 26 to 28 in Juan de Fuca-Malahat and Surrey City Centre, where NDP candidates lead B.C...
VANCOUVER -- British Columbia's political landscape is far from settled following an election that has yet to produce a clear winner, with recounts set for two key ridings that could determine who forms the next government, and the result won't be known for at least another week.
VANCOUVER -- British Columbians go to the polls on Saturday after a too-close-to-call campaign that saw David Eby's New Democrats and John Rustad's B.C. Conservatives tangle over housing, health care and the overdose crisis -- as well as plastic straws and a billionaire's billboards.
VANCOUVER -- British Columbia's election campaign enters its final day in what is viewed as a too-close-to-call contest where David Eby's New Democrats and the B.C. Conservatives led by John Rustad debated big issues of housing, health care, affordability and the overdose crisis, but also tangled over plastic straws and a billionaire's billboards.
A costed policy platform delivered by the B.C. Conservatives in the final days of the province's election campaign includes promises to kick start the economy and balance the books with forecasts of economic growth of more than five per cent, but only after several years of multi-billion-dollar deficit budgets.
British Columbia's Conservatives are promising to kick start the provincial economy and balance the books with an election platform that forecasts economic growth of more than five per cent and several years of billion-dollar deficit budgets.
VANCOUVER -- British Columbia's three party leaders offered starkly different visions of the province and its future Tuesday in the only televised debate of what appears to be an increasingly close election campaign.
VANCOUVER -- The leaders of British Columbia's three major political parties have presented starkly different visions of the province and its future in the only televised debate of their closely fought election campaign.
VANCOUVER -- The leaders of British Columbia's three major political parties have started the only televised debate of the provincial election campaign on the defensive -- not against each other but the moderator.
VANCOUVER -- The leaders of British Columbia's three major political parties are facing off in the only televised debate of the provincial election campaign.
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. -- British Columbia's election campaign was dragged far off course Monday as the two main party leaders were forced to comment about comparisons of the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals to COVID-19 pandemic health measures.
VERNON, B.C. -- NDP Leader David Eby is promising to offer a $75-million loan forgiveness program to entice doctors, nurses and heath professionals to expand health-care services in rural British Columbia.
VANCOUVER -- British Columbia's main party leaders wanted to talk taxes Friday during the provincial election campaign, but couldn't divert the conversation away from plastic straws and communism.
VANCOUVER -- British Columbia's main party leaders wanted to talk taxes Friday during the provincial election campaign, but couldn't divert the conversation away from plastic straws and communism.
Almost 200 pages of research on the B.C. Conservative Party, which sources within BC United confirm were compiled before the party dropped out of the British Columbia election campaign to support their former rivals, have come back to haunt the new alliance. The New Democrats are using the leaked documents to depict B.C. Conservative candidates as supporters of what they...
VICTORIA -- Almost 200 pages of research on the B.C. Conservative Party, which sources within BC United confirm were compiled before the party dropped out of the British Columbia election campaign to support their former rivals, have come back to haunt the new alliance.
VICTORIA -- British Columbia is forecasting a record budget deficit and a rising debt of more than $129 billion just a few weeks before the start of a provincial election campaign where economic stability and future progress are expected to be major issues.
VICTORIA -- British Columbia's Opposition is promising the largest income tax cut in the province's history if elected this fall, prompting Premier David Eby to call the pledge "extreme" and "radical" and a recipe for service cuts.
VICTORIA -- Three veteran New Democrat cabinet ministers and community stalwarts in Surrey and Victoria have announced they won't seek re-election in British Columbia's fall vote.
VICTORIA -- John Rustad's first question in British Columbia's legislature as the leader of the provincial Conservative Party prompted a stern rebuke from Premier David Eby, who accused him of picking on children and families.