“What do cattle know that this premier doesn’t?” –Ian Paton B.C.’s cattle ranchers and guide outfitters are urging the province to reconsider exempting new…

For over a decade, British Columbians across the political spectrum strove to build up the province’s liquefied natural gas industry. Just as the first…

Normally, a B.C. government can dine out on a new provincial budget for at least a month, teasing out the many programs, services and…

“It’s going to be a beautiful pipeline, and the United States is going to pay for it!” –Heather Exner-Pirot Remember when former prime minister…

“In the long term, would [legalization] be a way to counter the toxic street drugs and to take that business away from organized crime?…

The B.C. legislature was seized with debate this week over the first major hospital diversion in Metro Vancouver, after Delta’s emergency room was shuttered…

After years-long denial of drug trafficking, BC govt curtails safe supply B.C.’s New Democrat government continued the slow-motion, highly-reluctant reversal of its progressive drug…

“I brought this up in … 2023 and they did nothing but deny, deny, deny, and then downplay, while the public’s risk was increasing.”…

The BC NDP government returns to the legislature Tuesday for the first time since the provincial election, for a session that will be light…

In 2016, leaders in the natural resources industries in B.C. described the province as having one of the best investment climates in the world…

“People are so rigid that you say the wrong thing, and the amount of fury and rage that it elicits in others is really…

David Eby spoke encouragingly at the British Columbia Natural Resources Forum in Prince George last month when he pledged his government would expand and…

“How do you get this money? Nobody has seen it.” –Ian Paton The BC Fruit Growers Association says the premier committed to develop a…

Tolerance and kindness have historically been central to Canadian identity. We like to think of ourselves as a live-and-let-live, do-what-you-want-as-long-as-it doesn’t-hurt-me kind of people.…

“Radical harm reduction activists have removed hope from the equation, replacing treatment, recovery, and a real future, with a system that enables ongoing use.”…

“People’s livelihoods are on the line here and the margin for error here is very thin.” –Keerit Jutla B.C.’s mining and mineral exploration sectors…

Premier David Eby is seeking to reassure provincial forestry workers about the impact of looming U.S. tariffs from incoming American president Donald Trump. But…

Political changes at the top in both Canada and the U.S. usher in a new period of uncertainty and threats for B.C.’s already weakened…

He won a mandate in his own right, but Premier David Eby will define his government’s approach to natural resources with its decision on…

As we await the release of ministerial mandate letters, and with the first sitting of new B.C. legislators a month or so away, one…

Slumping resource revenues drive up BC’s record $9.4 billion deficit A slumping natural resources sector, crying out for help from the provincial government, contributed…

“It boggles my mind why there’s no action to resolve this.” –Kiel Giddens It was all smiles when Premier David Eby joined executives from…

B.C.’s new forests minister has vowed to put the lumber industry first.   Will anyone tell him that’s what the problem is? Our “lumber…

“Government is a colonial institution … It is government’s ethical and moral obligation to undo this legacy.” ––B.C. Ministry of the Attorney General It’s official.…

B.C. wildlife and hunting groups are urging the government to support a large cull of deer in and around Cranbrook in an effort to…

Critics call for expanded community forests, cutting costs for industry B.C.’s new forests minister says he intends to be “bold” in finding solutions for…

“There can be no reconciliation if the process deepens division.” The election is over and although I did not win, the experience was invaluable.…

B.C.’s mining community says it’s happy to see Premier David Eby create a new dedicated ministry for the sector, which could help government address…

“We were inundated with workshops and directives to decolonize our workplace, be on the lookout for systemic discrimination, and hectored on what new words…

The erasure of the BC NDP in much of the north and interior, as well as the breach of their Vancouver Island fortress, reveals…

The death of former premier John Horgan has brought about many glowing tributes to his time in office, and his success at leading the…

“We’re open to working with other MLAs, including from the Conservatives, as long as they meet our ‘bright-line test’ around the kind of province…

“We are quickly becoming Quebec deux. If we can’t contribute to the economy, we’ll only take from it.” ––Todd Corrigall Shaking off the dust…

New Democrats love to hate Site C even as their climate goals require all the electricity it will generate and more B.C.’s Site C…

UNDRIP framework for land use agreement, divisive, likely unconstitutional As a former B.C. government senior legal counsel on Aboriginal law who spent 31 years…

During the leaders debate last week, David Eby threw out a quick barb about how Conservatives had not costed their platform, and that it should have…

“They could have run Kermit the Frog in my riding and he would have won.” ––Mike Bernier Rural British Columbia voters overwhelmingly backed the…

During the first half of the campaign, both the BC NDP and BC Green parties unveiled their election platforms and the Conservatives released a…

The BC Conservatives are facing an uphill battle in the final days of the campaign as they go head-to-head with the NDP’s formidable get-out-the-vote…

The story of the forestry industry in British Columbia swings between historical highs of prosperity and today’s lows of punishing decay. Forestry used to…

Can you put a price on success? It’s a question facing the BC Conservatives, as they unveil promise after promise in the B.C. election,…

On Day 4 of the election, the BC Greens staked out a “health-focused” drug policy based on flawed notions and extreme positions. Their election…

B.C.’s two main political parties have promised to fast-track permitting for mines that extract critical minerals — a sign, the sector says, that politicians…

In most of B.C., it’ll be a two-party race between the left and right, since Kevin Falcon torched his right-of-centre BC United party less…

Premier David Eby’s switch to support involuntary care this week has put British Columbia in an unusual position: Both the NDP and Conservatives are…

“Nanaimo has become the face of public disorder.” –Collen Middleton I often hear the phrase “balance of harm” when talking with advocates for unhoused…

Last month, another B.C. nurse risked career ruin to reveal disturbing truths about what’s going on in our healthcare system – this time at a Vancouver…

Street-entrenched patients are endangering elderly residents and nursing staff, say sources. “The language, sexual assault, the physical aggression, the weapons, I mean, it finally…

Not a week went by this summer when there wasn’t at least one Emergency Room closure in Northern Health, despite assurances the health authority…

When Portugal decriminalized drug possession, it had 60 therapeutic communities and zero drug consumption sites. The BC government has introduced no therapeutic communities and…