Author: Fran Yanor

AB minister challenges BC government on drug diversion: ‘Let’s prove it’

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After police in two separate B.C. cities seized thousands of suspected safe supply pills, Alberta’s addiction minister threw down the gauntlet to the BC NDP government, challenging them to prove…

Northern First Nations call for ‘seat at table’ as BC mulls court…

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While the B.C. government considers whether to appeal a court decision recognizing two nations’ Aboriginal right to fish in a damaged river and the province’s fiduciary obligation to protect that…

Northwest communities finally get piece of natural resources action

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A few hours after BC Finance Minister Katrine Conroy stood in the legislature to announce $250 million in new funding for a revenue-sharing agreement in the northwest, glasses clinked at…

First Nations resource tax proposal gets nod from Poilievre

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A proposal allowing First Nations to collect a portion of the resource development taxes paid by industry got a credibility boost this week when Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre…