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Rob Shaw is the CHEK News legislative correspondent and political columnist/commentator for CBC, Glacier Media, Northern Beat and Political Capital. He is co-author of A Matter of Confidence.

Lands Minister says health emergency on plane may’ve been ‘fluke moment’

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Lands Minister Nathan Cullen had just wrapped up another busy week at the perpetually-busy legislature when he boarded his flight to Smithers, took his seat, leaned back and closed his…

United MLA fires back at NDP hecklers for ‘hallowed out’ rural BC

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“We continue to hear how great everything is, and what’s happening in our communities does not reflect what government is saying.” –Coralee Oakes Cariboo North MLA Coralee Oakes has always…

Auditor General to probe Lytton failures; critic calls rebuild process “shameful”

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“A full community burned to the ground, surely we could have put one person in charge.” ––Jackie Tegart B.C.’s NDP government abruptly changed its tune this week to support an…

BCU Leader Kevin Falcon talks purpose, persona and his politics-free oasis

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BC New Democrats have cast Falcon as a one per cent elitist, a cartoon caricature of the super rich motivated only by giving tax breaks to his friends in the…