When Sechelt mayor John Henderson took office last November, one of his first tasks was to sign a local state of emergency order due to a shortage of drinking water. Since then, he’s been working to find at least some short-term solutions to his district’s water woes. That led Henderson to the halls of the […]
“It’s hard to believe a province could spend $30 to $40 million on a recovery process where we have not seen one house or one business rebuilt.” ––Jackie Tegart More than 100 frustrated residents of Lytton marched through the undeveloped dirt lots that used to be their homes Wednesday, protesting the slow pace, and rising […]
“If people are thinking that I then became brilliant, and am now at genius levels, well, it didn’t happen.” –Ellis Ross Ellis Ross slides into the chair in his office with a sigh after a BC United caucus meeting at the legislature. He’s just spent 15 minutes briefing fellow MLAs on the complexities of Indigenous […]
“I do feel like I’m on the last lap of a 25 [kilometre] race.” –Sean Bujtas Progress may be painfully slow, and there’s nothing even in writing yet, but Terrace’s mayor says he hasn’t given up hope Premier David Eby will cut a revenue-sharing deal with the province’s cash-strapped northwest municipalities. Sean Bujtas said the […]
