Premier John Horgan’s abrupt decision to retire left many New Democrats scrambling to figure out what to do next, and whether they were interested in his job. Chief among them, Smithers’ Nathan Cullen, who said the tight deadline and pressure made him pass on taking a run for the premiership. “It was very fast,” Cullen […]
“For the first time, I felt the lure of gold.” When I first came to British Columbia, young and broke, a neighbour showed me a quart jar full of gold nuggets and offered me a partnership in a Cariboo gold claim near the famous Jack of Clubs Creek. The catch was I had to contribute […]
It’s much easier to enact change if you actually stay in government, says Rob Shaw. The much-anticipated race to become B.C.’s next premier ended with a whimper this week, after one front-runner, Ravi Kahlon, bowed out of the contest and threw his support behind the other front-runner, David Eby — creating, in the process, one […]