By: Julie Fortier and Kim Covert, Postmedia NewsExpect to see home sales and prices fall in Canada the second half of 2010, while housing starts moderate, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's second quarter Housing Market Outlook released Tuesday."Existing home market conditions will remain balanced over the...

News that BC Hydro will significantly increase its reliance on imported electricity this year may come as a shock to many energy-complacent British Columbians, but not to B.C. Citizens for Green Energy (BCCGE) and its co-spokesperson David Field.Field says BCCGE has been monitoring the electricity import issue for several...

 Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay announced on Friday morning a 9 billion Canadian dollar plan to buy 65 F-35 fighters. It would be the largest military purchase in the history of Canada. "I'm convinced the F-35 is good for Canada, good for Canadians, good for the Forces and good for Canadian industry," said MacKay...

After reviewing the Braidwood Inquiry report into the death of Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver International Airport on October 14, 2007, Special Prosecutor Richard C.C. Peck, Q.C. announced he will revisit the British Columbia Attorney General's decision not to charge the four Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers...

Dear editor,My name is Lesley Tarasoff and I grew up in the Slocan Valley, BC but now I live in Toronto, ON. This weekend, as you are aware, the G8 and G20 summits took place in Huntsville and Toronto. I am sure you saw the mainstream media's interpretation of the summits and what was happening on the streets. However, a lot...

Ed Note: the following is a press release issue by Alex Atamanenko (pictured left). Today, BC Southern Interior NDP MP Alex Atamanenko slammed Liberal and Conservative MPs for passing a motion that will further delay Bill C-311, the Climate Change Accountability Act, from passing in the House of Commons. “A similar NDP bill was passed […]