Who would ever have thought that a single political donor could have disclosed so much about the sorry state of affairs surrounding money and politics in B.C. In what they now call a “learning experience,” TRIUMF – Canada's nuclear physics laboratory located at the University of British Columbia – finally acknowledged last ...

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon has introduced legislation to meet government’s commitment to return to the Provincial Sales Tax on April 1, 2013. As committed, the PST is being re-implemented with all permanent exemptions. The government also introduced common-sense improvements that will make administration of the sales tax easier for businesses. Consumers will pay PST only […]

Three passengers are dead, including pilot Colin Moyes, of West Vancouver, after a single-engine de Havilland Beaver crashed in the Okanagan Sunday evening. Moyes was described by friends as an experienced pilot in his early 50s. The plane was en route back to Pitt Meadows when something went terribly wrong. The crash occured close to […]

Minister of Labour, Citizens’ Services and Open Government Margaret MacDiarmid and Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Pat Bell were joined by families and community members at the Royal B.C. Museum today to announce a consultation process with British Columbians for choosing which Monday in February will be the new official statutory holiday, Family Day. […]

A group of Canadian Olympian and Para-Olympian medalists are speaking out on the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort near Invermere. Nordic skiing medalist Beckie Scott and hockey gold medal winner Scott Scott Niedermayer are just two of the many Canadians fighting to Keep Jumbo Wild. “We recognize there are limits to development, when enough is enough, […]

The Midwives Association of British Columbia (MABC) welcomes the Provincial Government’s commitment to increase the availability of midwifery training and services, said Ganga Jolicoeur, Executive Director of MABC. Jolicoeur, along with new mom Channing Rodman of Vancouver, participated in an event today at which the Minster...

First Nations Summit leaders are speaking out in support of the Musqueam Nation in their continuing fight to protect the remains of their ancestors located on the former Musqueam village site C̓əsnaʔəm, now known as the Marpole Midden.   The Musqueam Nation has been engaged in discussions with the City of Vancouver and the ...

Dear Editor Re:   20 year old Madison Scott still missing as anniversary date approaches   Unbelievably, my 20 year old niece, Madison Scott, remains missing after mysteriously disappearing on Saturday, May 28, 2011, from the Hogsback Lake forestry campsite 25 kms south of Vanderhoof, one hour west of Prince George. She was...

Union members at the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia have voted 87 per cent in favour of job action, said the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, Local 378 (COPE 378). The collective agreement expired in 2010 and the union and ICBC have been bargaining since January of 2011. “The strength of this vote...

30 year-old William Housty's powerhouse presentation to the National Energy Board's Enbridge hearings in his community of Bella Bella. William describes the history, language and culture of his people in fascinating detail - and how the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline and Tar Sands supertankers transiting the waters of his...