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It's been a busy three weeks for Peter Milobar. Since announcing he was leaving the British Columbia Conservative caucus on Aug. 14, setting off an exodus from the party, Milobar has gathered with fellow defectors into what is being billed as the "stable, serious" alternative to the NDP. On Friday, three fellow ex-Conservatives said they would join Milobar and Ian...
It's been a busy three weeks for Peter Milobar.
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he won't court B.C. Conservative defectors to join the NDP, after nine legislators left the official Opposition caucus in the past three weeks. Eby says there's a "fairly significant gap" between the positions of his party and the defectors from Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay's caucus. He says these range from Canada's relationship with the...
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he won't court B.C. Conservative defectors to join the NDP, after nine legislators left the official Opposition caucus in the past three weeks.
British Columbia legislator Ian Paton says RCMP have asked to interview him on Wednesday, and expects them to ask about allegedly being offered a job to give up his seat so Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay could run. Paton, who quit the Conservative caucus last week among an exodus of MLAs from the official Opposition, says Findlay's chief of staff Chris...
British Columbia legislator Ian Paton said RCMP have asked to interview him on Wednesday, and expects them to ask about allegedly being offered a job to give up his seat so Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay could run.
When Bruce Banman crossed the floor to join John Rustad in the B.C. Conservatives in 2023, it was a key moment that both conferred official party status and set the Conservatives on a path that brought them to the verge of power the next year, their 44 MLAs filling official Opposition benches. Now he doubts whether new leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay...
Bruce Banman, who gave the B.C. Conservatives official party status in the British Columbia legislature when he crossed the floor to join colleague John Rustad in 2023, has joined the rush out of the party's caucus to sit as an Independent, and urged others to join him.
Bruce Banman, who was one of the first MLAs to represent the provincial Conservatives, giving it official party status in the British Columbia legislature, says he has left the caucus to sit as an Independent.
Bruce Banman, who was one of the first MLAs to represent the provincial Conservatives, giving it official party status in the British Columbia legislature, says he has left the caucus to sit as an Independent. Banman, who represents the riding of Abbotsford South, is the sixth Conservative MLA to defect this month under Kerry-Lynne Findlay's leadership. He says in a...
The day she returned to her home in Summerland, B.C., more than a week after escaping from an out-of-control wildfire, Erin Trainer was cleaning when her four-year old daughter asked for orange paint.
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he helped a cabinet minister write her statement denouncing plans for the expansion of a liquefied natural gas plant neighbouring her riding, despite his government advocating for the project.
British Columbia Premier David Eby is defending his approach to the government's record budget deficit, comparing it to buying a home for a family's future.
A First Nation in British Columbia is one step closer to a fully ratified treaty after the province tabled implementation legislation on Tuesday, about 30 years after negotiations began.
Events are planned across British Columbia today to mark 10 years since the province declared a public health emergency related to the overdose crisis that has since killed more than 18,000 people.
VANCOUVER -- Brandon Jansen's mother says he was a warm and inviting "health nut" who enjoyed time at the gym.
Representatives from all three Canadian territories say the need to improve their aging electricity grids has reached a critical level requiring billions of dollars from the federal government to update, and in some cases, keep the lights on.
VANCOUVER -- Months before the international spotlight lands on Vancouver as one of the host cities for the soccer World Cup, Jason Grund says he is already hearing concerns from people living in the Downtown Eastside about what it could mean for them.
VANCOUVER -- A coalition of about 20 organizations working in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and Chinatown say they're worried the city isn't adequately addressing human rights implications and "FIFA-related harms" of the upcoming soccer World Cup.
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says federal officials expressed "disappointment" to representatives of OpenAI after a meeting in Ottawa about the company's failure to warn law enforcement about Tumbler Ridge shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar.
A cybersecurity law expert says Canada could introduce laws requiring artificial intelligence companies to notify police of online threats, but the process would not be a simple one, since reporting every suspicion is "just not workable."
The co-founder of a group that supports victims and their families after mass shootings says a top priority when bringing students back to school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is to make them feel safe again.
VANCOUVER -- When Elizabeth Osinde arrived in Canada about two years ago as a refugee from Kenya, pregnant with her son, she remembers being able to buy a bunch of kale for $2 or $3 dollars.
British Columbia won't be renewing its agreement with Health Canada that allowed for the decriminalization of small amounts of drugs for personal possession, officially ending a three-year program that was hailed as a groundbreaking experiment before critics blamed it for fuelling public disorder and failing to rein in the overdose crisis.
British Columbia's ombudsperson says people calling the government with questions about income and disability assistance are facing long waits, sometimes of more than an hour, creating barriers to accessing essential services.
A segment of the American news program "60 Minutes," pulled by CBS News prior to its U.S. airing, began circulating online Monday with the branding of Canadian broadcaster Global TV. Multiple media reports say the program was uploaded to StackTV, Global's streaming platform, though it was not available to watch as of late Monday. Global TV and its parent company...
A segment of the American news program "60 Minutes," pulled by CBS News prior to its U.S. airing, began circulating online Monday with the branding of Canadian broadcaster Global TV.
Cameron Hill was six or seven years old in the 1970s when he and his father took to the water in a wooden skiff to help form a blockade to stop a ship of oil executives who were looking for a tanker route through Gitga'at First Nation territory on B.C.'s northern coast.
The president of the Coastal First Nations in British Columbia says the signing of a memorandum of understanding by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on an proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast "does nothing" to increase the chances it will happen. Marilyn Slett says in a statement that a tanker ban on the north coast...
VANCOUVER -- British Columbia Premier David Eby and coastal First Nations have signed a declaration calling on the federal government to maintain an oil tanker ban off the province's north coast.
The Yukon's premier-designate says he's ready to start implementing key promises from his election campaign but stopped short of pledging electoral reform even after residents voted in favour of changing to a ranked ballot.
Yukon's opposition parties unveiled their campaign platforms with the territorial New Democrats pledging millions in new programming if they're elected next month, and the Yukon Party promising a prospering private sector.
Yukon's New Democrats are promising millions of dollars in new programming if they are elected next month, including covering tuition for health care and education students, as long as they work in the territory for five years after graduation.
VANCOUVER -- A motion on the recommendation that Vancouver city council create a new corporation tasked with developing an estimated 4,000 units of rental housing on six city properties has failed to secure the votes it needed to pass.
The Yukon Liberals have unveiled their campaign platform, hoping to be re-elected on promises of a $300-million hospital expansion and a dramatic reduction in the wait-list for government housing.
Elections Yukon is making changes to how some people can vote in the upcoming territorial election in response to the ongoing Canada Post strike.
VANCOUVER -- First Nations in British Columbia are calling for a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney to discuss protecting and reviving wild salmon.
A powerhouse politician who broke glass ceilings in Canada, Ione Christensen is being remember both for the trails she blazed and the international acclaim she earned for the century-old sourdough starter she protected in the back of her refrigerator.
Former senator and the first woman to be mayor of Whitehorse, Ione Christensen, has died at the age of 91.
The Yukon's governing Liberals will be starting with a near-empty slate in the upcoming territorial election, with no ministers deciding to seek re-election.
COQUITLAM -- Gregor Robertson, the minister responsible for the federal agency that helped fund a BC Ferries contract to buy ships from China, says Canada needs to "catch up" with the United States when it comes to protecting domestic jobs and the economy.
Heiltsuk Tribal Council Chief Marilyn Slett says no one in her community is immune to the small acts of racial profiling that can embed themselves in the everyday life of an Indigenous person in Canada.
BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- Heiltsuk Tribal Council Chief Marilyn Slett says no one in her community is immune to the small acts of racial profiling that can embed themselves in everyday life for an Indigenous person in Canada.
British Columbia's attorney general says the government will appeal a landmark Aboriginal title ruling that grants a claim by the Cowichan Nation over land on the Fraser River in Metro Vancouver.
The U.S. Department of Commerce says it has made a final decision to more than double countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber imports, a move business groups in British Columbia say will harm communities on both sides of the border. A statement from the American department said the duty for most Canadian companies is being increased to 14.63 per cent...
The U.S. Department of Commerce says it has made a final decision to more than double countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber imports, a move business groups in British Columbia say will harm communities on both sides of the border.
Vancouver -- Three workers trapped underground in a refuge area at the Red Chris mine in northwestern British Columbia have enough air, water and food for an "extended stay," the mine's majority owner said Wednesday.
The last time Yukon residents voted in a territorial plebiscite it was about allowing the sale of alcohol, this time the vote will be on the equally dizzying question of electoral reform.
British Columbia's representative for children and youth says some progress is being made to improve the child welfare system, but she's concerned "fiscal limitations" will prevent timely help from getting to those most in need.
Mike Pemberton has been named the new leader of the Yukon Liberal Party and will be the territory's 11th premier. A local businessman and longtime party insider, Pemberton won the leadership race by 13 votes over former Kwanlin Dun First Nations Chief Doris Bill.
A new premier of Yukon is expected to be chosen by the governing Liberal party on Thursday, leaving the winner with just months to make their mark before a territorial election has to be called.
Two former members of the B.C. Conservatives who have been sitting as Independents for months say they are launching a new provincial political party.
British Columbia's transport minister has raised concerns with BC Ferries about its decision to have a Chinese shipyard build four new ferries for its passenger fleet, amid an ongoing trade conflict between Canada and China. The winning bidder on the contract announced Tuesday is Chinese state-owned China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards. Mike Farnworth said in a statement he was worried...
British Columbia's transport minister has raised concerns with BC Ferries about its decision to have a Chinese shipyard build four new ferries for its passenger fleet, amid an ongoing trade conflict between Canada and China.
British Columbia's transport minister says he has raised concerns with BC Ferries about its decision to have a Chinese shipyard build four new ferries for its passenger fleet, amid an ongoing trade conflict between Canada and China.
British Columbia's transport minister says he has raised concerns with BC Ferries about its decision to have a Chinese shipyard build four new ferries for its passenger fleet, amid an ongoing trade conflict between Canada and China.
BC Ferries has chosen a Chinese shipyard to build four new ferries for its passenger fleet, with its CEO saying he's not worried about geopolitical tensions between Canada and China.
BC Ferries has chosen a Chinese shipyard to build four new ferries for its passenger fleet, with the first arriving by 2029.
BC Ferries has chosen a Chinese shipyard to build four new ferries for its passenger fleet, with its CEO saying he's not worried about geopolitical tensions between Canada and China. CEO Nicolas Jimenez says BC Ferries won't release the cost of the contract with China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards, adding his primary focus was getting the province a good deal.
The British Columbia government is commissioning an independent review of the province's home-share program, months after an inquest into the starvation death of a woman with Down syndrome in a Port Coquitlam share home.