Aug 4 2019 — Vancouver Sun — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau will participate in Sunday’s Pride Parade in Vancouver. Trudeau made history at the event in 2016 when he became the first the sitting Prime Minister to march in the city’s annual LGBTQ2+ celebration. This past week, the prime minister paid a surprise visit to the […]
Jun 24 2019 — Rob Shaw — Vancouver Sun — When the price of gas in Metro Vancouver reached $1.50 a litre, NDP MLA Mike Farnworth rounded up 25 supporters and protested outside a Port Coquitlam gas station in his riding, demanding the government scrap the carbon tax because it was adding 2.4 cents a litre to the price at the pump. “I’d say about […]
Jun 18 2019 — Rob Shaw — Vancouver Sun — Premier John Horgan says he’s disappointed that Ottawa has again approved the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline, and B.C. will continue with its court challenges. “Although I regret the federal government’s decision it is within their authority to make that decision, it is now up to George and I and to make sure as […]
Jun 4 2019 — Vancouver Sun — The bulk of the federal Liberals’ Vancouver Granville riding association executive have quit after sitting MP Jody Wilson-Raybould revealed she would run as an Independent in October’s election. And according to former riding association chair John Turner, most of those people will now switch to Wilson-Raybould’s new campaign. “Several of the people will be moving […]
May 30 2019 — Vancouver Sun — B.C.’s Opposition Liberals are offering up one of their MLAs to replace Darryl Plecas as Speaker, in a move that could restore order to the legislature but would also strengthen the minority NDP government’s grip on power. The Liberals are expected to make the offer to Premier John Horgan later Thursday, the Opposition caucus confirmed […]
May 6 2019 — Vancouver Sun — Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps says her thinking on resource extraction wasn’t shifted by a recent tour of the Alberta oilsands. “What I am left with from my visit is that while there is only one Earth, one climate and one shared future for the planet, there are two different energy paradigms in Canada right now,” […]
Mar 29 2019 — Vancouver Sun — Two people are dead following a hostage taking in Surrey’s Central City area on Friday. B.C.’s Independent Investigations Office, a civilian body that investigates all officer-related incidents that result in serious harm or death, says it has been notified of an “officer-involved shooting in Surrey.”
Mar 3 2019 — Michael Smyth — Vancouver Sun — Jody Wilson-Raybould says she is “overwhelmed and grateful” about an outpouring of public support since her scorching testimony in the SNC-Lavalin scandal. And despite a nasty internal backlash after her explosive appearance before the federal justice committee, she has no intention of quitting the Liberal caucus in Ottawa. “It really has been quite remarkable,” Wilson-Raybould […]
Feb 12 2019 — Daphne Bramham — Vancouver Sun — Usually a federal party leader running in a riding is enough to spark more than a frisson of interest. It’s certainly attracted the attention of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Ignoring the sometime tradition of not running a candidate against another leader, Trudeau is actively campaigning in Burnaby South this week. Yet, even if NDP Leader […]
Feb 11 2019 — Vancouver Sun — The number of former and current legislature employees complaining about alleged mistreatment grows almost daily, and the tally now also includes political staffers, Speaker Darryl Plecas says. Two weeks ago, Plecas’s chief of staff Alan Mullen said about 20 people who worked for the B.C. legislature — in areas such as the financial services branch, […]
Jan 26 2019 — Vancouver Sun — Over the last several months, “an alarming number” of former legislature employees have contacted Speaker Darryl Plecas to say they were improperly fired after voicing concerns about “corruption” involving taxpayers’ money, says the Speaker’s chief of staff. “They have described corruption, they have also described being terminated for what is alleged to be asking questions,” […]
Jan 25 2019 — Vancouver Sun — The investigation into alleged financial wrongdoing and mismanagement at the provincial legislature could balloon into the largest political scandal this country has seen, says the B.C. Speaker’s chief of staff.
Jan 16 2019 — Vancouver Sun — The death sentence given to Canadian drug trafficker Robert Schellenberg by a Chinese court has spooked Canadian tourists planning to visit the People’s Republic. “Everyone is feeling it,” said Canadian travel agent Julius Yan, president of Laurus Travel. “The last couple of days, and especially this morning, we have been getting calls from people who […]
Jan 10 2019 — Daphne Bramham — Vancouver Sun — For most of the last 50 years, Indigenous people have tried to negotiate, litigate and protest their way to a new relationship with Canada. In the past 21 years, they have won landmark rulings upholding their title to traditional territories, and their inherent rights including the right to self-government. Repeatedly, the Supreme Court has ruled […]
Jan 8 2019 — Rob Shaw — Vancouver Sun — A recall campaign targeting Speaker of the legislature Darryl Plecas will begin at the end of January, says the organizer. Robin Roy, who runs the BCrecall2018 Facebook page, said his group plans to submit recall paperwork to Elections B.C. in the last week of the month to target Plecas, the MLA for Abbotsford South. “If […]