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Who wants to be the leader of the BC Green Party? Anyone? ... Anyone at all? It’s a question now rippling through B.C. politics, after Green leader...
Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon spent the weekend tut-tutting Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s new plan to halt construction of supportive housing, arguing...
The province is broke, Americans have started a trade war, and now B.C.’s public sector unions are hinting at a whole lot of labour strife on the...
It starts with Kentucky bourbon, spreads to peanut butter, and is accompanied by a splash of orange juice. The Canadian response to Donald Trump’s...
When Premier David Eby took the stage last week to announce the United States had declared “economic war” on the province, something remarkable...
Premier David Eby backed away from a marquee promise of his election campaign Thursday, parking a $1,000 grocery rebate for British Columbians in the...
How did Premier David Eby’s chief of staff Matt Smith land an extraordinary severance package that paid him one day’s compensation for every two...
B.C.’s housing minister is vowing to continue forcing local approval of new housing projects, even after a surprising loss in the province’s top...
Even by B.C.’s traditional standards for wild and wacky politics, 2024 was an extraordinarily bizarre year. In just a few months, the province saw...
Does the weakened BC NDP government really want to go to war with municipalities over housing? It’s a question worth watching in the tiny...
It was hard to find any numbers worth bragging about in Finance Minister Brenda Bailey’s latest economic update Tuesday. The economy? Showing signs...
The BC NDP don’t need the Greens to govern, and they showed as much in their new co-operative agreement. It’s a deal that gives the Greens little...
The B.C. government is willing to participate in retaliatory measures against the United States if president-elect Donald Trump follows through on...
Premier David Eby is promising what he calls a “reset” in his relationship with B.C.’s business community, including a government hiring freeze...
The leak of a letter in which a group of BC Conservative MLAs targeted one of their own colleagues and challenged their leader is yet another...
Premier David Eby says a plan to implement involuntary care for those with severe mental health and addictions issues will be ready to launch soon,...
Ever since it was barely re-elected, the BC NDP government has promised a renewed focus on growing the economy, creating jobs and generating new...
British Columbia police chiefs have pulled their support for the province’s decriminalization project — a move that serves to underscore just...
If you were hoping to spend your shiny new $1,000 “Eby-bate” during the holidays, maybe to load up on Christmas presents for the kids, or...
Surrounded by a friendly labour audience in Vancouver on Tuesday, Premier David Eby talked tough in the face of U.S. president-elect Donald...
Perhaps it was fitting that the “Ministry of Air” disappeared from B.C.’s political scene with barely a whiff this week. One moment it was...
Premier David Eby unveiled a far weaker cabinet Monday than the one he carried into last election. But with some smart ministry re-organizations,...
Premier David Eby is hoping the third time’s the charm as he refocuses his new cabinet in his barely re-elected government onto what he calls...
When Premier David Eby swears in his new cabinet on Monday, the new ministers won’t be issued the usual mandate letters. Instead, they’ll have...
John Horgan didn’t really want to be premier. And maybe that’s why he was such a good one. Only a guy who turned down the job of party leader...
With the BC NDP landslide victory now confirmed at 22 votes, step one for the robust new majority government is simple: Get the cash it promised in...
Premier David Eby has begun the earliest stages of crafting his next cabinet, after a week of one-on-one phone calls with MLAs. It’s not going to...
BC Conservative Leader John Rustad was reflective when asked this week how he could have gotten his party over the finish line to a 47-seat...
The first hint of the first whiff of humility crept into the voice of Premier David Eby on Tuesday, as he was peppered by reporters to account for...
BC NDP leader David Eby suffered a grim and sobering victory in Saturday’s election. He remains premier. He will likely still get to govern—for...
The long wait for the BC Conservative’s costed election platform ended Tuesday with a document so vague it will be hard for even the voters who...
After treating the BC Greens as an afterthought for most of the election, NDP Leader David Eby took the gloves off Sunday, urging Green voters to...
BC Conservative Leader John Rustad is approaching the finish line of the B.C. election the same way he started: On the defensive over stupid,...
John Rustad had the most to win in the TV leaders’ debate — a solid, likeable, measured performance could have helped the BC Conservative...
Premier John Rustad. Just let the words sit there for a second. Cast your eyes over them. If you can, try saying them out loud. What had been an...
On paper it’s called the 43rd Provincial General Election of British Columbia. But at this point, we might as well just call it the Flip-Flop...
BC NDP leader David Eby unveiled a big-time, middle-class tax cut Sunday, to try and staunch the momentum of the rival BC Conservatives, as the...
The first few days of the B.C. election campaign and if you’re a voter trying to navigate what is true and what isn’t — well, good luck. An...
BC Conservative leader John Rustad had been building for months to his announcement Sunday that he’d close B.C. safe injection sites and replace...
You don’t need a poll to tell you B.C.’s election is going to be a close, hard-fought, brutal affair. But there was one for you to read anyway...
BC NDP Leader David Eby tried to use the looming shadow of the U.S. presidential debate Tuesday to link Donald Trump and BC Conservative Leader...
Before he starts a near 12-hour Saturday of campaign events, Premier David Eby sits at his dining room table and watches his two-month-old daughter...
There was no hiding the smile on BC Conservative Leader John Rustad’s face as he worked his way through a jammed community hall in mid-Vancouver...
Premier David Eby expressed extreme frustration more than a year ago when he was repeatedly asked if he was going to call an early election. “I...
Every time John Rustad leaves his house — which is often, because Rustad has one of the busiest travel schedules of any politician, anywhere in...
United they stood, but divided they fell. BC United’s 57-person roster of candidates and incumbents was consigned mostly to the political scrap...
In the end, it was a handshake deal at midnight in the boardroom of a downtown Vancouver law firm that brought together the BC United and...
Mark Twain said it best when he opined that there are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics. All three were on display in...
As the BC Conservatives wrestle with yet more candidate problems, leader John Rustad is himself stirring the pot with an appearance on the podcast...
Any time the B.C. NDP government makes a housing announcement, there is one word repeated again and again and again for anyone who will listen:...