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Senate committee says oil tanker ban off B.C. targets Alberta, divides country
OTTAWA - A Senate committee says the Trudeau government's bill to ban oil tanker traffic off British Columbia's northern coast will divide the country, inflame separatist sentiment...
Jun 05, 2019
Trudeau says carbon tax can help deal with extreme weather, Alberta fires
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal carbon tax will help deal with extreme weather events such as fires in northern Alberta. Trudeau says Canadians are seeing the impact of...
Jun 04, 2019
Explained: Why the MMIWG commission invoked 'Canadian genocide'
The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women was unequivocal in its assessment: "This is genocide." Chief commissioner Marion Buller was greeted by cheers when she spoke these ...
Jun 03, 2019
Bernier says PPC candidate for Kamloops riding coming soon
KAMLOOPS - The leader of the fledgling People's Party of Canada (PPC) says the party should have a candidate in place in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo in about one week. Maxime Bernier toured through the ...
James Peters May 30, 2019 PPC Leader Maxime Bernier (left) speaks to James Peters for Balance of Power (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Alberta passes law to kill provincial carbon tax, federal tax looms
EDMONTON - Alberta's consumer carbon tax is dead, setting the stage for a showdown with Ottawa over the imposition of a new one.The province cancelled its tax on gasoline at the pumps and on home heat...
May 30, 2019
Senate passes Liberal gun bill that will expand background checks for gun-buyers
OTTAWA - The Senate has passed a Liberal government bill expanding the scope of background checks on those who want to acquire guns.Question about an applicant's history will cover their entire lifeti...
May 28, 2019
Wilson-Raybould and Philpott to run as independents in fall election campaign
OTTAWA - Former Liberal cabinet ministers Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott say they will run as independents in the next federal election.They made separate but co-ordinated announcements in the...
May 27, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
ROTHENBURGER: No sign of a wave coming to help out candidates
EVERYBODY IN TOWN knows who's going to win the next federal election. Just ask them.And who will be the next MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo? Just ask them.Here's a hint - it won't be Gina Myhill-Jon...
James Peters May 25, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Balance of Power: Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod and Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar
Host James Peters talks to the incumbent Conservative MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, Cathy McLeod, about how her party is preparing for the fall election. Then, James catches up with B.C. Liberal M...
James Peters May 24, 2019
Maxime Bernier trying to distinguish new party from Conservatives, Liberals
KAMLOOPS - Maxime Bernier is travelling across the country trying to separate himself and his new People's Party of Canada from his former Conservative colleagues. "We're very different than the Conse...
James Peters May 23, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
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