Tag Archives: Provincial Politics
Sun Peaks looking at future of community education
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - Sun Peaks is one of the fastest growing communities in the region. Since the elementary school there first opened for the 2010-2011 season with 18 students, the resort municipality h...
May 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
PETERS: Government delays for retail cannabis more than just a hiccup
IMAGINE STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS. You want to open up a neighbourhood beer and wine store. It's a highly regulated business, so you go through all the government hoops and get your city business lic...
Vern Strecheniuk May 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Balance of Power: B.C. Attorney General David Eby and B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson
Host James Peters speaks to B.C. Attorney General David Eby about changes to the Independent Investigations Office, the "dumpster fire" at ICBC, the slow rollout of retail cannabis and BCLC's future i...
James Peters May 03, 2019
SOUND OFF: Horgan dances around the issue of gas prices, offers no relief
JOHN HORGAN CAN'T SEEM TO GET HIS STORY straight when it comes to gas prices in this province. He continues to bumble and deflect while British Columbians struggle to pay the highest costs in North Am...
May 02, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Local business owner grows impatient with provincial approval process for cannabis stores
KAMLOOPS - It's been nearly seven months since recreational cannabis was legalized across Canada. Kamloops was the first community in the province to open up a government owned Cannabis store, and wou...
James Peters May 02, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
B.C. house leaders receive McLachlin report on allegations against clerk, sergeant-at-arms
VICTORIA - Beverly McLachlin has submitted her highly anticipated report on the allegations against clerk of the B.C. legislature Craig James and sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz.The former chief justice of...
May 02, 2019 Beverly McLachlin (Image Credit: The Canadian Press)
Ahead of Trudeau meeting, Kenney calls assessment bill a threat to unity
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says if the federal bill overhauling environmental assessments passes in its current form it will threaten Canadian unity and there will be "an immediate constitu...
May 02, 2019
Alberta law allows oil cuts to B.C.; Premier Kenney says won't use right away
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government now has the power to reduce oil flows to British Columbia in the fight over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Kenney say...
May 01, 2019
B.C. AG says proposed changes to IIO necessary, but go against civilian mandate
KAMLOOPS - BC's Attorney General says changes to the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) he tabled this week go against the spirit of the IIO's creation. But David Eby adds the temporary changes a...
Apr 30, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
A list of new Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's cabinet
EDMONTON - New Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and his cabinet were sworn in on Tuesday to form the first United Conservative government in the province. The list of ministers includes seven women a...
Apr 30, 2019
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