David Eby

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Ottawa promises to loop in B.C. faster after after Sikh's death: Premier David Eby

Eby's statement came on the same day that gurdwara councils in B.C. and Ontario called for the immediate suspension of all security and intelligence agreements with India and repeated their calls for a public inquiry into the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | September 27th 2023

British Columbia's Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, speaks in Vancouver on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. File photo by The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Counter-protests pop up across Canada as hateful anti-LGBTQ rallies begin

Protests and counter-protests for and against Canada's trans and LGBTQ community are being planned across Canada on Wednesday.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | September 20th 2023

A photograph of late temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen on a banner outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. File photo by The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

B.C. Sikhs request protection after India blamed for Nijjar murder

Harkirat Kaur said she had a relationship with Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar that was like “father and daughter” before his killing in Surrey, B.C., in June.

By Nono Shen | News, Politics | September 19th 2023

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a statement in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Photo by The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Diplomats booted after Trudeau links Indian government to B.C. Sikh leader's murder

Senior diplomats have been ordered expelled in both Canada and India after Prime Minster Justin Trudeau linked agents of India's government to the shooting death of a Sikh leader near Vancouver.

By Dylan Robertson, Mia Rabson & Mickey Djuric | News, Politics | September 19th 2023

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry speaks at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, on March 10, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito

Bonnie Henry kicks off B.C. municipalities convention talking about drug decriminalization

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry will be discussing drug decriminalization and public drug use in the opening session of the annual Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention in Vancouver.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | September 18th 2023

Premier David Eby addresses the media, Nov. 23, 2022. Photo via Province of British Columbia / Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

B.C. announces task force on climate emergencies as wildfire season continues

British Columbia will form an expert disaster task force to rapidly deploy to, respond to and support people and communities facing emergencies amid a historic wildfire season that has destroyed about 400 structures, mostly homes, said Premier David Eby.

By The Canadian Press | News | September 11th 2023

Ontario Premier Doug Ford delivers remarks at Lakeshore Collegiate Institute in Toronto, on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. File photo by The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby

Doug Ford joins B.C.'s Eby in call for Bank of Canada to halt rate hikes

A second provincial premier is making a direct appeal to the Bank of Canada to stop raising interest rates.

By William Eltherington | News, Politics | September 5th 2023

British Columbia Premier David Eby is calling on the Bank of Canada to halt further interest rate hikes. Eby speaks to media following a tour of the Tselletkwe Lodge in Kamloops, B.C., on Aug. 22, 2023. File photo by The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito

B.C. Premier David Eby asks Bank of Canada governor to stop interest rate hikes

In a letter Thursday to Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem, Eby urged him to consider the "human impact" of rate hikes, which the bank has employed as an anti-inflationary measure, before making a decision next Wednesday.

By Dirk Meissner | News, Politics | September 1st 2023

Thick smoke from wildfires burning in the area hangs in the air as motorists travel on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Kamloops, B.C., on Sunday, August 20, 2023. File photo by The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Premier travels to B.C. southern interior to view fire damage

British Columbia Premier David Eby is scheduled to visit the province's fire-ravaged southern Interior today, along with Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma and Forests Minister Bruce Ralston, to get a first-hand look at the devastation caused by raging wildfires.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | August 22nd 2023

B.C.'s premier David Eby implores Mark Zuckerberg to stop holding B.C. 'ransom'

British Columbia's premier issued a direct plea to the head of Meta on Monday as he implored the social media giant to reinstate access to Canadian news on its platforms amid the province's ongoing wildfire crisis.

By Brieanna Charlebois | News, Politics | August 22nd 2023

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