British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he'll resign as leader in the fall after the New Democrats hold a leadership convention because a second bout with cancer has left him with little energy for a job that's been the thrill of his life.
A formal consultation process for the future of the industry is welcome after years of "ad hoc" discussions over Ottawa's pledge to end open-net salmon aquaculture, the executive director of the B.C. Salmon Farmers Association said on Thursday, June 23, 2022.
A plan to tear down and replace British Columbia's provincial museum was put on hold indefinitely on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, by Premier John Horgan who admitted he miscalculated public support for the $789 million project.
The B.C. government has promised to save old-growth, yet giant 1,000-year-old trees continued to be cut down. “Talk and log,” an adage coined in the 1990s, returned to popular use and cynicism was everywhere.
British Columbia is changing its decades-old royalty system, the fees it charges companies to extract publicly owned oil and gas, in an effort to align with provincial climate goals.
A British Columbia man says he was briefly hospitalized on the 24th day of a hunger strike to protest old-growth logging but plans to go without food until the end of the month before joining others in escalating action against the government.
Russia targeted 61 Canadians — from politicians to journalists — with fresh sanctions on Thursday, April 21, 2022, over Canada's actions against the country for its invasion of Ukraine.
The British Columbia government is working to resolve legal disputes with First Nations outside of the courtroom to avoid "deepening divisions," Attorney General David Eby said.
"Fortunately, my symptoms are mild and that is thanks to being fully vaccinated," said Horgan. "I'm following public health guidance, isolating and working from home until my symptoms resolve."
