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Dirk Meissner

Reporter with The Canadian Press
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213 Articles

Canada's year of reckoning over residential schools

Percy Casper, 73, spent 10 years as a child at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia.
News | May 18th 2022
lumber, Partap Forest Products mill, Maple Ridge,

B.C. to share more forestry wealth with First Nations in reconciliation move

First Nations in British Columbia will receive a $63 million increase in forestry income this year under the development of a new revenue-sharing model that Indigenous leaders say is an encouraging move toward even higher shares in the future.
News, Politics | April 28th 2022
Justin Trudeau,

Trudeau calls for more EVs and doesn't rule out nuclear power

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he wants to make it easier for more Canadians to drive electric vehicles and he isn't ruling out nuclear power as a cleaner source of energy.
News, Politics | April 12th 2022

An affordability roadmap for Canada's extreme housing costs

Municipalities across Canada face housing development constraints in their communities that could be eased through more co-operation between all levels of government, says a report by a local governance think tank.
News, Politics | April 6th 2022
John Horgan,

B.C. puts 'meat on the bones' of UN Indigenous rights commitment

British Columbia introduced an Indigenous reconciliation plan on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, that sets goals toward implementing its law on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
News, Politics | March 31st 2022
Selina Robinson,

B.C. introduces cooling-off period for homebuyers in red hot housing market

The Property Law Amendment Act introduced Monday will help build the framework for a protection period for homebuyers to properly assess, finance and inspect the home they want to buy, Finance Minister Selina Robinson said.
News, Politics | March 29th 2022
Mayor Lisa Helps,

Victoria council to debate First Nation reconciliation fund option for property taxes

Homeowners in Victoria could soon have the option to voluntarily add between five and 10 per cent extra to their annual property tax bill as a contribution to a reconciliation fund for local Indigenous nations, says Mayor Lisa Helps.
News, Politics | March 23rd 2022

Surf town in Canada town bans plastic forks and knives

A coastal British Columbia community known for seemingly endless beaches and rolling waves that call out to surfers has banned single-use plastic cutlery in a move to keep its ocean playground pollution free, says Tofino Mayor Dan Law.
News, Politics | March 20th 2022
Aquatic science biologist, Shawn Stenhouse, Atlantic salmon, Okisollo fish farm, Campbell River,

B.C. premier discusses concerns with Trudeau about jobs if fish farms close

Any federal government plans to move away from open-net pen salmon farms in British Columbia should come with transition help for the industry and workers, says Premier John Horgan.
News, Politics | March 17th 2022
John Horgan,

In Canada, a province prepares to take in 'potentially thousands' of Ukrainian refugees

British Columbia is making room to accommodate potentially thousands of Ukrainians fleeing as Russia's invasion pushes further into their country, says Premier John Horgan.
News, Politics | March 12th 2022
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