The failure of a massive, multi-year money laundering investigation to yield charges is a "shocking" example of the shortfalls of federal financial crime law, British Columbia Premier David Eby said on Thursday, March 2, 2023.
No charges will be laid from a money laundering investigation into millions of dollars that moved through British Columbia casinos and Chinese bank accounts in what the province's attorney general called a "frustrating" end to the multi-year police probe.
Deficits are in the forecast for British Columbia’s budget, but that’s not stopping the New Democrat government from spending billions on health, housing and families.
British Columbia's financial status will not be as rosy as it has been over the past year, says Finance Minister Katrine Conroy, who will table the New Democrat government's budget on Tuesday.
Canadian music legend Neil Young made a surprise appearance on Saturday, February 25, 2023, at an old-growth logging protest rally at the British Columbia legislature.
Premier David Eby says he's introducing more supports to better prepare British Columbia communities for natural disasters related to climate change before they happen.
Minister Joyce Murray says the Discovery Islands area is a key migration route for wild salmon where narrow passages bring migrating juvenile salmon into close contact with the farms.
The British Columbia government says it is introducing new approaches to manage timber resources that will protect more old-growth trees from logging, while supporting innovations to better care for the forests.