Tom Fletcher

Assistant chief electoral officer Anton Boegman shows postage-paid envelopes voters will use to mail HST referendum ballots in to be counted.

Millions of HST ballots ready to mail

VICTORIA – If they're not delayed by a strike at Canada Post, more…

Assistant chief electoral officer Anton Boegman shows postage-paid envelopes voters will use to mail HST referendum ballots in to be counted.
Premier Christy Clark is applauded by fellow MLAs as she takes her seat in the legislature Monday.

Clark takes her seat in B.C. legislature

Premier Christy Clark took her seat in the B.C. legislature Monday, to square off with the NDP opposition for the first time since being selected as leader of the B.C. Liberal Party.

Premier Christy Clark is applauded by fellow MLAs as she takes her seat in the legislature Monday.
Sto:lo delegation after meeting with B.C. officials (from left): legal advisor Jean Teillet

Yale treaty going ahead despite protests

VICTORIA – The B.C. government intends to endorse a treaty with the…

Sto:lo delegation after meeting with B.C. officials (from left): legal advisor Jean Teillet
Finance Minister Kevin Falcon explains the impact of scrapping the HST to reporters in Victoria Wednesday.

B.C. Liberals offer to cut HST rate

VICTORIA – The B.C. government is promising to cut the harmonized sales…

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon explains the impact of scrapping the HST to reporters in Victoria Wednesday.
Does this trucker get equipment input credits from the HST? Yes. Does he work for a 'big business'? No.

HST debate heats up as vote nears

VICTORIA – My feedback on the harmonized sales tax debate is running…

Does this trucker get equipment input credits from the HST? Yes. Does he work for a 'big business'? No.
A BC Ferries vessel leaves Tsawwassen terminal on its way to Vancouver Island.

B.C. to restrict ferry rate increases

VICTORIA – BC Ferries fare increases will be limited to 4.15 per…

A BC Ferries vessel leaves Tsawwassen terminal on its way to Vancouver Island.
New ferries have added costs to the BC Ferries fleet. Fares are going up across the fleet

B.C. seeks ways to ease ferry fare hikes

VICTORIA – BC Ferries isn't allowed to use revenue from its busy…

New ferries have added costs to the BC Ferries fleet. Fares are going up across the fleet
B.C. Health Minister Mike de Jong

New health care card aims at fraud

VICTORIA – There are 9.1 million B.C. CareCards in circulation, but only…

B.C. Health Minister Mike de Jong
Biologists install a rotary screw fish trap in the Peace River

B.C. dam projects moving ahead

BC Hydro is proceeding with its $800 million refit of the Ruskin…

Biologists install a rotary screw fish trap in the Peace River
Finance Minister Kevin Falcon unveils the $5 million advertising campaign that begins this month.

Stick men, straw men debate HST

VICTORIA – By now you’ve probably seen part of the B.C. government’s…

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon unveils the $5 million advertising campaign that begins this month.
Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu

Civilian investigators to watch B.C. RCMP

VICTORIA – The B.C. government has announced a new civilian office that…

Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu
Finance Minister Kevin Falcon unveils the $5 million advertising campaign that begins this month.

B.C. government launches HST ad campaign

VICTORIA – Stick figures puzzled about the harmonized sales tax are the…

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon unveils the $5 million advertising campaign that begins this month.

Clark wins squeaker in Point Grey byelection

Premier Christy Clark trailed for part of the evening, but took a narrow victory over her NDP rival David Eby in a byelection in Vancouver-Point Grey Wednesday.

Public Safety Minister Shirley Bond

Minister wants answers on ICBC rates

VICTORIA – Should a single speeding ticket cause an increase in your…

Public Safety Minister Shirley Bond
Premier Christy Clark announces a $6.7 million provincial contribution to a seniors' housing project in Vancouver-Point Grey May 5.

Clark campaigned on public dime: NDP

VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark used staff and resources of the B.C.…

Premier Christy Clark announces a $6.7 million provincial contribution to a seniors' housing project in Vancouver-Point Grey May 5.
Premier Christy Clark

Populist HST ‘fix’ coming soon

VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark’s shifting position on the harmonized sales tax…

Premier Christy Clark
Premier Christy Clark

B.C. smokers offered free patches, gum

B.C. smokers who want to quit can get 12 weeks worth of…

Premier Christy Clark
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant MLA Jenny Kwan

Man charged for threats against MLA

Charges of mischief and uttering threats have been approved against a union…

Vancouver-Mount Pleasant MLA Jenny Kwan
NDP leader Adrian Dix

Premier backs NDP bid to ban weed killers

VICTORIA – NDP leader Adrian Dix proposed legislation Thursday to ban the…

NDP leader Adrian Dix
BCTF president Susan Lambert introduces Education Minister George Abbott for a rare appearance at the union's convention in March.

B.C. won’t appeal class size ruling

VICTORIA – The B.C. government will work with the B.C. Teachers' Federation…

BCTF president Susan Lambert introduces Education Minister George Abbott for a rare appearance at the union's convention in March.
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