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Former Alberta treasurer Jim Dinning chaired B.C.'s independent panel on the impact of the harmonized sales tax.

HST costs average family $350 a year

VICTORIA – The independent panel reviewing the impact of B.C.'s harmonized sales…

Former Alberta treasurer Jim Dinning chaired B.C.'s independent panel on the impact of the harmonized sales tax.
George Abbott discovered the power of telephone town halls during his leadership run. Now the technology is being used to explain the harmonized sales tax.

Town halls: Twitter for normal people

VICTORIA – These days the media never shut up about Facebook and…

George Abbott discovered the power of telephone town halls during his leadership run. Now the technology is being used to explain the harmonized sales tax.
Golden Ears Park in the Lower Mainland is one of the provincial parks where parking fees have been removed.

Parking charges gone from B.C. parks

Parking fees have been lifted from 41 provincial parks around B.C., and…

Golden Ears Park in the Lower Mainland is one of the provincial parks where parking fees have been removed.
Stephen Harper campaigns with B.C. MPs and candidates

Liberals lose, Green wins in B.C.

Stephen Harper's Conservatives held their B.C. ground against a surging NDP in…

Stephen Harper campaigns with B.C. MPs and candidates
Finance Minister Kevin Falcon

HST town halls draw thousands

The B.C. government says 27,000 people stayed on the phone for the…

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon
Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom

HST phone forums get underway

The B.C. government's outreach on the harmonized sales tax gets underway tonight…

Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom

Now can we talk about the HST?

VICTORIA – Even if movies based on video games aren’t your cup of tea, the recent Disney production Tron: Legacy is notable as a measure of the sophistication of the B.C. motion picture industry.

Premier Christy Clark hopes to take her seat in the B.C. legislature by the end of May.

New B.C. leaders prepare to face off

VICTORIA – The B.C. legislature reconvenes on Wednesday for a month-long session…

Premier Christy Clark hopes to take her seat in the B.C. legislature by the end of May.
NDP leader Adrian Dix

Dix vows to stop B.C. log exports

NDP leader Adrian Dix plans to take "immediate steps" as premier to…

NDP leader Adrian Dix
Mike Harcourt endorsed Mike Farnworth as the NDP leader who could reach beyond the party's base. Adrian Dix mocked those who would 'sidle up to the Liberal government

Clash of visions in political spring

VANCOUVER – My weekend in the big city didn’t lack for variety.…

Mike Harcourt endorsed Mike Farnworth as the NDP leader who could reach beyond the party's base. Adrian Dix mocked those who would 'sidle up to the Liberal government
NDP leadership runner-up Mike Farnworth (left) and other MLAs take the stage with Vancouver-Kingsway MLA Adrian Dix for his victory speech in Vancouver Sunday evening.

Dix wins B.C. NDP leadership

Vancouver-Kingsway Adrian Dix won the B.C. NDP leadership race Sunday, stressing his campaign theme of income inequality.

NDP leadership runner-up Mike Farnworth (left) and other MLAs take the stage with Vancouver-Kingsway MLA Adrian Dix for his victory speech in Vancouver Sunday evening.
Stephen Harper is joined by B.C. MPs

Exclusive interview with Stephen Harper

In his campaign for the May 2 federal election, Prime Minister Stephen…

Stephen Harper is joined by B.C. MPs
Finance Minister Kevin Falcon

B.C. may offer more breaks on HST

The B.C. government is spending $1.7 million to finance a province-wide debate…

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon
NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston

NDP says HST funding not fair

The B.C. government is stacking the deck in favour of the harmonized…

NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston
Premier Christy Clark chaired a cabinet meeting in Vancouver Wednesday.

Clark to run in byelection May 11

Premier Christy Clark is running in a byelection in Vancouver-Point Grey on…

Premier Christy Clark chaired a cabinet meeting in Vancouver Wednesday.
Premier Christy Clark has announced she will run for the B.C. Liberal nomination in Vancouver-Point Grey.

Fall B.C. election looks more likely

VICTORIA – The B.C. legislature is getting set for a spring session…

Premier Christy Clark has announced she will run for the B.C. Liberal nomination in Vancouver-Point Grey.
NDP leadership candidates Adrian Dix

Urban members dominate NDP vote

VICTORIA – The B.C. NDP is completing its first one member-one vote…

NDP leadership candidates Adrian Dix
Former B.C. premier Mike Harcourt (left) worked with Rick Hansen's spinal cord research foundation after Harcourt was injured in a fall at his Pender Island home in 2002.

Harcourt weighs in on NDP leadership

Former Premier Mike Harcourt has joined the elder statesmen of the B.C.…

Former B.C. premier Mike Harcourt (left) worked with Rick Hansen's spinal cord research foundation after Harcourt was injured in a fall at his Pender Island home in 2002.
NDP leadership candidates (from left) Dana Larsen

Simons drops out of NDP leadership race

With just over a week to go before B.C. NDP members pick…

NDP leadership candidates (from left) Dana Larsen
Ruskin Dam in the Fraser Valley created Hayward Lake

Old BC Hydro dams could be removed

Energy Minister Rich Coleman is exploring options to rein in BC Hydro…

Ruskin Dam in the Fraser Valley created Hayward Lake
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