Tom Fletcher

Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett draws a crowd at the legislature in November 2010 with his lengthy critique of former premier Gordon Campbell's leadership style.

Bennett returns to B.C. Liberal fold

Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett has been welcomed back into the B.C.…

Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett draws a crowd at the legislature in November 2010 with his lengthy critique of former premier Gordon Campbell's leadership style.
NDP leadership candidates Adrian Dix

NDP aims to bring back the ’90s

VICTORIA – It’s the most shopworn cliché of the B.C. Liberal government,…

NDP leadership candidates Adrian Dix
NDP MLAs Jenny Kwan

NDP’s Jenny Kwan backs Farnworth

Vancouver-Mount Pleasant MLA Jenny Kwan was instrumental in triggering the resignation of…

NDP MLAs Jenny Kwan
NDP leadership candidates (from left) Dana Larsen

‘NDP Idol’ contest aims for youth vote

About 400 NDP supporters packed a Victoria high school gym Thursday night…

NDP leadership candidates (from left) Dana Larsen
Former NDP finance ministers Paul Ramsey and Elizabeth Cull

NDP veterans endorse Horgan for leader

NDP leadership contender John Horgan has been endorsed by key figures from…

Former NDP finance ministers Paul Ramsey and Elizabeth Cull
Nanaimo MLA Leonard Krog (left) endorses Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth for the NDP leadership.

B.C. NDP leadership into home stretch

Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth unveiled his ninth endorsement Wednesday, as the…

Nanaimo MLA Leonard Krog (left) endorses Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth for the NDP leadership.
The decade that won't go away in our political debate.

That ’70s political show, again

VICTORIA – As the federal parliament slid once again into partisan mayhem,…

The decade that won't go away in our political debate.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a family tax break announcement with the Wellburn family of Saanich Monday.

Harper tax cut too slow, rivals say

Conservative leader Stephen Harper used his B.C. campaign swing Monday to offer a new income-splitting plan for families, but his rivals were quick to note that the proposed implementation is years away.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a family tax break announcement with the Wellburn family of Saanich Monday.
Attorney General Barry Penner

June mail-in vote on keeping HST

The B.C. government has chosen the quickest, cheapest way of deciding whether…

Attorney General Barry Penner
Premier Christy Clark and Community

Clark restores some gambling grants

Premier Christy Clark made good on her campaign promise to restore $15…

Premier Christy Clark and Community
The Ruskin dam came online in 1930

Don’t play politics with BC Hydro

VICTORIA – Rich Coleman is B.C.’s fourth energy minister in the past…

The Ruskin dam came online in 1930
Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth

Poll suggests it will be Clark v. Farnworth

Premier Christy Clark has extended her party's lead over the NDP to…

Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth
B.C. Finance Minister Kevin Falcon

B.C. minister likes federal budget

B.C. Finance Minister Kevin Falcon likes the direction of the latest federal…

B.C. Finance Minister Kevin Falcon
BCTF president Susan Lambert is flanked by teacher local representatives from all 60 school districts at the union's convention in Victoria Monday.

B.C. on collision course with teachers

The only negotiated contract the B.C. Teachers' Federation has ever signed is…

BCTF president Susan Lambert is flanked by teacher local representatives from all 60 school districts at the union's convention in Victoria Monday.
Forests

Resource ministries not going back

VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark's shuffle of B.C. resource ministries is not…

Forests
Public Safety Minister Shirley Bond

B.C. donates $500,000 for Japan relief

The B.C. government is donating $500,000 to the Red Cross to support…

Public Safety Minister Shirley Bond
Premier Christy Clark presides over her first cabinet meeting at the B.C. legislature.

Clark presses Harper on B.C. mine

VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark used her first meeting with Prime Minister…

Premier Christy Clark presides over her first cabinet meeting at the B.C. legislature.
Premier Christy Clark and Labour Minister Stephanie Cadieux announce minimum wage increases at the B.C. legislature Wednesday.

B.C.’s minimum wage going up May 1

B.C.'s minimum wage is going up from $8 an hour to $8.75…

Premier Christy Clark and Labour Minister Stephanie Cadieux announce minimum wage increases at the B.C. legislature Wednesday.
The B.C. legislature doesn't meet building code standards for fire and seismic protection

Legislature waits for school seismic upgrades

VICTORIA – Ministers headed into their first cabinet meeting with Premier Christy…

The B.C. legislature doesn't meet building code standards for fire and seismic protection
Noted physicist Lady Gaga has been invoked in a protest campaign against providing wireless Internet in schools.

B.C. VIEWS: Going Gaga over smart meters

VICTORIA – This summer, BC Hydro starts installing 1.8 million smart meters…

Noted physicist Lady Gaga has been invoked in a protest campaign against providing wireless Internet in schools.
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