Tom Fletcher

Seniors' Advocate Isobel Mackenzie says new staffing means more baths and better quality of life for people in residential care.

Senior care will improve, health minister vows

BC Liberal government pledges $500 million more for residential, home and community care over four years

Seniors' Advocate Isobel Mackenzie says new staffing means more baths and better quality of life for people in residential care.
Paramedic union president Bronwyn Barter (left) and Health MInister Terry Lake listen to Tofino paramedic Rhiannon Davis describe her first six months making house calls under a new B.C. program.

Ambulances added, paramedic house calls expanding

Six more ambulances for Lower Mainland, 60 more paramedics, NDP's Judy Darcy says it shouldn't have waited for election time

Paramedic union president Bronwyn Barter (left) and Health MInister Terry Lake listen to Tofino paramedic Rhiannon Davis describe her first six months making house calls under a new B.C. program.
A Chinese railway work crew

Racial discrimination to be cut from old B.C. laws

Multiculturalism Minister Teresa Wat moves to cut clauses from legislation dating back to 1881

A Chinese railway work crew
Premier Christy Clark's BC Liberals have begun reporting political donations more quickly

UPDATE: BC Liberal fundraising follows rules, Coleman says

Elections BC investigation follows admissions by lobbyists that they bought fundraiser tickets and were reimbursed

Premier Christy Clark's BC Liberals have begun reporting political donations more quickly
Education Minister Mike Bernier and Premier Christy Clark.

Tentative deal reached in teachers’ dispute

Deal will provide "thousands more teachers" for the next school year, says BCTF president Glen Hansman

Education Minister Mike Bernier and Premier Christy Clark.
ICBC claims are up 14 per cent this winter due to snow and ice in the south

ICBC aims to trim safe driver discounts

A second at-fault accident will cut your discount, even for long-term safe drivers, in policy to take effect next year

ICBC claims are up 14 per cent this winter due to snow and ice in the south
NDP leader John Horgan

VIDEO: B.C. honours search and rescue volunteers

Monument at B.C. legislature honours 17 searchers who died, joining police, firefighter and paramedic monuments

NDP leader John Horgan
Chilliwack MLA John Martin

Police investigate at Chilliwack MLA office

MLA John Martin says he has terminated his constituency assistant and contacted police over financial irregularities

Chilliwack MLA John Martin
Ironworkers International vice-president Darrell LaBoucan announces union's support for BC Liberals at a Victoria construction site Wednesday.

Ironworkers endorse Christy Clark, rap BC Fed

NDP's opposition to George Massey bridge project 'a direct attack' on members' jobs, union's Doug Parton says

Ironworkers International vice-president Darrell LaBoucan announces union's support for BC Liberals at a Victoria construction site Wednesday.
Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick takes questions Monday.

B.C. moves to require dog and cat breeder licences

Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick to target commercial breeders, seeks to prevent puppy mills from operating

Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick takes questions Monday.
Finance Minister Mike de Jong cites B.C.'s diversified trade as a reason for its strong economic performance

B.C. BUDGET: Medical premium cut by half promised

Medical Services Plan premiums to drop by half in 2018, Finance Minister Mike de Jong says

Finance Minister Mike de Jong cites B.C.'s diversified trade as a reason for its strong economic performance
Green Party leader Andrew Weaver and NDP leader John Horgan

BC BUDGET: Opposition pans MSP reduction plan

NDP leader John Horgan not ready to announce his own plan to eliminate health premiums, Greens' Andrew Weaver wants it in income tax

Green Party leader Andrew Weaver and NDP leader John Horgan
Pulp mills like Harmac near Nanaimo would benefit from a break on their substantial power bills.

BC BUDGET: PST relief proposed for business electricity bills

Sales tax on power bills not only hits business, it's also charged on hospitals, schools and municipalities

Pulp mills like Harmac near Nanaimo would benefit from a break on their substantial power bills.
Education Minister Mike Bernier announces replacement of century-old Lord Nelson elementary in Vancouver

Equipment fund latest top-up for schools

Latest one-time fund is $29.4 million "student learning grant" for textbooks, equipment and supplies

Education Minister Mike Bernier announces replacement of century-old Lord Nelson elementary in Vancouver
Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux

B.C. unveils three-year mental health plan

Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux says rise of young people with mental illness 'a troubling phenomenon'

Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux
Tree planters at work. A new fund is added to existing forest fuel removal projects to restore forests damaged by beetles or fire.

B.C. forest recovery gets $150 million

Forest Enhancement Society gets one-time grant to clean up forest fire fuel and plant trees around the province

Tree planters at work. A new fund is added to existing forest fuel removal projects to restore forests damaged by beetles or fire.
Premier Christy Clark chairs cabinet meeting Thursday

Premier, US ambassador ‘optimistic’ about softwood talks with Trump team

Ambassador David MacNaughton and B.C. trade representative David Emerson await Donald Trump administration's lumber trade position

Premier Christy Clark chairs cabinet meeting Thursday
Premier Christy Clark and B.C. Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon meet at the B.C. legislature for presentation of the government's throne speech Tuesday.

VIDEO: Pre-election throne speech hints at tax cut

Premier Christy Clark names David Emerson new US trade envoy, promises more addiction treatment beds

Premier Christy Clark and B.C. Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon meet at the B.C. legislature for presentation of the government's throne speech Tuesday.
Community

Gambling grant increase first in five years

Communities Minister Peter Fassbender says larger capital projects only for additional $5 million from casinos and lotteries

Community
Search and Rescue members prepare to head out on Pitt Lake to look for missing boaters.

Tax credit offered for volunteer searchers, firefighters

BC Liberal budget includes credit of up to $150 a year for volunteers who put in at least 200 hours

Search and Rescue members prepare to head out on Pitt Lake to look for missing boaters.