Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Auditor general raises long-running concern with B.C. government’s budget accounting
VICTORIA — Auditor general Michael Pickup says he has long-running concerns with the way the British Columbia government counts the money it receives from other levels of government. Pickup outlined Tuesday what he describes as a nine-year accounting ...
Rapid response teams in place to support COVID-19 safety in B.C. schools
VICTORIA — Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside says six new rapid response teams will help schools in B.C. identify gaps in COVID-19 safety plans to help reduce exposure risk. The government says in a statement the teams will work with staff at
2024 goal in doubt: Saskatchewan premier won’t say how long deficits to last
REGINA — Saskatchewan's premier isn't saying yet how much longer his province could run deficits. Scott Moe says details of a plan to return the province to balance will be outlined next month when his Saskatchewan Party government presents its next
Saskatchewan looks to delay second vaccine dose to speed up immunizations
REGINA — Saskatchewan is looking to follow British Columbia's lead in delaying a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine to speed up immunizations. Chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab says information from that province as well as from Quebec and the...
Alberta may follow B.C.’s lead on faster rollout of first COVID-19 dose
EDMONTON — Alberta’s health minister says the province is considering whether to follow British Columbia in extending the time between COVID-19 vaccine doses. Tyler Shandro says a committee of COVID-19 experts is analyzing emerging data and a decision ...
Report shows Manitoba Hydro debt the ‘scandal of the century’: premier
WINNIPEG — Premier Brian Pallister says the handling of Manitoba Hydro under the former NDP government is "the scandal of the century." A review of the Crown corporation released last week found a lack of government oversight led to cost overruns
B.C. to extend rent freeze through 2021, increase protections against ‘renovictions’
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it will introduce legislative changes to extend a rent freeze through the end of the year, as well as stop illegal "renovictions" and improve the dispute resolution process for tenants and landlords. The ...
Indigenous, Black, Filipino people disproportionately affected by COVID-19: report
WINNIPEG — Manitoba has released a report showing COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Indigenous, Black and other people of colour in the province. “This is systemic and it is seen in every jurisdiction,” Dr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial publi...
Saskatchewan’s finance minister hints province won’t eliminate deficit by 2024
REGINA — Saskatchewan's finance minister says a slower recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic means it's going to be tough to eliminate the province's deficit by 2024 and the government is likely to pick a new goal. It's the first time the
Former Vancouver hotel to be converted to 65 units for homeless people by the fall
VANCOUVER — A former hotel on the Vancouver's eastside has been purchased to create about 65 units to accommodate homeless people. The City of Vancouver, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. and the federal government say the former Days Inn on
