Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Liberals promise funding for mental health workers to partner with police
VANCOUVER — B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson said Wednesday his party would expand a program that pairs police officers with mental health workers if the Liberals win the provincial election. During a campaign event in Vancouver, Wilkinson said a L...
Manitoba throne speech: Tax cuts, reforms and new penalties for protesters
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is promising to reform welfare and education, cut a major property tax and enact new penalties for protesters who block transportation routes. The Progressive Conservative government laid out its plans for the next 12...
B.C. Greens’ election proposals include 4-day work week, free child care
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's Green party wants to see free child care for children under three and free early childhood education for three- and four-year-olds. Campaigning in Vancouver on Tuesday, Green party Leader Sonia Furstenau says their plan w...
Wildlife officers answering dangerous police calls deserve more money: union
EDMONTON — If Alberta wants fish and wildlife officers to take on some of the most dangerous parts of police work, it should pay them accordingly, their union said Tuesday. Mike Dempsey of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees said the
Manitoba legislature session likely to deal with welfare reform, pandemic measures
WINNIPEG — Manitobans may get a look at the provincial government's plans for education, welfare reform and new COVID-19 relief measures when the legislature reconvenes Wednesday for the first time since the spring. The Progressive Conservative governm...
B.C. mayors question provincial leaders about issues linked to municipal operations
VANCOUVER — Thirteen mayors from British Columbia's largest cities want the province's political leaders to state their positions on four key issues including housing, addictions and transit. The BC Urban Mayors' Caucus has sent letters to NDP Leader J...
Highlights of the British Columbia NDP’s election platform
VANCOUVER — Highlights of the British Columbia NDP's platform in the Oct. 24 election campaign: — Families with an annual household income under $125,000 would get a one-time $1,000 COVID-19 recovery benefit, with the benefit going to others on a slidi...
B.C. Liberals promise lower rates by ending public auto insurance monopoly
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. — The British Columbia Liberals are promising lower vehicle insurance rates by ending the monopoly that a Crown-owned corporation has on the market. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson said the party would open the vehicle insurance marke...
Saskatchewan NDP would hire more home care staff if it forms government
SASKATOON — Saskatchewan New Democrats are promising to hire 700 more home care workers if elected. The provincial vote is set for Oct. 26. Leader Ryan Meili says he would boost the number of workers who provide medical, cleaning and other help
‘Why did it happen?’ Sons of woman killed in 1997 crash want answers from Scott Moe
The sound of his mother’s dying breath still haunts him. It was a May morning in 1997. Steve Balog was 18 and sitting beside his mother as she drove down a rural Saskatchewan highway when their car was hit. Now 42, Balog
