Category Archives: Prairies/BC
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
Follow the party leaders in Saskatchewan’s provincial election campaign
Where the leaders are on the campaign trail Tuesday for the Oct. 26 Saskatchewan election: Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe SASKATOON — Makes a platform announcement (10 a.m., the Saskatoon Autism Behavioural Analysis Treatment Centre, 202 - 2...
B.C. NDP pledges additional $3 billion a year to build schools, hospitals in platform
VANCOUVER — The New Democrats are promising a one-time $1,000 COVID-19 recovery benefit for families and $500 for individuals as part of an election platform in British Columbia that largely banks on voters wishing to stay the course. NDP Leader John
Two parties say COVID-19 vaccine to be free for all in B.C.
VANCOUVER — The leaders of British Columbia's two major political parties say every person in the province will be eligible to receive a free COVID-19 vaccine once one is approved and available. John Horgan told a virtual town hall meeting Monday
Manitoba orders earlier bar closing time in Winnipeg region to slow COVID-19 spread
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is ordering Winnipeg-area bars and other licensed establishments to close earlier in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19. Starting Wednesday, licensed restaurants, bars and pubs in the region will have to stop servin...
Saskatchewan NDP promises to hire more doctors, nurses for front lines
REGINA — Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili is promising to hire more doctors and nurses if his party wins the Oct.26 provincial election. Meili says his $100-million plan would put 100 more doctors and 150 new registered nurses on the front
Saskatchewan Party promises to bring back tax credit for kids’ activities
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe is promising to bring back a tax credit for kids' recreation and to create more child-care spaces. Moe says if his party is re-elected in the Oct .26 provincial vote, he will
