Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Follow the party leaders in Saskatchewan’s provincial election campaign
Where the leaders are on the campaign trail Monday for the Oct. 26 Saskatchewan election: Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe PRINCE ALBERT — Makes a platform announcement (10 a.m., Alfred Jenkins Field House, 2787 10 Ave. W.) SASKATOON — Makes c...
Saskatchewan NDP dismisses criticism of candidate’s comments over oilsands
REGINA, La. — Saskatchewan's NDP leader has dismissed concerns about a comment one of the party's candidates for the Oct. 26 election appears to have made on social media about the oilsands and a pipeline expansion. The Saskatchewan Party on Monday
Former SaskParty candidate says clicking ‘like’ doesn’t equate support online
SASKATOON — A Saskatchewan Party candidate who resigned following social media activity his party considered concerning says he didn't step aside because he did anything wrong and that he does not support the conspiracy theory QAnon. "Reading a po...
Liberals promise 10-lane bridge over Fraser River, would dump NDP Massey Tunnel plan
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's Liberals and New Democrats took a long-running dispute over how to build a replacement for the George Massey Tunnel in Metro Vancouver to the campaign trail Monday. The Liberals and NDP have both said the 629-metre, four-...
B.C. election announcements on seniors support from both Liberals and NDP
The leaders of both the Liberals and New Democrats focused their attention on seniors while campaigning in British Columbia's provincial election on Sunday. Both party announcements pledge to keep seniors in their homes fo...
Another minority government would be good for British Columbia: Green leader
VICTORIA — The ideal outcome of British Columbia's looming provincial election would involve another minority government, the head of the province's Green Party said Saturday. Sonia Furstenau said no single party should have absolute power in the legis...
Saskatchewan Party candidate resigns following concerns over social media posts
REGINA — The Saskatchewan Party says a candidate has resigned over social media posts. Party communications director Jim Billington said in a statement Saturday afternoon that "the content and views" Saskatoon Eastview candidate Daryl Cooper "int...
B.C. food distribution centre shut down over COVID-19 infections among staff
VANCOUVER — An outbreak of COVID-19 among almost two dozen staff at a British Columbia food distribution warehouse has forced its closure. The Fraser Health authority says in a statement that 23 employees at Valhalla Distribution in Delta hav...
Trump test fallout: Party leaders in Western Canada say precautions taken on COVID-19
The leaders of the political parties in two western Canadian provinces say there are differences between how their election campaigns are operating compared to the United States after President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19. The leaders of ...
Hearing over controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline resumes at B.C. Supreme Court
VANCOUVER — Arguments over the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for a natural gas pipeline in B.C. resumed in court on Friday with lawyers for Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs telling a judge an evaluation is needed on the potential ...
