Category Archives: Prairies/BC
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 ...
Greens fall short of full slate of candidates for B.C. election
VICTORIA — B.C. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau says her party is fielding a team of 74 candidates in the provincial election. The deadline for submitting candidate nominations was on Friday and she says the official number will be finalized once El...
Saskatchewan Party promises increase to post-secondary scholarship
MOOSE JAW — Leader Scott Moe says the Saskatchewan Party will increase the Saskatchewan Advantage Scholarship to $750 a year for eligible students if re-elected on Oct. 26. Moe says that would help students from low- to moderate- income fam...
Federal government blocking provinces from purchasing new COVID tests, Manitoba says
WINNIPEG — The federal government is preventing provinces from buying new rapid COVID-19 tests directly from their manufacturer, and is instead forcing the provinces to await a federal allotment, Manitoba's central services minister said Friday. Reg He...
Saskatchewan election: NDP promises judicial inquiry into controversial site
REGINA — Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili is promising that, if his party wins the Oct. 26 provincial election, he will call a judicial inquiry into a controversial billion-dollar bypass project and inland port. He says taxpayers deserve to get
NDP, Liberal, Green leaders set for televised debate on Oct. 13
VANCOUVER — The leaders of British Columbia's three main political parties will meet face-to-face in a televised debate on Oct. 13. A consortium of broadcasters will televise the 90-minute debate starting at 6:30 p.m. featuring NDP Leader John Horgan, ...
Horgan commits to net-zero emissions by 2050, Greens want plan to get there
SQUAMISH, B.C. — A re-elected NDP government would commit to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, John Horgan promised Friday as the environment and natural resources took centre stage in all three main party campaigns. Horgan made the announcement...
