Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Taxes potentially uncollected: Saskatchewan years behind on potash, oil audits
REGINA — The Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources is years behind on auditing potash, oil and uranium companies, potentially leaving millions of dollars in royalties and taxes uncollected, says the provincial auditor. As of March 2021, there ...
Alberta smartphone app intends to reduce overdose deaths in drug users at home
CALGARY — The Alberta government has expanded a smartphone app aimed at preventing overdoses in people using drugs alone at home. Mike Ellis, associate minister of mental health and addictions, said Wednesday the app is confidential, free and availabl...
High streamflow advisory for B.C.’s lower Fraser River, snowpack remains high
VICTORIA — Increasing snowmelt and wet weather have led to a high streamflow advisory for several British Columbia communities along the lower Fraser River. The River Forecast Centre says the advisory applies to areas from Quesnel downstream, includin...
Alberta NDP responds to internal letter alleging poor treatment of volunteers
EDMONTON — A letter from 15 Alberta NDP constituency presidents and regional vice-presidents calls on Opposition Leader Rachel Notley and the party to investigate what it alleges to be a pattern of disrespect and mistreatment of party volunteers. The l...
No public hearing into arrest of Indigenous man, granddaughter at Vancouver bank
VICTORIA — A review by British Columbia's police complaint commissioner has determined a public hearing is not required into the arrest and handcuffing of an Indigenous man and his granddaughter at a bank in downtown Vancouver. A statement from the com...
Alberta mountain town will try to appeal development order by provincial tribunal
CANMORE, Alta. — A popular Alberta mountain community will try to appeal a decision by a provincial tribunal ordering it to allow two major developments that would almost double the town's population in the coming decades. Town council had rejected the...
Former Kenney cabinet minister Leela Aheer running to replace him as UCP leader
EDMONTON — A United Conservative backbencher removed from Premier Jason Kenney’s cabinet after publicly criticizing him is running to replace him in the party’s upcoming leadership race. Leela Aheer, speaking on the Real Talk Ryan Jespersen podcast, sa...
Saskatchewan’s equity policy hasn’t been updated in 22 years: auditor
REGINA — Saskatchewan's auditor says policy designed to eliminate barriers in government workplaces for people of colour or with disabilities hasn't been updated in almost 22 years. Tara Clemett said in a report covering the last six months of 2021 tha...
Manitoba Opposition New Democrats win byelection, retain stronghold in Thompson
Opposition New Democrats have retained a northern Manitoba constituency with a decisive byelection victory. Eric Redhead has won the Thompson seat, defeating the only other candidate — Charlotte Larocque, a small-business owner who ran for the governin...
B.C. and First Nation reach first ‘consent-based’ agreement on mining project
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it has entered a first-of-its-kind "consent-based" agreement with a First Nation over land use, changing the way resource projects move forward in its territory. The agreement with the Tahltan Central Go...