Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Manitoba hydro rate increases could be capped, hearings reduced under new bill
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government is making another attempt to control hydroelectric rates but it may yet again run into resistance from the Opposition New Democrats. A bill introduced in the legislature Tuesday would allow the ...
B.C. allocates more than $8 million to boost legal-aid services
VICTORIA — The provincial government is investing another $8.19 million in legal aid in British Columbia, filling what it says are gaps in service. The Ministry of the Attorney General announced the funding follows analysis of the legal-aid system bet...
NDP bill to protect Alberta Rockies from coal mining dies in legislature committee
EDMONTON — A private member's bill before the Alberta legislature that would have blocked all coal mining in the province's Rocky Mountains died Tuesday after government members voted against it. The bill, sponsored by Opposition New Democrat Leader Ra...
Groups criticize Pacific salmon treaty, urge Alaska to protect B.C.-bound salmon
VANCOUVER — A coalition of Canadian groups is calling on Alaska's governor to stop the state's harvest of Canadian-bound salmon, while it criticizes the international treaty that prevents overfishing of Pacific salmon. Watershed Watch Salmon Society a...
Premier promises new health-care funding in Saskatchewan budget
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says Wednesday's budget will show a boost to the bottom line from higher oil and potash prices and include more funding to help ease the strain COVID-19 put on health care. Moe said this week
Premier promises new health-care funding in Saskatchewan budget
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says Wednesday's budget will show a boost to the bottom line from higher oil and potash prices and include more funding to help ease the strain COVID-19 put on health care. Moe said this week
Manitoba’s governing Progressive Conservatives keep stronghold in close byelection
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives held on to one of their longtime strongholds by a narrow margin in a provincial byelection Tuesday. Voters in the Fort Whyte constituency in Winnipeg elected Obby Khan, a restaurant owner and fo...
Saskatchewan premier travelling to Europe to discuss food security, energy
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he will be travelling to Europe later this week to discuss food security and energy during a trade mission. Although the trip was planned prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Moe said the war
Heather Stefanson’s leadership campaign reports $561K in expenses, slight surplus
WINNIPEG — Newly released documents show Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson spent a little more than $561,000 on her campaign to become leader of the governing Progressive Conservatives. In financial statements filed with Elections Manitoba, the Stefan...
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs appoints temporary leader due to investigation
WINNIPEG — An advocacy group representing First Nations in Manitoba has appointed a temporary leader while the organization investigates a formal complaint against a prominent chief. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says Eric Redhead will take on the r...
