Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Alberta to reduce gasoline tax, offer $150 rebate on electricity bills
EDMONTON — Alberta plans to temporarily end its tax on gas at the pump and to rebate some electricity costs to help consumers pummelled by high energy prices. Premier Jason Kenney says the 13-cent per litre provincial tax is to be
Alberta premier says province drafting relief plan to address soaring gas pump prices
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government is working to provide financial relief to consumers being hammered by high gas prices at the pump. Kenney says he recognizes that spiking global oil prices, pushed even higher by the war
Yukon budget focuses on health, education as employment levels recover from pandemic
WHITEHORSE — Yukon is increasing spending on health, education, energy retrofitting and dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in its latest budget. Capital spending will grow by 27 per cent in the 2022-23 fiscal year, while total revenue is...
Premier not concerned about impacts to B.C. after Canada raises tariffs for Russia
VICTORIA — B.C.'s premier says he supports the federal government's decision to impose a 35 per cent tariff on Russian and Belarusian exports to Canada. John Horgan says the Finance Ministry is looking into the potential consequences for the private s...
Groups want educational materials from fossil fuel companies out of B.C. classrooms
VANCOUVER — The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment wants to stop fossil fuel companies from providing educational materials to public schools in British Columbia. The association's B.C. chapter released an open letter to Education M...
B.C. reports 12 more COVID-19 deaths as hospitalizations continue to fall
VICTORIA — British Columbia has recorded another 12 deaths linked to COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 2,851. A statement from the Health Ministry shows the number of people in hospitals due to COVID-19 has declined again with 599 people in
B.C. premier condemns Russian leader Putin, says B.C. supports people of Ukraine
VICTORIA — British Columbia is contributing $1 million to the Red Cross in support of the people of Ukraine and it is stopping the importation and sale of Russian liquor products from government-operated liquor stores and its distribution centres. Dep...
B.C. government remodels cabinet portfolios to make resource stewardship ministry
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government announced the creation of a new ministry Friday that will focus on reconciliation with Indigenous people, economic growth and environmental sustainability. Premier John Horgan appointed Josie Osborne as the ne...
Most COVID-19 fines unpaid in B.C., but ‘they will be paid,’ says minister
VICTORIA — British Columbia's public safety minister says a significant number of people who received tickets for allegedly violating COVID-19 measures are disputing them but those who want to drive their vehicle may have to pay up. Mike Farnworth says...
B.C. climate change initiative needs to look further than recovery, expert says
VICTORIA — A disaster expert who led recovery teams after the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 230,000 people says British Columbia's climate response strategy must protect the province from future environmental events. ...