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2 B.C. cabinet ministers ‘barefoot, pregnant, in Legislature where we belong’

Surrey-Newton MLA Jessie Sunner announced her pregnancy on social media this week, saying she’s due to give birth late-summer. “With full hearts, we’re incredibly grateful and excited to be expecting and to step into this long-awaited next chapter,” Sunner posted on Instagram with an ultrasound photo. “I remain fully committed to serving as MLA for […]

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B.C. Conservatives make opening bid to end union-only contracts for public projects

The B.C. Conservative Party is taking a stab at ending the provincial government’s policy that only allows unionized tradespeople to work on public projects with a bill introduced by MLA Kiel Giddens and debated in the legislature on Monday (April 13). And while Giddens’s private member’s bill has about zero chance of passing, the measure

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Man attacked by grizzly bear while walking dogs in rural Vanderhoof

A Vanderhoof man was taken to hospital after suffering non-life-threatening injuries to his leg following a grizzly bear attack. According to the B.C. Conservation Office, the man was walking his two off-leash dogs on his farm property at about 5 p.m., April 13, when he was attacked. “He was able to scramble under a barbed

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B.C. creating Iran war task force as farmers’ fertilizer and fuel costs surge

The B.C. government is forming a task force to monitor the impacts of the war in Iran — but the province’s farmers are already feeling the pinch. The war is causing major spikes in the price of both fuel and fertilizer just as planting season is getting underway. “Between feed, fuel, and fertilizer, it’s completely

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Carney promises savings up to 10 cents at the pump for Canadians

The Carney government is temporarily pausing the federal fuel tax until Labour Day, which the prime minister says could save drivers up to 10 cents at the pump. In Ottawa on Tuesday (April 14), Prime Minister Mark Carney announced several “new measures to bring down costs for Canadians,” which included suspending the federal fuel excise

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