TORONTO, O.N. — A new report by the Centre for International Governance Innovation is questioning the need for new pipelines to carry oilsands production to tidewater for export. Jeff Rubin, a senior fellow at the […]
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – More than 400 firefighters are battling to contain the largest recorded wildfire in British Columbia’s history. Kevin Skrepnek with the B-C Wildfire Service says 19 fires burning west of Quesnel and William’s […]
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Many eyes will be on the sky this morning as a partial solar eclipse comes into view, though residents in the Peace Region might be missing out. Residents of Victoria […]
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – The BC Wildfire Service says the province of British Columbia has officially had the worst wildfire season on record. Chief Wildfire Information officer, Kevin Skrepnek, says since April 1, a total […]
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Two British Columbia cabinet ministers are expected to outline the government’s next steps today on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion after campaigning against the project. No details have been provided about the […]
CALGARY, A.B. — The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is on track to start construction in September. Kinder Morgan Canada president Ian Anderson says the project is proceeding in the face of environmental and political opposition. Anderson, […]
CACHE CREEK, B.C. – Residents that were evacuated from Cache Creek will be allowed to return home today. They were evacuated on July 7th after the fire near Ashcroft grew out of control. Officials with […]
VICTORIA, B.C. — B.C.’s New Democrats will get their first taste of power in 16 years at a swearing-in ceremony in Victoria this afternoon. The New Democrats won 41 of the legislature’s 87 seats during […]
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale announced today that more help is on the way for the ongoing wildfire battle. 50 firefighters from Australia are set to arrive in B.C. in the next […]
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Cariboo Regional District Chairman Al Richmond says an incoming weather system will bring unpredictable winds later today and tomorrow, and the regional district is taking no chances as several wildfires threaten […]
OTTAWA, O.N. — The country’s highest court has ruled against two First Nations hoping to delay the controversial Site C dam. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled today that it will not hear appeals from […]
CALGARY, A.B. — Two days after changing its name and vowing to put its scandal-tainted past behind it, the company formerly known as Penn West Petroleum is being hit with charges by the U.S. Securities […]
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Othman Hamdan, the 36-year-old Fort St. John resident who has been charged with numerous offences including instructing someone to carry out a terrorist act says he was using social media to ‘shine a […]
MONTREAL, Q.C. — Another wave of American duties is expected to hit Canada’s softwood lumber industry today, putting pressure on smaller producers to cut jobs. In April, the U.S. government announced preliminary countervailing duties against […]
VICTORIA, B.C. — The BC NDP says that it will be following through on its promise to oust the BC Liberals from power today. The New Democrats intend to introduce an amended motion in the […]
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The price tag of the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador has been increased by another $1 billion. Nalcor Energy CEO Stan Marshall says the new price tag for the dam […]
VICTORIA, B.C. — Politicians will be returning to the legislature in Victoria today, marking what could be the beginning of the end for the BC Liberal government. Premier Christy Clark’s Liberals have recently announced a […]
OTTAWA, O.N. — Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP Bob Zimmer said that he’s concerned about the federal government’s plans for the data from the defunct federal long-gun registry. Zimmer explained that last Wednesday, Public Safety […]
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