Ashley Wadhwani

Oct 24, 2024 | blackpressmedia.com | Ashley Wadhwani

Carpenter Media Group announced today that a preliminary agreement has been reached to acquire the assets of EO Media Group, a respected family-owned media company with deep roots in the Pacific Northwest. The acquisition includes EO Media Group’s portfolio of more than two dozen newspapers and magazines across Oregon and Washington.

Feb 5, 2024 | nelsonstar.com | Jane Skrypnek |Ashley Wadhwani |Wolfgang Depner

Selina Robinson is stepping down as B.C.’s minister of advanced education and higher learning after calling Gaza a “crappy piece of land with nothing on it.” Premier David Eby announced the decision at a news conference in Vancouver on Monday (Feb. 5), saying Robinson will remain in caucus but will no longer have a cabinet role. Robinson serves as MLA for the riding of Coquitlam-Maillardville, but had previously decided she would not be running again in the next election, set for October.

Feb 5, 2024 | saobserver.net | Jane Skrypnek |Ashley Wadhwani |Wolfgang Depner

Premier David Eby says that Selina Robinson will be stepping down as minister of advanced education and higher learning amid calls for her to resign after calling Gaza a “crappy piece of land with nothing on it.” During a news conference on Monday (Feb. 5) in Vancouver, Eby said that Robinson will remain in caucus but no longer have a cabinet role.

Feb 1, 2024 | nelsonstar.com | Ashley Wadhwani

BC NDP minister Selina Robinson has issued an apology after coming under fire for calling Gaza a ‘crappy piece of land’ during a virtual speakers panel among other Jewish politicians. The comment was made Jan. 30, during a nearly two-hour panel discussion streamed on YouTube and hosted by B’nai Brith Canada, which featured Robinson, who is B.C.’s post-secondary education minister, as well as Senator Marc Gold, Ontario Solicitor General Michael Kerzner and MP Ben Carr.

Feb 1, 2024 | nelsonstar.com | Wolfgang Depner |Lauren Collins |Ashley Wadhwani

B.C.’s top doctor is recommending to the Eby government that while the current prescribed safe supply is one tool to save lives from the ongoing toxic drug crisis, more needs to be done to expand on the kinds of prescribed alternatives to better treat those struggling. Dr. Bonnie Henry’s advice comes a week after the BC Coroners Service confirmed that 2,511 people died from toxic drugs in 2023 – or roughly seven people dying per day.