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Oct 19, 2024 | 
trailtimes.ca | Wolfgang Depner |Lauren Collins |Arnold Lim |Ashley Wadhwani-Smith
Voters in B.C. will soon learn the result of casting their ballots across the province, from who will represent their community to who will lead the province.
The race is on between the New Democrats, led by David Eby, and John Rustad's B.C. Conservatives, with Green Leader Sonia Furstenau hoping her party can maintain a presence in the legislature.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
nelsonstar.com | Wolfgang Depner |Mark Page
Green Party MLA Adam Olsen announced on Tuesday (June 25) he will not seek re-election to the B.C. legislature this fall.
Olsen, who has represented Saanich North and the Islands since 2017, made the announcement Tuesday morning in Victoria, where Party Leader Sonia Furstenau joined him.
Olsen said he is not running again for personal reasons.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
nelsonstar.com | Tricia Weel |Wolfgang Depner
Reactions to Surrey South MLA Elenore Sturko’s decision to leave the BC United Party and join the Conservatives Party of BC were decidedly mixed across the board.
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May 17, 2024 | 
thenorthernview.com | Lauren Collins |Wolfgang Depner
Two major wildfires continue to burn in the province’s northeast, and B.C.’s emergency management minister says recent rain and lower temperatures are not enough to offset the prolonged drought conditions.
Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma gave the update Friday (May 17) on the wildfire situation in the province’s northeast. She was joined by representatives from the BC Wildfire Service and the ministries of agriculture and food and transportation and infrastructure.
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May 13, 2024 | 
saobserver.net | Jane Skrypnek |Wolfgang Depner
The wildfire that forced almost 5,000 people to flee is now burning just 2.5 kilometres from the community of Fort Nelson.
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May 6, 2024 | 
trailtimes.ca | Jane Skrypnek |Wolfgang Depner
B.C.’s human rights commissioner says she is once again concerned that people speaking out in solidarity with Gaza are being penalized, as pro-Palestinian encampments arise on post-secondary campuses.
As of last week, demonstrators have set up camps at three B.C. universities – the University of British Columbia, University of Victoria and Vancouver Island University – as similar actions build across Canada and around the world.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
saobserver.net | Lauren Collins |Wolfgang Depner
Premier David Eby says his government is working with the federal government to make illicit drug use illegal in all public spaces, including inside hospitals, on transit and in parks.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
nelsonstar.com | Jane Skrypnek |Wolfgang Depner
B.C.’s health minister says up to 400,000 more people will be matched with a family doctor.
Adrian Dix made the commitment Thursday (April 11), while announcing the imminent launch of a new online platform. It allows 70 attachment coordinators to analyze which patients need doctors and which doctors have capacity to take them on.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
interior-news.com | Wolfgang Depner
B.C.’s auditor general says two key provincial programs intended to help the toxic-drug crisis that has resulted in at least 14,000 deaths since 2016 were not “effectively implemented.”
Auditor-General Michael Pickup’s review, released Tuesday (March 19), looked at provincial overdose prevention and supervised consumption sites, as well as the prescribed safer supply program.
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
boundarycreektimes.com | Lauren Collins |Wolfgang Depner
Premier David Eby says it was a humbling moment for him to be told he didn’t create a safe space for Jewish caucus members following Selina Robinson’s resignation from BC NDP.
Eby told reporters Thursday (March 7) that he would be working with the BC NDP caucus and rabbinical leadership to help combat the claims of anti-Semitism.
