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British Columbia Premier David Eby says that “moving forward together” with First Nations leaders is now his top priority, explaining why he withdrew plans to table legislation to suspend key parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act on Monday.
Two First Nations leadership sources say British Columbia Premier David Eby is backing down again on the suspension of key parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, scrapping plans to table legislation on Monday.
The final field of candidates to lead the B.C. Conservatives is expected to be confirmed today, as the contenders face a deadline to pay a final entrance fee of $60,000.
Housing researcher Alina McKay knows there are “tensions” in British Columbia’s supportive housing buildings, as tenants face disruptive violence flowing from poverty and other issues that beleaguer a sector aimed at keeping vulnerable people off the streets.
Leaders in some of British Columbia’s rural communities are calling on the provincial government to support changes to the temporary foreign worker program or businesses will have to start shutting their doors.
The Kitselas First Nation in northwestern B.C. has reached a major milestone in its treaty process as the province tabled legislation to ratify the agreement.
A First Nation in British Columbia is one step closer to a fully ratified treaty after the province tabled implementation legislation on Tuesday, about 30 years after negotiations began.
The American war with Iran isn’t just a problem at the gas pump — B.C.’s minister of economic growth says fertilizer and pharmaceutical ingredients could also be in short supply.
British Columbia’s premier announced a task force Monday to respond to the economic impacts of the ongoing war in Iran, citing spikes in fuel prices and looming supply chain disruptions.
A bill by an Opposition Conservative in B.C.’s legislature about the health care of firefighters has passed through the legislature, an extremely rare occurrence for a private member’s bill.
Former Surrey mayor Doug McCallum has announced he’s running for the city’s top job once again, this time promising to freeze property taxes for four years if elected.
British Columbia Premier David Eby said he may extend the current legislative session to find support among individual First Nations over his plans to suspend parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.
The number of candidates running to replace John Rustad as leader of the Conservative Party of B.C. has shrunk to five.
Peter Milobar will be without his longtime campaign manager during the final stretch of the race to become the new leader of the Conservative Party of B.C.
A First Nations leader whose wife is a B.C. government legislator says she doesn’t support Premier David Eby’s plan to suspend parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and is “heartsick” over the issue.
Former B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad says he was “furious” to learn that BC United was behind a website calling for him to be ousted before the 2024 provincial election.
