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John Horgan

Meet Your Shadow Cabinet

CP | Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press | Posted 06.14.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VICTORIA - Former New Democrat leadership candidate Mike Farnworth is leading the charge when it comes to dissecting the Liberal government's budget i...

No Direction Home

CP | Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.19.2013 | Canada British Columbia

HEDLEY, B.C. - Adrian Dix was inside the Hitching Post Restaurant drinking from a mug stamped with twin six-shooters while outside on the old mining t...

'Smear Campaign'

CP | Dirk Meissner and Vivian Luk, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.07.2013 | Canada British Columbia

RICHMOND, B.C. - New Democrat Adrian Dix's positive vibrations election campaign turned decidedly snarly Tuesday as he was forced to grit his teeth wh...

Green Party's Andrew Weaver Case Reveals New Lexicon of B.C. Politics

Mike Klassen | Posted 02.17.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Mike Klassen

If B.C. politics has really changed as some suggest, then Andrew Weaver of the Green Party should have been hailed for his integrity. Instead, he was shrugged off as a newbie. So what are we looking for from the women and men we elect to public office in B.C.? Is it the kind of credentials we need to face the great economic, environmental and social challenges of the 21st century, or is it merely a thick skin?

Maligned B.C. Body To Review $500K Retirement Deal

CP | Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.28.2012 | Canada British Columbia

VICTORIA - It doesn't have that saucy allure of Real Housewives of Vancouver, but after Tuesday's revelations from British Columbia's legislature, Big...

Little-Known Pipeline Paves Way For Enbridge Under Radar Of British Columbians

Laila Yuile | Posted 10.21.2012 | Canada British Columbia
Laila Yuile

If there is one thing that can be said about all the attention directed to Enbridge's Northern Gateway Project, it is that it's provided ample distraction for other projects and issues to move along without getting the same ass-kicking Enbridge is. Take for example, the Pacific Trails Pipeline project ( also referred to as the KSL line). With minimal media coverage during the approval process, it has by and large flown completely under the radar of most British Columbians. That's a damn shame in my opinion, and I'm going to tell you why.