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No Candidates Live In This Riding

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.30.2013 | Canada British Columbia

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - It's totally within provincial election rules, but it's still a rare situation in the riding of Kamloops-North Thompson because none ...

B.C. Extends Clean Energy Incentive

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.26.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has extended its clean energy vehicle incentive program for another year.Environment Minister Terry Lake m...

Minister Talks Oil Spills With Industry

CP | Dene Moore, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.24.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is considering establishing an industry-backed fund to cover the clean-up costs of environmental spills on...

B.C. Steps Up To Protect Caribou

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.08.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VICTORIA - The B.C. government is promising to protect 90 per cent of the winter habitat for the northern Caribou, which are considered threatened und...

B.C. Wants More

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada Business

British Columbia's demands for a greater share of revenue and better spill response from Enbridge Inc. (TSX: ENB) should the proposed Northern Gateway...

B.C. Demands Its 'Fair Share'

CBC | Posted 09.22.2012 | Canada Business

The B.C. government wants to renegotiate a "fair share" of the benefits from Enbridge's Northern Gateway Project as one of five new requirements all n...

Pipeline Spill Report Raises Alarm Bells In B.C.

CBC | Posted 09.09.2012 | Canada Business

A U.S. government report indicating Canadian pipeline company Enbridge Inc. knew about cracks that led to a 2010 leak of more than three million litre...

Bear Pulls Corpse From Car, Buries It In Woods

CBC | Posted 07.31.2012 | Canada

RCMP in Kamloops, B.C., have recovered the corpse of a man that was pulled from a car by a bear and stashed nearby in the woods. ...

B.C. Could Send Welfare Cases North For Jobs

CBC | Posted 05.14.2012 | Canada Politics

The B.C. government is floating a proposal to fly people on social assistance north and give them accommodation and training to fill vaca...

B.C. Mulls Sending Welfare Recipients Deep Into Boondocks

CP | Terri Theodore, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.14.2012 | Canada Business

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's governing Liberals are floating a controversial idea to put welfare recipients to work: train them and ship them north....

National Park Plan Scrapped

CBC | Posted 04.02.2012 | Canada

Parks Canada has abandoned its feasibility assessment, and is stepping away from plans to create a national park in the South Okanagan-Si...

NDP Pipeline Stance 'Irresponsible,' Says Environment Minister

CBC | Posted 03.29.2012 | Canada Politics

B.C. Environment Minister Terry Lake says critics are wrong to suggest the provincial government has already decided to support the North...

B.C. Paves the Way for Electric Cars

Claire Beckstead | Posted 01.09.2012 | Canada
Claire Beckstead

On a crisp, sunny Saturday, I joined about 50 people at Surrey City Hall to hear B.C. ministers announce a $17 million provincial initiative to have many more clean cars gracing the streets of British Columbia. It was an exciting day, as an important step has been taken to reduce the greenhouse gas pollution