Chuck Chiang
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Reporter with The Canadian Press
Eby says he'll focus on NDP's record, but takes more shots at Rustad
New Democrat Leader David Eby says he's focusing his provincial election campaign on commitments to B.C. residents after acknowledging he didn't speak enough about his team's work on the cost of living at Tuesday's debate.
B.C. party leaders spar over affordability, health care problems and conspiracy theories
The debate on Vancouver station CKNW brought NDP Leader David Eby, B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad and Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau into the same room for the first time on the campaign trail ahead of the Oct. 19 vote.
B.C. Greens would tax wealthy property owners to pay for social services and keep the carbon tax
The platform is the first to be released by a major party for the fall provincial election and includes an 18 per cent proposed tax for corporate profits over $1 billion, while there would be investments of $650 million annually in "municipal infrastructure to support new housing" and $250 million to expand child care.
Crime is a focus for B.C. election campaign but what do the stats tell us?
Statistics Canada data show the overall per capita crime rate, based on police reports, is down in B.C. by about 3 per cent since 2018. The violent crime rate cited by business leaders is up by more than 32 per cent, having spiked sharply in 2019 and it has been mostly unchanged since then.
Two veteran BC United legislators will run as independents
Both Mike Bernier and Tom Shypitka suggested in separate announcements Wednesday that Independent MLAs could influence the balance of power in the province after a tight election.
AI wildfire early detection system is like a fire alarm in the forest, says chief
Vernon Fire Chief David Lind likens the Interior B.C. city's new artificial-intelligence-driven wildfire detection system to a fire alarm in the forest.
B.C. may join N.L. legal challenge to federal equalization payments, Eby says
British Columbia Premier David Eby has found an ally in his claims of unequal funding from the federal government: Newfoundland and Labrador.
Premier David Eby announces major hydrogen project expected to create 300 jobs
The Canada Infrastructure Bank is providing a $337 million loan to support the $900 million project by hydrogen company HTEC, which involves plans to build up to 20 hydrogen refuelling stations, with 18 of them in B.C. and the others in Alberta.
Court backs transition to Surrey municipal police force
The B.C. Supreme Court has quashed a bid by the City of Surrey to halt a transition to a municipal police force, with the judge ruling the province has a right to exert authority over municipalities.
Why Richmond B.C. wants nothing to do with supervised drug consumption site
Plans for supervised consumption sites sometimes result in a community backlash but the response in the Metro Vancouver community of Richmond, population 210,000, has been intense and protracted, lasting long after authorities said in mid-February that a proposal to explore the idea had been scrapped.