Dirk Meissner
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Dirk Meissner
Top earners and pop drinkers hit in B.C. budget that includes record capital spending
Top income earners and pop drinkers were hit with new taxes in Tuesday's, February 18, 2020, B.C. budget, which continues the government's focus on capital spending for schools, hospitals and transit.
Port McNeill Mayor says strike has left workers financially devastated
A tentative agreement in a forest industry strike that kept 3,000 workers off the job since last July is being greeted with cautious optimism by a Vancouver Island mayor who says the dispute put some families and businesses on the brink of bankruptcy.
Wet'suwet'en supporters at B.C. legislature
Efforts by hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en Nation to halt a pipeline project have prompted arrests and spurred a national movement that saw protesters light a ceremonial fire at the front steps of the legislature in Victoria and block railway traffic in Ontario.
Andrew Weaver goes Independent
A former Green leader in British Columbia who made history when he won a seat in the legislature is leaving the party to sit as an Independent.
Horgan says LNG pipeline will proceed despite protests
A natural gas pipeline across northern British Columbia is vital to the region's economic future and it will be built despite the objections of some Indigenous leaders, Premier John Horgan said on Monday, January 13, 2020.
Uncertainty in the logging industry as mills close down
It seems barely a day goes by without an announcement about layoffs, temporary closures or permanent mill shut downs in British Columbia's struggling forest industry.
Airbnb a 'contributing factor' to B.C. housing affordability crisis
British Columbia's rental housing crisis goes far beyond factoring the impact of short-term rentals, say housing experts who say more building is needed to help families find affordable homes.
Abbotsford Women's Centre faces eviction over agricultural rules
A farm home in the Fraser Valley that provides addiction treatment and life-skills recovery help for women has received an eviction notice after the pastoral property along the Canada-U.S. border was deemed not to have met regulations governing the use of British Columbia's agricultural land.
Boomer Canadians fined, barred entry at border, after admitting to smoking pot years ago
Canadians wanting to cross the U.S. border are being asked different marijuana questions than they were before cannabis was legal, says an American immigration lawyer who represents numerous aging baby boomers denied entry to America for past pot use.
British Columbia premier defends chief of staff over handling of allegations
Premier John Horgan defended how his chief of staff handled allegations made against the former clerk of the B.C. legislature when he first learned of them in July 2018 as the Liberals questioned a decision to shred a document outlining the accusations.