Dirk Meissner
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Dirk Meissner
Police disappointed by court striking law banning public drug use
A recent court injunction against a law to restrict public drug use in British Columbia denies police a much-anticipated enforcement tool, says a top law enforcement official.
After the fires, Christmas is different
British Columbia's 2023 wildfires were a life-changing disaster for many, and their impact has echoed into the holiday season.
Dormant B.C. Conservatives growing stronger ahead of 2024 vote
Leader John Rustad has said he is building a broad coalition of voters and the the party will serve as an alternative to both the New Democrats and BC United.
B.C. housing plan could see 293,000 new units over next decade, says report
The New Democrat government's ambitious homebuilding agenda could result in up to 293,000 new housing units over the next decade, according to a government-commissioned report highlighted Thursday by Premier David Eby.
B.C. minister's memo on 'big and shiny' affordability plan ends up in Opposition hands
A British Columbia cabinet minister says she mistakenly dropped a memo to herself describing a "big and shiny" affordability measure that mysteriously ended up in the hands of the Opposition BC United party.
B.C. opposition parties attack NDP climate plans
Climate change is becoming a hot-button political issue in British Columbia with opposition parties launching election-style attacks on the New Democrat government's clean climate policies.
Jagmeet Singh blasts Trudeau, Poilievre at B.C. NDP convention
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has lost touch with the struggles of Canadians, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre only pretends to care about regular people, federal New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh said on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023.
Environmental agreement aims to protect 30 per cent of B.C. land by 2030
The agreement was signed between the federal and British Columbia governments and the Indigenous-led First Nations Leadership Council.
Disabled B.C. man forced to drag himself off flight says is pushing for change
A disabled British Columbia man who can't walk and uses a motorized wheelchair for mobility says he was forced to drag himself off an Air Canada flight in Las Vegas after the airline's third-party ground assistance personnel were not available to help him.
B.C. tightens short-term rental rules to create more housing
New legislation that takes aim at rapidly expanding short-term rentals in British Columbia will increase badly needed long-term rental housing, Premier David Eby said after the act was introduced in the legislature on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.