Dirk Meissner
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Dirk Meissner
B.C. is recovering from last year's climate disasters, but future problems loom on horizon
When a dike was breached and floodwaters started to flow across British Columbia's Sumas Prairie a year ago, poultry farmer Corry Spitters said all he could do was let nature take its course.
Exiting B.C. Premier Horgan says he learned to listen to everyone, including adversaries
John Horgan says some of the greatest lessons he learned while premier of British Columbia came from people considered political adversaries.
Indigenous community rejects Vancouver police chief's apology gift
Tension reached a high point during a trauma-healing ceremony when a hereditary chief walked across a sand-covered floor and returned the gift he had received from Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer.
Indigenous apology cancelled after constables who wrongly arrested man, granddaughter failed to show
Maxwell Johnson looked out at empty chairs reserved for two Vancouver police officers who didn't attend an event originally intended to be an Indigenous apology ceremony for the false arrests of Johnson and his granddaughter nearly three years ago.
B.C. premier-to-be David Eby has 'mixed feelings' about leadership race kerfuffle
B.C.'s premier-in-waiting says the supporters of his disqualified rival can find a home in the party he is set to lead.
B.C. NDP candidate booted from leader's race; David Eby to become premier
One of two candidates running for the British Columbia NDP leadership has been disqualified, clearing the way for former attorney general David Eby to become premier of the province.
Anjali Appadurai shakes up NDP leadership race in B.C., but faces disqualification
Anjali Appadurai says she knows she's upset the New Democratic Party establishment, but that shouldn't keep her out of the race for the party leadership.
New Surrey mayor promised to bring back the RCMP. Not so fast, says B.C. government
A battle over police services in one of British Columbia's largest cities is looming with the election in Surrey of a new mayor promising to bring back the RCMP, who are currently being replaced with a municipal force.
Vancouver elects first Chinese-Canadian mayor
Voters in British Columbia ushered in a wave of sweeping political change throughout the province in municipal elections on Saturday, October 15, 2022, that saw new mayors elected in Vancouver and Surrey and other major communities.
Fighting violent crime with arrests won't work, B.C. attorney general says
More arrests are "futile," British Columbia's attorney general says as he rebuffed criticism of government policies on repeat offenders and violent crime across the province.