British Columbia has the lowest smoking rate in Canada for the 12th year in a row at 14.3 per cent, says the 2010 Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS). B.C.’s overall smoking rate fell to 14.3 per cent in 2010 from 14.9 per cent in 2009, according to the CTUMS. Overall in Canada, smoking rates […]

On Thursday, Sept. 22 the Province will host a video conference public hearing session in Nelson as part of the consultation on the coming budget. From 4-7 p.m., people will have the opportunity to present their budget priorities directly to the finance committee, at a location yet to be determined. And it should be an […]

By: Jordan Bateman, Canadian Taxpayers Federation If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it: that’s what our parents taught us. But what if something is so broken, it can’t be fixed at all? The Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT) is broken beyond repair. It sucks millions of dollars out of taxpayers’ pockets every year and deposits them […]

British Columbia’s record high student debt is a concern for the majority of its citizens, according to a new poll. Released by Ipsos and commissioned by the Federation of Post Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE) and the Canadian Federation of Students-BC (CFS-BC), the poll said university and college education in BC is a debt sentence, […]

Two men died in the Columbia Valley Saturday afternoon after their gliders collided while in flight in the Mount Swansea area of Windermere, south of Invermere. The two planes were gliding in the same thermal lift and at one point contacted wings, causing both to loose control and crash into the side of Mount Swansea. This accident […]

Wood stove exchange programs in communities throughout B.C. will share another $200,000 in funding to help more people swap old wood stoves for new high-efficiency models. The Province is providing $200,000 to the BC Lung Association to expand and continue the successful wood stove exchange program. Local governments, non-profit organizations and airshed or air quality management […]

BC is in deep trouble: we now have a government that has no moral, no public and no legal legitimacy to govern. Christy Clark’s government was never elected by the people of this province, on the basis of any endorsed platform, program, promises or outlined plans for governing. And she herself--before taking the premier’s...

The report of the June 15 Vancouver Stanley Cup Playoff Riot was tabled today by its authors, Douglas J. Keefe, QC and John Furlong, OC, OBC.   Entitled “The Night the City Became a Stadium: Independent Review of the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup Playoffs Riot”, the report and its 53 recommendations are the first comprehensive independent […]

The governments of Canada and British Columbia, along with community partners officially opened Baker Gardens today, a new 36-unit modular housing development for seniors and persons with disabilities in Cranbrook. “I am delighted to see that construction is complete on this project,” said David Wilks, Member of Parliament for Kootenay — Columbia, on behalf of the […]

Grand Forks, Greenwood and Midway could benefit from a $4.3 million injection of cash as the Province is seeking proposals to provide additional funding for Job Options BC training programs to help people find and keep employment in small, rural communities. Job Options BC is targeted to unemployed British Columbians who are non-Employment Insurance clients. […]