A lot riding on tourism, trade
Here’s Premier Gordon Campbell at last year’s cabinet swearing-in, with 2009 star candidate Margaret MacDiarmid. After starting in education, the Vancouver physician has now been handed a new...
View ArticleLibs’ long march to minimum wage
Here’s BC Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair and NDP labour critic Raj Chouhan in Whistler this past September, commenting on my report from the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention that...
View ArticleUpdate: Jumbo resort announcement
Kathryn Teneese, Chair of the Ktunaxa Nation Council in the Kootenays, is making an announcement Monday at the B.C. legislature that she says will have “a major impact on the future of the proposed...
View ArticleBob Simpson rides again
Where’s Carole James heading? Here is my conversation with Cariboo North independent Bob Simpson on Jenny Kwan’s broadside against the leader yesterday: Simpson: Jenny’s letter (see previous post) had...
View ArticleGetting together on gas
Here’s the McMahon gas plant near Fort St. John, where I worked in the late 1970s. It’s now owned by Spectra Energy, a big player in northern B.C. that is developing processing capacity for the Horn...
View Article‘Contrary to misinformation, the FSA is not optional’
As the B.C. Teachers’ Federation organizes another effort to disrupt the Foundation Skills Assessment tests, Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid issued the following open letter today to parents of...
View ArticleClark pitches Prosperity mine to Harper
Premier Christy Clark has been busy since this news conference following her swearing-in ceremony at Government House. Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Vancouver to take in a hockey game and gear...
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