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‘Frankly ridiculous’: Anjali Appadurai responds to NDP claims of ‘hostile takeover’

Accusations have been floating for weeks that Anjali Appadurai’s campaign has been drawing in card-carrying Greens to support her bid for NDP leader. In an interview with BC Today on Tuesday, Appadurai said any claims of a hostile takeover were “frankly ridiculous.”

Sawhney hopes her moderate conservatism will influence the UCP

UCP dissident Leela Aheer hopes to stay in the running

Polls that place Leela Aheer among the least likely to win the UCP leadership race aren’t fazing the candidate.

Dispute over Métis rights escalates as new paper attacks evidence underpinning provincial recognition

In his latest research paper, former St. Mary’s University professor Darryl Leroux sets out six criteria he argues must be met for the Abitibi-Inland Métis community to reach “the minimum threshold for a distinctive community,” all of which he argued the evidence provided by the MNO had failed to meet.

Patrick Brown rival banking on diverse support, lack of baggage in Brampton race

Brampton mayoral candidate Nikki Kaur has attracted the support of some well-connected advisors, including Doug Ford-ally and pollster Nick Kouvalis, who is serving as a senior advisor for her campaign.

Small government, ‘big citizens’: Poilievre opens his tenure

New Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is well-positioned to hammer the government on its economic agenda heading into the fall sitting, say some party insiders, but other experts predict it is only a matter of time until the Tories’ social conservative faction rears its head.

Cherry Smiley enters BC NDP race hoping to provide a ‘different perspective’

With a challenge for the leadership of the NDP, women’s rights activist and scholar Cherry Smiley is hoping to bring awareness to struggles facing women, seniors, and people suffering from drug addiction in B.C.

Ottawa urged to consider national flooding insurance plan as costs soar

As 7-Eleven ekes out liquor licence approvals, Ford’s office rules out tearing up master agreement with the Beer Store

7-Eleven is winning its fight to sell booze in Ontario. Since February, the U.S.-based convenience store chain has been quietly piling up victories at the Licensing Appeal Tribunal, which has ordered the province’s alcohol regulator to issue liquor licences to seven of its stores.

Ontario’s assessment-heavy approach only ‘first step’ in climate change adaptation, warns report

Published last week by Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, the federal analysis describes an 'adaptation deficit' in Ontario.