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Schulz thinking long term with leadership aspirations

Rebecca Schulz has her eyes set beyond winning the hearts and minds of UCP members in the leadership race.

Secondary unit must have private entrance for home renovation tax credit, per draft rules

The federal government peeled back the curtain on a swath of budget measures aimed at the housing file this week, outlining draft legislative proposals for a new tax credit.

Wind should play a bigger role in B.C.’s energy mix, experts say

A proposed 164-turbine onshore wind farm poised to generate up to one gigawatt of power has B.C. experts looking east for inspiration to tackle a potential shortage of green energy that will be needed to power the province's grid.

Don’t call him an activist: Eby vows more public cash for housing

David Eby is not the “activist” some of his most ardent supporters and detractors alike believe him to be.

Williams Lake First Nation wants federal probe into RCMP after member’s death

‘What’s happening now is not working’: Some consensus, lots of tension on addiction treatment in B.C. 

When she appeared before the Select Standing Committee on Health earlier this month, Susan Hogarth painted a bleak picture of B.C.’s toxic drug crisis.

Danielle Smith seeking redemption, but not NDP voters

UCP leadership candidate Danielle Smith says the suggestion she is a polarizing candidate is “funny.” She sees herself as a unifier within the conservative movement.

Province rushes IESO to find more electricity generation ahead of Pickering nuclear plant decommissioning

Distinct characteristics separate Alberta separatists, autonomists and federalists: survey

Advocates slam lack of surgical abortion services in Fraser Health hospitals

Abortion-rights advocates say that hospitals in one of B.C.’s largest urban centres do not currently provide surgical abortions.