British Columbia's finance minister Katrine Conroy says increasing the deficit in today's provincial budget is the right path to take in order to allow the government to provide needed services to people.
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has made it a central tenet of his party's policy to take on big companies he believes are making record profits while ordinary people struggle to afford the basics.
British Columbia intends to electrify its fledgling LNG industry to help its competitiveness, but a new poll released suggests that plan may be on thin ice with the public.
Chevron ceding the last historical offshore oil and gas rights on the West Coast is a big step forward for ocean protection and an Indigenous-led conservation network on the B.C. coast, says Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson.
Manitoba's NDP government touted its recent fuel-tax cut as an inflation-buster on Tuesday, while the Opposition Progressive Conservatives accused the government of letting costs rise elsewhere.
The New Democrat government pledged more homes for middle-class people in British Columbia and eviction protection for renters in a throne speech that promised affordability measures in this week's budget, with a provincial election set for this fall.
Hydrogen production is touted by the Canadian government and others around the world as a clean alternative to fossil fuel use, but climate-impact assessments are vulnerable to miscalculations, according to new research by the Environmental Defense Fund.
The changes were announced Tuesday as part of the “Get It Done Act.” In a statement, the government emphasized the changes are crucial for accelerating infrastructure development and supporting the province’s population growth.
Proposed upgrades to B.C.'s efficiency standards for furnaces, water heaters and other home-heating appliances are coming under fire from some contractors and the province's far right.