British Columbia's new government announced Thursday that it will take action to ban the grizzly trophy hunt by Nov. 30, and ban all grizzly hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest.
Greenpeace is calling on the new B.C. government to “stand firm” in the face of industry lobbying efforts, as an internal document sheds light on past attempts to influence provincial climate policy.
B.C.'s attorney general says the NDP government will not artificially delay permits for the Trans Mountain pipeline, despite premier’s vow to use every available tool to stop the project.
John Horgan took the reins of government Tuesday by noting that nearly 40,000 residents have been forced out of their homes by wildfires raging through the province's Interior.
The BC Green Party was first to break the news on Thursday evening that B.C.'s lieutenant-governor has asked the BC NDP to form a minority government in the legislature.
The NDP and Greens combined to reject legislation from the minority Liberal government that would have reformed political party financing and given the Greens official party status in the legislature.
British Columbia Liberal House Leader Mike de Jong says it is not his party's responsibility to provide a Speaker in order to "prop up" an arrangement between the NDP and Greens.
Even if the pipeline went ahead, at least they'd make good on an election promise to use "every tool available" to stop Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion.
B.C. political leaders exchanged duelling letters over the future of the Site C dam project on June 6, 2017, with Premier Christy Clark arguing that delays will cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
All eyes are on Premier Christy Clark after Monday's announcement that British Columbia's New Democrats have reached an agreement with the Green party to form a minority government.