Dirk Meissner
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Dirk Meissner
Conspiracy theories flourishing along with COVID-19
The novel coronavirus threatens the health of Canadians, but to some people the pandemic stokes fears of a government plot to subvert freedoms, say experts who study conspiracy theories.
B.C. to spend $5 billion to support people, business in COVID-19 pandemic
British Columbia will spend $5 billion to help individuals, businesses and services endure the economic stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier John Horgan said on Monday, March 23, 2020.
Three more coronavirus cases in B.C., 33 people infected in Canada
Three more cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in British Columbia, bringing the total number of people infected to 12 in the province.
Wet'suwet'en supporters take protest back to B.C. legislature
Supporters of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and their bid to stop a pipeline across their traditional territories returned to the British Columbia legislature on Monday, February 24, 2020, night despite a court injunction prohibiting protests blocking entrances to the building.
Top earners and pop drinkers hit in B.C. budget that includes record capital spending
Top income earners and pop drinkers were hit with new taxes in Tuesday's, February 18, 2020, B.C. budget, which continues the government's focus on capital spending for schools, hospitals and transit.
Port McNeill Mayor says strike has left workers financially devastated
A tentative agreement in a forest industry strike that kept 3,000 workers off the job since last July is being greeted with cautious optimism by a Vancouver Island mayor who says the dispute put some families and businesses on the brink of bankruptcy.
Wet'suwet'en supporters at B.C. legislature
Efforts by hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en Nation to halt a pipeline project have prompted arrests and spurred a national movement that saw protesters light a ceremonial fire at the front steps of the legislature in Victoria and block railway traffic in Ontario.
Andrew Weaver goes Independent
A former Green leader in British Columbia who made history when he won a seat in the legislature is leaving the party to sit as an Independent.
Horgan says LNG pipeline will proceed despite protests
A natural gas pipeline across northern British Columbia is vital to the region's economic future and it will be built despite the objections of some Indigenous leaders, Premier John Horgan said on Monday, January 13, 2020.
Uncertainty in the logging industry as mills close down
It seems barely a day goes by without an announcement about layoffs, temporary closures or permanent mill shut downs in British Columbia's struggling forest industry.