Dirk Meissner
Reporter with The Canadian Press
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Victoria council debates asking Ottawa to help fund Remembrance Day
A move to seek federal funding for Victoria's annual Remembrance Day events may have backfired, the city's mayor said on Friday, June 7, 2019.
Aging Haida totem comes down during ceremony outside Royal B.C. Museum
Dancers circled an aging totem pole that tells the story of a murdered Haida woman before it was hooked to a crane and gently lowered to the ground on Wednesday, June 5, 2019.
B.C. premier rejects Liberal calls to dump legislature Speaker Darryl Plecas
The British Columbia legislature became embroiled in political turmoil on Thursday, May 30, 2019, as Premier John Horgan rejected calls to replace the Speaker after the Opposition Liberals accused him of conducting a clandestine security probe.
B.C. post-secondary schools at risk of money laundering: minister
Post-secondary institutions in British Columbia were warned on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, to be on the look out for possible student money launderers in the province's ongoing fight against illegal cash.
Crackdown on money laundering does not include federal public inquiry: minister
The federal minister in charge of Canada's fight against money laundering supports British Columbia's public inquiry into dirty money but says a national examination is not necessary.
B.C. legislature clerk retires; report says benefits wrongly claimed
A spending scandal that shook British Columbia's legislature came to a partial conclusion on Thursday, May 16, 2019, with the abrupt retirement of the clerk and the suspended sergeant-at-arms asking for his job back after a report by a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
B.C. to hold public inquiry into money laundering; final report due May 2021
Premier John Horgan launched a public inquiry into money laundering Wednesday, saying the depth of the criminal activity in British Columbia runs far deeper than previously believed.
$5 billion laundered through B.C. real estate in 2018, drove up home prices
A report that estimates $5 billion was laundered through British Columbia's real estate market last year also lifts the lid on the extent of illegal cash moving across Canada.
Jason Kenney's Alberta victory sends ripples of enthusiasm and concern across Canada
Jason Kenney's Alberta election victory has sent ripples of enthusiasm and concern across Canada. Ontario Premier Doug Ford welcomed a rising Conservative wave, British Columbia grappled with the Kenny campaign promise of squeezing its oil supply and Quebec stood firm on its rejection of oil pipelines.
Deadly rabbit disease returns to Vancouver Island for 2nd year, government warns
A rare disease that kills feral rabbits has returned to parts of Vancouver Island, prompting British Columbia's chief veterinary officer to recommend owners vaccinate pet and domestic rabbits.