Dirk Meissner
Reporter with The Canadian Press
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Victoria considers tighter reins on horse-drawn carriage tours, pet sales
Victoria councillors are considering tightening city regulations governing horse-drawn carriage tours, but that's not enough for at least one council member who says it's time to put the downtown rides out to pasture.
Finance Minister takes a pre-budget story time break at child care centre
British Columbia's finance minister shelved the tradition of buying new shoes to present her budget in favour of reading a story on Monday, February 19, 2018, to a group of three- and four-year-old youngsters at a Victoria child care centre.
No one measure will fix B.C. housing crisis, but budget will start: ministers
British Columbia's New Democrats are promising initiatives in Tuesday's budget to increase the supply of affordable homes for families, students and seniors, while also bringing in measures to dampen speculation in the real estate market.
B.C. premier says he won't escalate trade dispute with Alberta over pipeline
British Columbia Premier John Horgan doesn't intend to respond to any provocation from Alberta in the escalating trade dispute over the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Andrew Wilkinson leads BC Liberals, tasked to rebuild after 2017 defeat
British Columbia's Liberals turned to a former cabinet minister to lead them on Saturday, February 3, 2018, night after their defeat last year, as Andrew Wilkinson appealed to his caucus colleagues to help him expand and broaden the party's membership.
Former British Columbia premier Dave Barrett dies at age 87
Former British Columbia premier Dave Barrett, the scrappy but always smiling leader of the province's first New Democrat government, has died in Victoria. He was 87 years old.
Critics of Kinder Morgan pipeline shout down Trudeau at B.C. town hall
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke over jeers Friday at a rowdy town hall meeting in Nanaimo, B.C., as he defended his government’s decision to support the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline through the province.
Royal B.C. Museum nominates Indigenous music collection for UNESCO program
Her life was steeped in classical music, but Ida Halpern was passionate about the songs of British Columbia’s Indigenous people, music she set out to prove was equal to that of Bach and Mozart.
Community hosts candlelight vigil for sisters found dead in Oak Bay, B.C.
The moonlight cast a shimmering glow on the ocean as hundreds of people holding candles stood silently in the darkness to honour two young British Columbia sisters found dead on Christmas Day.
Horgan says next year's electoral reform referendum likely B.C.'s last attempt
A pact with the Green party that allowed the NDP to form a minority government in British Columbia is a working example of electoral reform ahead of a referendum on the issue next year, Premier John Horgan says.