Tag Archives: Provincial Politics
Bison in Prince Albert National Park declining from overhunting: study
Research into free-roaming plains bison in Saskatchewan's Prince Albert National Park says the herd could go extinct from overhunting in fields outside the protected area. The study, published in...
Jun 30, 2019
Shelter hours to expand as Nanaimo grapples with increasing homelessness crisis
NANAIMO - One year after a sizable homeless camp in downtown Nanaimo sprawled out of control, the homelessness situation in the harbour city is widening to greater levels of crisis.Nanaimo RCMP superi...
Jun 27, 2019 The Unitarian Shelter will be open one hour earlier and later to provide more assistance to those who need it the most. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Renovations, overpass are main options to fix Cathedral Grove parking
NANAIMO - The public now has a firmer grasp on what's on the table to fix congestion and traffic woes at Cathedral Grove. An open house in Parksville on Wednesday, June 19 presented several options af...
Jun 20, 2019 Parking spaces along both sides of Hwy. 4 at Cathedral Grove are consistently overflowing and crowded. (Google Earth)
Alberta asks Court of Appeal to look at constitutionality of federal carbon tax
EDMONTON - Alberta's justice minister says the province is asking the courts to look into the constitutionality of the federal government imposing its carbon tax.Doug Schweitzer says the province has ...
Jun 20, 2019
'They're the future of nations:' $3M announced to help Indigenous students learn
NANAIMO - New funding to boost Indigenous education in B.C. Education minister Rob Fleming visited Nanaimo District Secondary School to announce $3 million of provincial funding to create Local Educat...
Jun 07, 2019
Alberta makes it official: Bill passed and proclaimed to kill carbon tax
EDMONTON - Alberta's consumer carbon tax is now officially gone. Members of the legislature voted last night to pass the bill that repeals the tax, and it was signed into law by Lt.-Gov. Lois Mit...
Jun 04, 2019
Trudeau says carbon tax can help deal with extreme weather, Alberta fires
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal carbon tax will help deal with extreme weather events such as fires in northern Alberta. Trudeau says Canadians are seeing the impact of...
Jun 04, 2019
Kenney says carbon taxes won't help stop forest fire threat
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says forest fires have always been around and carbon taxes won't do anything to change that. Kenney says a number of factors, including climate change,...
May 31, 2019
Alberta passes law to kill provincial carbon tax, federal tax looms
EDMONTON - Alberta's consumer carbon tax is dead, setting the stage for a showdown with Ottawa over the imposition of a new one.The province cancelled its tax on gasoline at the pumps and on home heat...
May 30, 2019
$500,000 investment to boost safety along busy Qualicum Beach trail
QUALICUM BEACH - Significant new funding means getting around Qualicum Beach without a vehicle will be safer. The ministry of transportation and infrastructure announced Wednesday the Town of Qualicum...
May 29, 2019 The red line follows the school connector route, which links schools at both ends of Qualicum Beach.