BC Liberals say BC NDP can’t be trusted on resource development Adrian Dix and the BC NDP have rejected the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, saying the Port of Vancouver should not be turned into an oil export facility. Energy Minister Rich Coleman fired back, saying the NDP will also kill LNG projects in the [...]
Christy Clark’s BC Election 2013 campaign executes well, but polls stay flat Horribly far back in public opinion polls, the BC Liberals under Christy Clark need absolutely everything to break their way if they’re going to turn around the BC Election 2013 campaign. They needed their campaign to execute flawlessly. In the first week, they got that. [...]
Online comments of BC NDP candidate Dayleen Van Ryswyk “unacceptable” BC NDP leader Adrian Dix faced his first challenge of BC Election 2013 Tuesday by firing Kelowna-Mission candidate Dayleen Van Ryswyk for online comments made in 2009. In the hour before the official election call Tuesday, the Liberal party sent out a news release calling for the resignation [...]
Christy Clark puts focus on financial management in attempt to counter NDP The BC Liberal Party unveiled an election platform Monday that was touted for as much of what it didn’t contain as for what it did, a reflection of the party’s efforts to paint itself as the penny-wise alternative to a high-rolling NDP. On [...]
Tzeachten First Nation is a player in B.C. real estate development By Frank Busch Many Canadians hold the misconception that First Nations are against any form of development or resource extraction within their traditional territories. But the simple truth of the matter is that First Nations are very cognisant of the bigger picture and [...]
BC Liberal air war vs. BC NDP ground game – campaign strategies for BC Election 2013 British Columbians will be treated to a social experiment over the next four weeks, courtesy of BC Election 2013. The BC New Democrats will be offering a campaign that’s upbeat yet tempered, positive and down to earth. They’ll be [...]
Christy Clark tied for least popular Canadian premier With a provincial election fast-approaching, the approval rating of B.C. Premier Christy Clark has hit a new low – tying her for least popular premier in Canada, according to a new poll. An Angus Reid Public Opinion Poll released Monday shows Christy Clark with a 25 per [...]
Godzilla movie filmed on Vancouver Island created fake nuclear weapons Relax folks: those `”loaded” U.S. nuclear missiles being shipped around Vancouver Island by train aren’t real and are just movie props. In fact, they were used for Gareth Edward’s reboot of the Godzilla movie franchise, filmed on Vancouver Island in late March, just as tensions [...]
BC NDP claims about jobs, budget balance designed to create manoeuvring room for BC election One of the nastier consequences of fixed election date laws is that it upsets the old order upon which parliamentary legislatures are built. Pre-fixed dates, the legislature would be sitting. Pre-campaign positioning would be taking place while the province’s business [...]
Crew rescued BC Ferry passenger within minutes A female BC Ferry passenger was rescued within minutes after falling into the water from a ferry Friday morning. The incident happened as the Spirit of Vancouver Island was pulling into the Tsawwassen ferry terminal in Delta, south of Vancouver. A passenger on the ship, Graydon Gibson of [...]
