Author Archives: Greg Fry
End of consumer carbon tax leaves $1.5-billion hole in B.C. budget
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's budget shows that the impending end of the province's consumer carbon tax will leave a roughly $1.5-billion hole in its revenue streams, with one expert saying that "the...
Mar 19, 2025
Liberals lagging well behind other parties on nominating candidates as election looms
OTTAWA - With a federal election call expected any day now, the Liberal party is trailing well behind its rivals on nominating candidates. The Conservatives have nominated 275 candidates out of 343 ri...
Mar 18, 2025
Audit finds B.C.'s forest management hurt by flawed data without clear methodology
VICTORIA - An audit has found that British Columbia's government did not have a clear method for calculating the carbon being stored or released in provincial forests, which undermined the credibility...
Mar 18, 2025
Ayurvedic medicine tainted with heavy metals in B.C., linked to lead poisoning case
Fraser Health says a case of lead poisoning in Surrey, B.C., has been connected to unauthorized Ayurvedic alternative medicine, prompting a warning about the products being sold at a grocery store in ...
Mar 17, 2025
B.C. hydro rates to increase in 2025, 2026 but remain among lowest in North America
VANCOUVER _ British Columbia's energy minister says the province is setting annual rate increases for electricity for the next two years in response to rising demand for power and economic uncertainty...
Mar 17, 2025
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney to be featured on Canada Post stamp
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney will be featured on a stamp as part of Canada Post's 2025 lineup. Mulroney, who died last year, served as prime minister from 1984 to 1993. Canada Post sa...
Mar 17, 2025
B.C. police watchdog called after RCMP shoot, injure man suspected of carrying a gun
PENTICTON, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia's southern Interior say the province's police watchdog has been called in after a shooting involving an officer that sent one man to hospital with gunsho...
Mar 16, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Eby announces ending of provincial carbon tax
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's Premier David Eby says his government will repeal the province's carbon tax this legislative session, after new Prime Minister Mark Carney moved to eliminate the fede...
Mar 14, 2025
Here are the people making up Mark Carney's new Liberal cabinet
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has named a 24-member cabinet, a team of ministers who will lead during the coming federal election campaign. Here's a list of ministers and their portfolios: Domin...
Mar 14, 2025
Mark Carney and his cabinet to be sworn in at Rideau Hall this morning
OTTAWA - Mark Carney will be sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister this morning at Rideau Hall, where he will also reveal his cabinet. He officially takes over from Justin Trudeau as prime minister...
Mar 14, 2025