Provincial Politics

Opposition Liberals have forestry plan

PRINCE GEORGE - It was a show of force. Fifteen MLA's from rural BC all gathered to talk issues in their ridings and all of rural BC. Not surprisingly, the crisis in forestry was top of mind. The grou...

Jul 15, 2019 Liberal Rural Caucus

Alberta to hold $2.5-million public inquiry into funding for oilsands foes

CALGARY - The Alberta government is holding a public inquiry into funding of environmental campaigns it says have prevented the province's resources from getting to new customers. Premier Jason K...

Jul 04, 2019

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

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

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

Alberta legislature session to begin under new Premier Jason Kenney

EDMONTON - The Alberta legislature is to start a new session today with a lot of new faces and a new government in charge. Premier Jason Kenney and the 63 members of his United Conservative caucu...

May 21, 2019

MLA Shirley Bond introduces bill to bring more AEDs to the city

PRINCE GEORGE- MLA Shirley Bond introduced her first private members' bill- the Defibrillator Public Access Act.Over 40,000 Canadians go into cardiac arrest annually. When CPR and AEDs are used togeth...

May 17, 2019