Kash Heed, a long-time law enforcement official and MLA, is calling for the legalization and taxation of cannabis to better protect communities and reduce related organized crime activity resulting from the illegal marijuana trade.   Heed shared his experiences Thursday about the devastating consequences of cannabis prohibition, based on his 31 years in law enforcement […]

Well known entertainers from Canada and the United States, including Mark Ruffalo, Daryl Hannah, Michael Moore, Ellen Page, Pamela Anderson, Peter Keleghan and Tantoo Cardinal have added their names to the growing number of supporters of the Defend Our Coast mass sit-in on October 22nd in Victoria, B.C. to oppose tar sands ...

The following is a press release issued by the Port Coquitlam RCMP: Lower Mainland District: A team of investigators lead by the Coquitlam RCMP’s Serious Crime section is sifting through thousands of tips that have come into the amandatoddinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca inbox since Oct. 12. “The outpouring of support, emotion and information is literally overwhelming,” said Sergeant Peter […]

When the B.C. Court of Appeal struck down the government's not-so-subtle attempt to stifle citizens with its ill-advised “gag” law this month, it was only a partial victory.   Regrettably, the Court never had the chance to consider the multitude of contradictions and loopholes that exist in the B.C. Election Act, most of which...

Vancouver-based Telus announced Monday the company is will no longer charge a $35 activation fee for new customers or a $25 equipment exchange fee for renewing customers who purchase a new device. Telus claims it’s the first telecommunications company to waive the activation fee. “The wireless industry and competitive landscape have changed over the years […]

By: Jordan Bateman, British Columbia Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation It seems the further you get away from Vancouver, the more hated the carbon tax becomes. The B.C. government has sent its Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services around the province to hear submissions on what should be included...

BC has a confirmed case of E. coli O157:H7, the same strain of E. coli observed in the XL Food Inc. food safety investigation said the BC Centre of Disease Control in a written statement Monday. The BC Centre of Disease Control, receiving confirmation of the lab test, has been working in partnership with the […]

The public is reminded that, despite cooler temperatures in recent days, drought-like conditions persist in many of the Southeast Fire Centre’s fire zones. An open-burning prohibition has been in effect in the Southeast Fire Centre since July 13, and will remain in effect until the public is otherwise notified. Category 3 open fires are banned […]

I recently returned from a whirlwind tour across northern BC, one of many legs of filming for a documentary and multi-media project I've been co-directing for the past year and a half, called Fractured Land. The people we spoke to along the way, the sights we witnessed and documented finally brought into focus the real ...

It is estimated that over 22,000 women in Canada will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and nearly ten times as many in the United States. Almost a quarter of these people will die. Nobody knows why. Yes, there are established risk factors, such as early commencement of menstruation, never breastfeeding a child, late […]