3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (874+ words) British Columbia Premier David Eby invoked the memory of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and Canadian efforts to help their "closest friend" as he voiced support for Ottawa's counter tariffs in the trade conflict with the United States on Tuesday. Eby said…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1123+ words) A Landsat 9 image of the McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna, BC. Image courtesy: The US Geological Survey Josh Johnston, a senior research scientist at the Canadian Forest Service, grins when he shows off the tattoo on his lower arm....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (402+ words) Five legislators who quit the BC Conservatives will be part of a new party that aims to offer a "stable, serious alternative" to the governing NDP, after weeks of upheaval in the official Opposition. Rosalyn Bird, Bruce Banman and A'a:…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (718+ words) Oil giant Suncor won't need an environmental impact assessment before treating and dumping millions of litres of tar sand tailings into the Athabasca River. In a July letter recently obtained by Canada's National Observer, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) said…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1213+ words) On a recent summer Friday, nearly a dozen students logged on for their online literature class. It was a group of mostly young women joining from different parts of Afghanistan, eagerly waiting for their turn to discuss a story they…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (632+ words) BC Conservative Party Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay is refuting allegations of criminal wrongdoing and has fired her chief of staff as the party continues to implode. In a statement on Wednesday, the former federal minister said allegations that she offered some…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (193+ words) It’s easy to see why BC Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay canceled a caucus meeting planned for Monday. It’s tough to rally what’s left of your troops when there’s still a flood of them beating it to the door. Since Findlay…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (857+ words) The Liberals swept a trio of federal byelections on Monday night, adding one more member to the ranks of their majority government and picking up a seat that had been held by the Conservatives since 2018. The Tories posted a disappointing…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (178+ words) A man in prison for killing two Saskatchewan Mounties 20 years ago is set to have a court hearing today over the fate of his pickup truck. Prosecutors have filed an application to have the blue 1986 GMC 1500 belonging to 61-year-old Curtis…...