Credit to Author: Stephen Snelgrove| Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 02:06:41 +0000
OPINION: There is no begging yet from Dr. Bonnie Henry and Minister Adrian Dix. But the mood is increasingly sombre at their daily briefings, especially because of the growing number of deaths
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Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 02:17:25 +0000
As clerk, Kate Ryan-Lloyd is effectively the CEO of the legislature, overseeing 330 staff that allow the building to function and support MLAs in crafting and debating legislation.
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Credit to Author: Stephen Snelgrove| Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 02:29:15 +0000
OPINION: ““Upon reflection, I realize my comments were not worded well. To be clear, I acknowledge and respect Fraser Health’s decision to ensure that federal law is upheld and all citizens are given access to medical assistance in dying”
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Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 02:26:07 +0000
OPINION: “I’m doing my level best to try and find that balance between the absolute requirement of dissent in a democratic society, but also ensuring that people don’t behave in an unlawful manner that disrupts the lives of other people who did not ask to participate in the debate but are drawn into it”
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Credit to Author: Lynn Mitges| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 21:45:23 +0000
The arrests are not related to a B.C. Supreme Court injunction that prohibits anyone from blocking, physically obstructing or intimidating people entering the legislature building.
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Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 03:02:37 +0000
OPINION: Provincial, federal and First Nations representatives met in Vancouver on Friday to sign the 30-year partnership agreement to rescue the caribou. Horgan did not attend. Perhaps he didn’t want to be there for a ceremony confirming that his outreach to the northeast had mostly left the community sitting on the sidelines
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Credit to Author: Stephen Snelgrove| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 03:02:42 +0000
OPINION: Premier Horgan stands accused of picking and choosing which clauses in the UN declaration to respect, though he insists his legislation was never intended to be applied to a project whose approval predates his time in office
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Credit to Author: Stephen Snelgrove| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 01:57:11 +0000
OPINION: “I’m not going to accept responsibility for the decisions that the hereditary leaders are taking (or) for the positions they’re adopting. I do accept responsibility, as head of the government of B.C. that I stand ready to work with the hereditary leadership to find a peaceful resolution to this issue”
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Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 01:49:46 +0000
OPINION: For a small and determined group of zealots, a politician’s home is fair game. If they also get to shake up members of his or her family, that’s a bonus
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Credit to Author: Stephen Snelgrove| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 02:20:06 +0000
OPINION: The dismay cemented impressions that with this year’s underwhelming budget and throne speech, Premier Horgan has given up all thought of calling an early election
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