Provincial Politics

Les Leyne: Tariffs will ravage red-ink budget

When tariffs slammed into place Tuesday, the immediate impact was to shred most of the forecasts in the budget before it was even introduced

Mar 5, 2025 4:00 AM Read more >

Kirk LaPointe: B.C. budget can't dodge economic beating as tariffs land heavy punches

Premier David Eby faces tough reality as trade war commences

Mar 4, 2025 4:00 PM Read more >

Rob Shaw: Hiring freeze? Not for BC NDP insiders

While key public service jobs go unfilled, provincial government expands its comms machine

Mar 4, 2025 8:00 AM Read more >

Kirk LaPointe: Rustad's biggest test will be proving he's premier material

BC Conservatives celebrated at party's largest-ever convention, but leadership tensions bubble below the surface

Mar 3, 2025 1:00 PM Read more >

Rob Shaw: B.C. bracing for one of its weirdest, wildest budgets in history

Finance Minister Brenda Bailey faces impossible choices as economic turmoil escalates and NDP scraps promises, protects core services, bets on contingencies

Mar 3, 2025 8:00 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: Conservatives rally in Nanaimo, fight among selves but back Rustad

Delegates at the B.C. Conservative AGM spent the day rallying against the NDP government, but also got feisty among themselves.

Mar 2, 2025 3:30 AM Read more >

Rob Shaw: While Eby fixates on Trump, B.C. struggles with a health-care crisis

NDP faced week of distractions, deflections and damage control

Feb 28, 2025 8:00 AM Read more >

Adrian Raeside cartoon: The B.C. Conservatives are having a family spat

Feb 27, 2025 1:00 AM Read more >

Rob Shaw: BC Conservatives learn how not to handle a Trump controversy

Opposition party's first free vote a masterclass in losing control of a political narrative

Feb 26, 2025 8:30 AM Read more >

Rob Shaw: B.C. ships dirty American coal but NDP scoffs at leveraging it

The province’s big opportunity to push back on Trump’s tariffs is being ignored for political reasons

Feb 25, 2025 8:00 AM Read more >