Economy, Law & Politics

Mario Canseco: Five years later, B.C. remains among most supportive of COVID-19 measures

New Research Co. polling reveals most approve of pandemic response, but skepticism persists among Conservatives, Albertans, younger men

Apr 3, 2025 6:00 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: Trump's incoherence makes responding to tariff wall tricky

Trump鈥檚 announcement was so incoherent that much of the rest of the world had to scramble to grasp even the basic details

Apr 3, 2025 5:15 AM Read more >

麻豆传媒映画police chief Adam Palmer joining RCMP

Internal RCMP document says Palmer will serve as an assistant commissioner.

Apr 2, 2025 7:33 PM Read more >

Trump's tariffs will fundamentally change global trading system: Carney

WASHINGTON 鈥� Prime Minister Mark Carney said Donald Trump's tariff regime will "fundamentally change the global trading system" after the U.S. president exempted Canada from his so-called "liberation day" tariff list unveiled on Wednesday.

Apr 2, 2025 7:15 PM Read more >

Double blow as S&P and Moody's downgrade B.C.'s credit rating again, citing deficit

VICTORIA 鈥� Credit rating agencies S&P and Moody's have both downgraded British Columbia's rating on the same day, citing the province's ballooning deficit and the apparent lack of a plan to dig the province out of its fiscal hole.

Apr 2, 2025 5:17 PM Read more >

Ejected Conservative candidate in B.C. defended Chinese government

It's not clear if the 2021 comments led to Lourence Singh's ouster as Conservative candidate for a Metro 麻豆传媒映画riding spanning three B.C. municipalities.

Apr 2, 2025 4:53 PM Read more >

Opinion: B.C.鈥檚 fiscal deterioration is accelerating, and a trade war won鈥檛 help

The rapid deterioration in B.C.鈥檚 finances since 2021 has drawn rising concern not only from taxpayers but from global credit rating agencies. Ratings agencies are yet to give their verdict on the 2025 Budget, but the news might not be good.

Apr 2, 2025 4:30 PM Read more >

Fire chief tells city council 麻豆传媒映画at 鈥榣ow risk鈥� for wildfires

Karen Fry on Stanley Park: 鈥淯nder extreme fire conditions, a wind-driven fire has the potential to impact 25 per cent of the park within 12 hours.鈥�

Apr 2, 2025 3:30 PM Read more >

Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S.

Apr 2, 2025 3:14 PM Read more >

'Liberation Day': A timeline of Donald Trump's trade war with Canada

For over a year before the November 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump had been signalling plans to impose across-the-board tariffs if he won the United States presidency. Trump was elected on Nov.

Apr 2, 2025 2:56 PM Read more >