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Clearing work on the Site C dam project near Fort St. John, 2016. Work has gone on for two years, with $1.7 billion spent and more than 2,000 people working. (BC HYDRO)

UPDATE: Weaver’s claims of Site C road damage denied

BC Hydro says sweatlodge, burial ground accommodated

Clearing work on the Site C dam project near Fort St. John, 2016. Work has gone on for two years, with $1.7 billion spent and more than 2,000 people working. (BC HYDRO)
Fast charging station in Squamish (MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINES)

B.C. Liberals pitch electric car stations

Christy Clark government facing defeat in legislature after throne speech

Fast charging station in Squamish (MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINES)
A getaway in the Nelson area. (FACEBOOK)

B.C. recreational property market rebounds

Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley residents cash out, head for the hills

A getaway in the Nelson area. (FACEBOOK)
B.C. Liberal Social Development Minister Michelle Stilwell (Black Press files)

B.C. Liberals plan to restrict donations, raise welfare rates

Throne speech set for Thursday, government would fall on opposition vote

B.C. Liberal Social Development Minister Michelle Stilwell (Black Press files)
Premier Christy Clark takes cabinet oath from Lt. Gov. Judith Guichon last week, along with 21 ministers. (TOM FLETCHER/BLACK PRESS)

Skookum bucks for B.C. Liberals

Wait until you see Christy Clark’s next money move

Premier Christy Clark takes cabinet oath from Lt. Gov. Judith Guichon last week, along with 21 ministers. (TOM FLETCHER/BLACK PRESS)
B.C. Liberal house leader Mike de Jong is sworn in by Lt. Gov. Judith Guichon Monday. (B.C. GOVERNMENT)

B.C. Liberals could stall all summer, Weaver warns

Mike de Jong says NDP-Green deal ‘very much in doubt’

B.C. Liberal house leader Mike de Jong is sworn in by Lt. Gov. Judith Guichon Monday. (B.C. GOVERNMENT)
UPDATE: Horgan, Weaver cry foul on speaker stance

UPDATE: Horgan, Weaver cry foul on speaker stance

Demand Premier Christy Clark cooperate with opposition

UPDATE: Horgan, Weaver cry foul on speaker stance
NDP leader John Horgan and Victoria MLAs Carole James and Rob Fleming visit a townhouse project with units set aside for below-market housing, built in 1996. (TOM FLETCHER/BLACK PRESS)

John Horgan protests delay in housing reform

Christy Clark renews warning about Site C delays

NDP leader John Horgan and Victoria MLAs Carole James and Rob Fleming visit a townhouse project with units set aside for below-market housing, built in 1996. (TOM FLETCHER/BLACK PRESS)
Site C dam delay would be disaster for John Horgan’s NDP

Site C dam delay would be disaster for John Horgan’s NDP

Putting off Peace River diversion would cost $630 million

Site C dam delay would be disaster for John Horgan’s NDP
Site C dam delay would be disaster for John Horgan’s NDP

Site C dam delay would be disaster for John Horgan’s NDP

Putting off Peace River diversion would cost $630 million

Site C dam delay would be disaster for John Horgan’s NDP
B.C. Liberal house leader Mike de Jong and Premier Christy Clark speak after MLAs took their oaths of office last week. (TOM FLETCHER/BLACK PRESS) Premier Christy Clark takes oath of office from Lt. Gov. Judith Guichon at ceremony for cabinet ministers in Victoria Monday (TOM FLETCHER/BLACK PRESS)

‘Urban agenda’ means no transit referendum

Christy Clark’s new cabinet may not last long

B.C. Liberal house leader Mike de Jong and Premier Christy Clark speak after MLAs took their oaths of office last week. (TOM FLETCHER/BLACK PRESS) Premier Christy Clark takes oath of office from Lt. Gov. Judith Guichon at ceremony for cabinet ministers in Victoria Monday (TOM FLETCHER/BLACK PRESS)
Author John Weston at a book launch event in Toronto. He’s signing copies at West Vancouver Library June 13, 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Leadership lessons forged from politics

Book review: On! Achieving Excellence in Leadership

Author John Weston at a book launch event in Toronto. He’s signing copies at West Vancouver Library June 13, 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Inside the NDP-Green governing agreement

Inside the NDP-Green governing agreement

Raise carbon tax, cut MSP premiums and raise minimum wage to $15

Inside the NDP-Green governing agreement
VIDEO: BC NDP and Green Party intend to form minority government

VIDEO: BC NDP and Green Party intend to form minority government

The leaders of the BC Greens and the BC NDP agree to work together

VIDEO: BC NDP and Green Party intend to form minority government
Premier Christy Clark greets Lt. Governor Judith Guichon for the reading of the government’s throne speech, 2013. Guichon will have a pivotal role if the final vote count leaves a minority parliament in B.C.

UPDATE: Final vote counts coming in, no seat changes yet

Recount in Courtenay-Comox leaves 13-vote NDP lead

Premier Christy Clark greets Lt. Governor Judith Guichon for the reading of the government’s throne speech, 2013. Guichon will have a pivotal role if the final vote count leaves a minority parliament in B.C.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and B.C. Premier Christy Clark were ready to proceed with the Trans Mountain pipeline twinning project.

Don’t hold Alberta ‘hostage,’ Rachel Notley warns

No provincial government can interfere with interprovincial project like Trans Mountain pipeline, Alberta premier says

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and B.C. Premier Christy Clark were ready to proceed with the Trans Mountain pipeline twinning project.
Supporters raise hands

BC VIEWS: This is your election on TV

Policies with big risks are put to voters, and our media cover it like it's a sporting event

Supporters raise hands
Larger than normal snowpacks in the Central Interior

Most of B.C. braces for big spring runoff

Rainstorms through the weekend on top of higher than normal snowpacks in Interior, Okanagan and Kootenay regions

Larger than normal snowpacks in the Central Interior
B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver introduces 'the first Green caucus in North America

BC Greens begin talks with other parties

Andrew Weaver says his first priority for co-operating with other parties is political donation reform

B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver introduces 'the first Green caucus in North America
BC NDP leader John Horgan

ELECTION 2017: Unstable minority unlikely to last

Greens’ Andrew Weaver will want to see carbon tax increased

BC NDP leader John Horgan