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B.C. throne speech focuses on trade, teachers

B.C. throne speech focuses on trade, teachers

Premier Christy Clark opens legislature session offering progress on LNG, aboriginal partnership and labour peace with teachers
Global warming 'slowed by pollution'

Global warming 'slowed by pollution'

Climate scientist Andrew Weaver says variations from climate predictions relate to the rise of Asia and its higher air pollution rates
Legal aid gets rare boost for family cases

Legal aid gets rare boost for family cases

Victoria and Vancouver now have staff lawyers, pilot program to expand to three other B.C. centres to handle parent disputes
Province pledges e-cigarette regulation if feds won't act

Province pledges e-cigarette regulation if feds won't act

Health minister stresses need for sale restrictions, non-committal on extending smoking bans to 'vaping'
B.C. cities demand greater oil pipeline scrutiny, safety

B.C. cities demand greater oil pipeline scrutiny, safety

Kinder Morgan pipeline twinning draws resolutions from Burnaby, Vancouver and Victoria at UBCM convention
Premier wants municipal pay to be election issue

Premier wants municipal pay to be election issue

Christy Clark says she'll wait until after November elections to talk with new councils about reining in pay for union, management staff
Province floats gas tax shift to ferries

Province floats gas tax shift to ferries

Transportation Minister Todd Stone's idea for BC Ferries funding called 'red herring'
Cities want licensed medical marijuana grows revealed

Cities want licensed medical marijuana grows revealed

Public safety tops pot privacy concerns for municipal leaders in UBCM debate
Horgan blasts 'shoddy' municipal pay study

Horgan blasts 'shoddy' municipal pay study

NDP leader John Horgan says leaked report on generous pay hikes 'an insult' to councils before their November elections
Community agrees to work together for solutions in wake of grizzly shooting death

Community agrees to work together for solutions in wake of grizzly shooting death

A grizzly bear shot downtown last week has once again brought the issue of human-wildlife conflicts to the forefront.