Politics

The last few weeks and months have been a turbulent time for the mayors of Canada’s three largest cities… well actually, all except one.

Can Liquefied Natural Gas be a viable industry in BC?

After winning a majority government in May’s B.C. general election, Christy Clark has unveiled her new cabinet of 19 Ministers.

Premier Christy Clark will run in the riding Westside-Kelowna after the Ben Stewart stepped aside so that she could have a seat in the legislature. If Christy Clark is elected, she would be the third Premier to represent Kelowna and the Okanagan in the legislature after both WAC Bennett and Bill Bennett held ridings in the Okanagan during their time as Premier.

With weeks of the Senate expense scandal dominating the federal conversation, opposition parties continued to pressure the government for answers during Monday’s Question Period.

Any week in which the people closest to Rob Ford are imploring him to seek treatment for his unverified crack predilection is a good week to talk about Drug Policy. You see, Rob Ford is the ultra-conservative mayor of Toronto and his idea of fighting drug use focuses largely on law enforcement and can be fairly criticized for downplaying more holistic, evidence-based harm reduction strategies. The same, unfortunately, can be said about our federal drug policies.

With the B.C. Liberals re-elected, Metro Vancouver residents are expected to vote in a referendum on a new funding mechanism for TransLink in the November 2014 municipal elections.

November 3, 1948 the Chicago Tribune infamously prejudged the outcome of the presidential election and declared Thomas Dewey the victor over Harry Truman, fast forward 65 years and much like the people at the Chicago Tribune, the pundits prejudged the outcome of this election and were confronted with an outcome they never thought could happen.

On Tuesday evening, the B.C. Liberals were awarded their fourth majority mandate, despite polls which showed the NDP sweeping the vote.