Four years ago, Ken Sim and his centre-right ABC Vancouver party swept to power in the 2022 civic election, securing a supermajority on Vancouver City Council.
Ottawa, October 16, 2026) The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) announced Wednesday it has granted MiningWatch Canada leave to intervene in the Gitxaała Nation’s historic challenge of British Columbia’s mining claim regime. The SCC case is the culmination of Gitxaała’s ground-breaking legal challenge against British Columbia’s “free entry” mineral claim staking regime and mineral claims granted by the B.C. government in Gitxaała territory.
As council hopefuls promise to find ‘efficiencies,’ one outgoing mayor says there’s no more fat to cut.
It’s a fresh fall morning in Powell River, and the city’s aquatic centre is open for swimming. Sunlight beams through hemisphere windows, across three shared wide lines. A lifeguard watches as swimmers work on their front crawl and breaststroke.
Canadian climate movement tells Carney what we’re for & what we’re against; and news on another emergency – the poison drug crisis
Prime Minister Carney has said, “Don’t tell me what you are against; tell me what you are for.” Well, with respect to the first part – tough! Telling the truth about the climate emergency requires saying “No” to new fossil fuel infrastructure. But with respect to the second request – done!
As Fortis expands its facility along the Fraser, local air pollution is expected to worsen.
Emissions from the site of a recently approved LNG expansion in Metro Vancouver are projected to exceed Canadian ambient air quality standards for nitrogen dioxide, a harmful pollutant, according to company reports.
Website editor: Here is a comprehensive, thorough short interview with Stephen Quinn of the Early Edition.
Oct. 5, 2026
We speak with Thomas Green, senior manager of climate solutions with the David Suzuki Foundation about the recent provincial and federal energy announcements.
Announcing funding to prepare BC for oil spills is ‘a warning sign all on its own,’ UBCIC women’s rep says.
Ending months of speculation, today the Carney government designated the West Coast oil pipeline a project of national interest, sidestepping environmental safeguards that have been in place for decades and charting a course that could irrevocably alter the Salish Sea.
Despite Eby’s ‘buy Canadian’ focus, a firm with MAGA connections is the likely contract winner.
At a time when British Columbia Premier David Eby is championing buying Canadian, BC Ferries may be preparing to enter a multi-year agreement to buy fuel from an American-owned company with strong ties to U.S. President Donald Trump and the governing Republicans.
