The 2011 Cost of Eating in B.C. Report, released by the Dietitians of Canada – BC Region last week, showed no improvement for the average family. The Cost of Eating in B.C. has been published for over a decade to detail how much it costs for individuals and families in B.C. to access an adequate amount of food, to relate this...

Telus says it will invest $3 billion in advanced technology and new facilities in B.C. over the next three years, including a splashy new office and residential complex in downtown Vancouver that the company says will be a leader in green design. Telus President Darren Entwistle says much of the money will be spent on expanding...

In the first of a two-part interview, Rafe Mair grills BC NDP Leader Adrian Dix on private power, Site C Dam and BC's flawed environmental assessment process. What will the NDP do with existing and future private river power projects (a.k.a. IPPs) if they form the next government - and where do they stand on Site C Dam? Watch...

BC teachers must realize they will get NOWHERE with the Liberal government and school employers without job action and a major fight. They should learn from the mistreatment and suffering of BC’s paramedics at the hands of their employers and an intransigent  government under an expired contract since 2001. The paramedics’ ...

Former Vancouver councillor, mayoralty candidate and long-time housing activist Jim Green has died following a battle with cancer.. Green died peacefully at home with his family at 6:15 a.m. PST Tuesday, a statement issued by Mayor Gregor Robertson's office said. Green was battling a recurrence of the lung cancer he had two...

The weekend promos had heightened the anticipation; what I thought would be the Davis Cup of Politics--BC’s top-rated talk show host Bill Good vs. the province’s top ranked politician, Christy Clark--would take to the air in Vancouver Monday. Maybe not the match of the year, but hopefully some hard-hitting serves and returns,...

VICTORIA - Attorney General Shirley Bond has released this statement following court decision on the application to broadcast a Stanley Cup riot sentencing: "Making the justice system more transparent to British Columbians is an important public discussion. "Last June, brazen crimes were committed in public during the Stanley...

FortisBC is partnering with the BC Non-Profit Housing Association (BCNPHA) and other organizations that provide services to low income families to retrofit multi-family buildings in Kelowna and the South Okanagan with energy efficient lighting at no cost to the non-profit housing groups. “Upgrading to energy efficient lighting...

B.C. Premier Christy Clark was back in her old stomping grounds as the former radio talk show host to announce her government's priorities on Monday on the CKNW station. The move by Clark came a day before the start of the spring legislative session on Tuesday. During the 90-minute appearance on a private radio station in...

(Victoria, 9 February 2012) – IntegrityBC today released eight videos of B.C. Conservative party leader John Cummins responding to questions posed to him by British Columbians on the organization's Facebook page. Cummins responds to a variety of issues ranging from fears over a Conservative/Liberal vote split to the HST to ...