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> In 2008, as the-then B.C. Liberal government was poised to bring in Canada's first carbon tax, the B.C. NDP staunchly opposed it, saying a climate plan should not tax consumers but target major industrial producers such as the gas, oil, cement and aluminum industries.
> B.C. government figures say conservation officers destroyed 603 black and 23 grizzly bears in 2023, while 154 black bears were killed by officers in the first six months of this year.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada says this year's Fraser River sockeye salmon run is 2nd lowest on record
> Some candidates say they're too moderate to support the B.C. Conservatives but oppose the NDP
New employment standards for people who work through gig-based apps like Uber, DoorDash, Skip the Dishes and Lyft come into effect in British Columbia on Sept 3. While the regulations include a minimum wage of $20.88, workers' compensation coverage, and measures for pay transparency, some gig workers are still skeptical. . . . According to the province, the new regulations will set employment standards for the approximately 46,000 ride-hailing and delivery workers in B.C. Experts say the rules define app-based gig workers under existing B.C. labour laws, and establish a new way for the province to hold apps accountable as employers. Critics say the rules won't mean fair compensation for ride-hailing and delivery workers.
pressprogress.ca
> The BC Conservative party’s official “climate policy” explicitly rejects the idea that climate change is a “crisis.” > In August 2022, Rustad retweeted a tweet from prominent climate science denier Patrick Moore casting doubt on climate science.: “The case for CO2 being the control knob of global temperature gets weaker every day,” said the tweet amplified by Rustad, adding that people should “celebrate C02.”
thenarwhal.ca
A relatively new industry is taking off in British Columbia, as forestry companies set their sights on logging burn zones after wildfires. It’s called salvage logging — and it may disrupt forests’ abilities to naturally recover from fires. B.C. rules allow companies to remove the last remaining living trees from burn zones. Those trees can offer critical support for healing ecosystems. Now some experts and affected communities, including First Nations, are raising the alarm and calling for more selective logging practices.
*A Tyee exclusive: Coastal GasLink intel was shared with the Indigenous Relations Ministry during high-stakes talks.* B.C. says it violated its own privacy laws when it gathered personal information from Coastal GasLink about “various individuals” involved in a high-profile conflict over the controversial pipeline project. The province did not say how Coastal GasLink obtained the personal information, nor did it provide details about who was affected, instead arguing in documents filed with B.C.’s information and privacy watchdog, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, that releasing further information could exacerbate the breach and harm its relationship with the Wet’suwet’en Nation’s hereditary leadership. [MBFC](https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-tyee/) [Archive](https://archive.is/TFUvp)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/27499354 > My name is Emily and I am participating in the Assignment Saving Lives initiative, and I thought why not reach out here? I am competing against other post secondary students throughout Canada to recruit new and current blood, plasma, and platelet donors. I have been an active blood donation advocate for years and am currently the CBS president at my university. If you are interested in becoming one, or if you currently are, please use this link to join my team through the official CBS website! Let's work together as a community to restock Canadas blood bank!! Your donation matters and WILL save a life, and also helps me get a chance at a scholarship <3 feel free to comment any questions or remove this if you'd like, no hard feelings (I get it) :)
Last month the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation took its “Debt Clock” on a tour of British Columbia to draw attention to the province’s mounting debt. The debt is currently $112 billion and rising by $53 million per week – faster than any other provincial government’s. That’s $20,000 for every British Columbian. The NDP-run province’s credit rating is “plummeting,” according to outside experts, driving up the interest rate it pays on new debt. It is spending $4 billion a year on interest and will soon pay more. The NDP’s uncontrolled spending is a big part of the problem. In 2002, Campbell’s Liberal government forecast operational spending of $25.6 billion. Horgan’s first budget forecast spending of $53.6 billion. Eby’s government forecasts spending of $92.7 billion in 2026-2027, a 73 percent increase in only a decade. The NDP will have nearly tripled B.C.’s debt in only a decade – from $45.2 billion in Horgan’s first budget to a projected $126.5 billion in 2026-2027. Including Crown corporations, total provincial debt will have more than doubled from $69.4 billion to $165 billion.
Max Paulhus says he could hear wood breaking and a roaring sound before an approaching surge of water raced down the Fraser River after breaking free from a landslide upstream. Paulhus lives in Lillooet, B.C., and is one of several Fraser River community residents and business operators who described watching the power of water and debris churning from the Chilcotin River landslide towards British Columbia's Lower Mainland. "You could hear an abnormal sound coming from the river," said Paulhus, the Lillooet and District Rescue Society chief. "You could hear that noise. You could hear branches breaking. It was almost like a roar." Others downstream at Lytton and at the Hell's Gate Airtram said they could also hear the river's flow as the water and debris passed through Tuesday afternoon and evening.
www.timescolonist.com
> British Columbia's Opposition BC United says it wants to include the party's previous Liberal name on the fall election ballot after internal polling shows up to 30 per cent of people didn't know the party changed its name.
Lots of people quit with it 2 years ago, some people ignored all restrictions from fhe beginning. There is some concern that this announcement is political theatre because everyone in public health employment still must disclose their status for getting injections. Binnie make this announcement that it's ending, it's over, and the thousands if hospital staff that never got one injection can apply to be doctors and nurses again, but must disclose status, what changes then? If it's really ending, then they can all be imediately re-hired without asking any health queations.
