Search and rescue off to a busy start in 2019
Two months into the new year, Nicola Valley Search and Rescue (NVSAR) teams have already...
Tag: B.C. budget
B.C. BUDGET: Indigenous communities promised billions from gambling
The B.C. government is following through with its commitment to share B.C. Lottery Corp....
B.C. BUDGET: Carbon tax boosts low-income credits, electric vehicle subsidies
B.C.’s carbon tax is set to increase again April 1, with rising revenues directed away from...
FLETCHER: Our not-so-New Democrats
My first question was answered quickly when reporters and “stakeholders” were sworn to...
BC BUDGET: Liberals blast ‘tax and spend’ plan
Payroll tax, carbon tax increase threaten growth, opposition critics say. The NDP minority...
B.C. BUDGET: Surpluses predicted for three years
Tax revenues up, ICBC losses weigh heavily on provincial books. The NDP minority government will...
B.C. BUDGET: Payroll tax replaces medical premiums
Health spending to increase $1.5 billion for drugs, primary care teams. The B.C. government will...
B.C. BUDGET: More for wildfire recovery, campsites
NDP government to hire 20 more Conservation Officers this year. The B.C. government is adding $72...
NDP’s first budget to set spending record for housing, child care
The B.C. NDP government’s first budget will include “the largest investments in housing and child...
Lower student loan interest rates in B.C. budget
By: Cam Fortems (Kamloops This Week) Students still in school and those already graduated will pay...
B.C. budget 2016 includes trimming of property transfer tax
New homes worth up to $750,000 are exempt from B.C.’s property transfer tax under changes in the...
