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A number of B.C. government bureaucrats are receiving performance-based salary increases. This comes as the province runs a multi-billion dollar deficit. Travis Prasad explains.

Conservationists are claiming the B.C. government has blocked access to the popular Walbran Valley on Vancouver Island, to everyone but logging companies. Paul Johnson reports.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says his condo buyout plan was the idea of the B.C. government. He admits he and the NDP provincial government have not done a good job of rolling out the program. Ben O’Hara-Byrne has the details.

The B.C. Government is explaining how a string of accounting errors occurred that led to a major mistake in forecasting natural gas revenue over the next five years. Aaron McArthur reports.

There is reaction to B.C.’s Information and Privacy Commissioner launching an investigation into the province shutting down its government directory. The closure raises questions about government transparency. Catherine Urquhart has more.

Controversy has erupted yet again over the B.C. government’s contentious wolf kill program, now that the government is considering renewing it for another five years. Paul Johnson reports.

The provincial government is expanding its provincial sales tax program to include professional services. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is calling on the BC government to reverse the decision saying the change will be a direct blow to business owners. Ben O’Hara-Byrne explains.

Jordan Armstrong speaks with Julian Somers, SFU professor and clinical psychologist, about the pol’s findings, which was commissioned by a group of residents and businesses opposed to a drug injection site on Helmcken.

Jordan Armstrong speaks with Rob Botterell, Saanich North and the Islands MLA, who has written a letter to Information and Privacy Commissioner Michael Harvey. That’s after the province said it was ending public access to the B.C. government directory due to cybersecurity concerns and employee privacy risks.

A B.C. gold mining company launched legal action against the provincial government after its mining rights on a remote North Coast island were taken away. Ben O’Hara-Byrne reports.

A new job posting for a six-figure salaried position in the BC civil service contains some requirements that have some folks raising their eyebrows: an “unwavering dedication” to supporting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and a pledge to undoing the impacts of “settler colonialism.” On today’s episode of “The Ben Mulroney Show,” Ben explores these...

B.C. officials provided a wildfire update on Tuesday morning. Erin Ubels has the latest on how many hectares have burned and why the next 48 hours are critical.

With the first Vancouver FIFA World Cup game less than two weeks away, there is uncertainty on the streets of Downtown Vancouver now that the B.C. government has paused the opening of an overdose prevention site. Kristen Robinson reports.

The Osoyoos Indian Band is in land negotiations with the BC Government. The chief confirms they’re not asking for the title to any private property, but a land swap for what he says is stolen land. Cohan Sassaman has the details.

As B.C. nurses ramp up targeted job action, pressure is mounting on the provincial government to reach a deal. Global News Morning discuss the political stakes of the labour dispute with UBC political science lecturer Stewart Prest.

With the deadline just days away for applying for or renewing for the B.C. government’s property tax deferral program, investment experts are once again sounding an alarm about the impact on many homeowners. And as Aaron McArthur reports, they say their warnings to the NDP government have been met with no response.

The provincial government announced on Tuesday that it has retained counsel to pursue legal action against OpenAI for its failure to notify law enforcement of threats made on its platform before the February mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School that left seven dead. “As the community continues to heal, our government remains focused on...

The Supreme Court of Canada will hear the B.C. government’s appeal of a lower court ruling in the Gitxaala case, a ruling that has major implications on how B.C.’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act and how it’s applied. Aaron McArthur reports.

A new report says that without investment in LNG and the TMX pipeline, damage from the Trump tariffs would have been much worse. And B.C. senior executives were given performance-based raises by the BC NDP government, which some are questioning as inappropriate.

The BC Conservatives are calling on the provincial government to support businesses affected by the U.S. trade war. This after a number of new tariffs were added in the last week from both Canada and the U-S. Ben O’Hara-Byrne has more.