Although wages for senior ministry staff soared as Premier Christy Clark introduced her new cabinet last week, Finance Minister Mike de Jong said with the pay scale restructuring, the overall staff budget is not increasing.
A cycling tragedy last month has prompted a petition aiming to increase bike safety on the Stanley Park Causeway.
ONE of Premier Christy Clark's frustrations for the past two years has been her struggle to put a new face on her government, to clearly show she was in charge and that there was a clear separation from the Gordon Campbell era.
Premier Christy Clark's government recently ramped up its election promise to hammer out a 10-year collective agreement between the British Columbia Teachers' Federation and the B.C. Public School Employers' Association, but the local teachers' union president says it's a bad plan.
Delta won't be going though a costly byelection to fill Scott Hamilton's council seat.
One of Premier Christy Clark's frustrations for the past two years has been her struggle to put a new face on her government, to clearly show she was in charge and that there was a clear separation from the Gordon Campbell era.
Delta won't be going though a costly by-election to fill Scott Hamilton's council seat.
One of Premier Christy Clark's frustrations for the past two years has been her struggle to put a new face on her government, to clearly show she was in charge and that there was a clear separation from the Gordon
One of Premier Christy Clark's frustrations for the past two years has been her struggle to put a new face on her government, to clearly show she was in charge and that there was a clear separation from the Gordon Campbell era.
One of Premier Christy Clark's frustrations for the past two years has been her struggle to put a new face on her government, to clearly show she was in charge and that there was a clear separation from the Gordon Campbell era.
Now that the provincial election is behind us, the crew at the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce hopes Christy Clark's government will act on its commitment to shrink B.C.'s deficit, and also do something about skilled labour shortages and that pesky PST.
One of Premier Christy Clark's frustrations for the past two years has been her struggle to put a new face on her government, to clearly show she was in charge and that there was a clear separation from the Gordon Campbell era.
Both of Langley's MLAs, plus two more with Langley connections, will be at the cabinet table in Victoria.
Three of Surrey's eight MLAs now hold cabinet positions after they were sworn in Monday.
Chilliwack-Hope's new MLA didn't make it into Premier Christy Clark's inner cabinet circle announced Friday, but Laurie Throness was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General for Corrections.
NORTH Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA Naomi Yamamoto was named as minister of state for tourism and small business in Premier Christy Clark's new cabinet Friday, while veteran West Vancouver-Capilano MLA Ralph Sultan was conspicuously absent from the roster.