The British Columbia government is preparing to spend "lots" of money to advertise Premier Christy Clark's jobs strategy, Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Minister Pat Bell said today. Read more…

The British Columbia government is planning an advertising campaign to promote Premier Christy Clark's jobs plan. Read more…

Four months ago, mainstream media was in a frenzy after a young journalist quit his senior position as CTV's Quebec City Bureau Chief, and felt it his duty to tell us why. While refreshing for many, Kai Nagata's outspoken denouncement of mainstream media in favour of public interest journalism falls into a strong tradition of activism for media reform in Canada over the past few decades. Learn more about Media Democracy Days, 2011. Read more…

It is unclear why a British Columbia government guide incorrectly said there is a ban on promoting gay tourism in China, but he's sorry it happened, the province's jobs, tourism and innovation minister Pat Bell said yesterday. Read more…

A British Columbia government guide for tourism companies hoping to attract Chinese business says they must not promote gay tourism. Read more…

A Vancouver researcher said he was surprised to learn recently that the British Columbia government is withholding its responses to certain freedom of information requests from its open information website. Read more…

More than 30 candidates running for Vancouver council or mayor vied to be the "last candidate standing" in a raucous competition of speechifying decided by cheers from a full house crowd last night. When it was over the winner was…Occupy Vancouver. Read more…

Independent investigative reporter Sean Holman is suspending publication of the British Columbia politics website Public Eye. Read more…

OTTAWA - The Conservatives want the CBC to turn over its internal files for a Commons committee to review, potentially including information on journalistic sources. Read more…

The Tyee last night received two Canadian Online Publishing Awards, a gold for best online-only article or series of articles, and a silver for best news coverage. Read more…

Losers, hooligans, cult followers, hypocrites and STD-carriers. These were some of ways that Sun News Network hosts Ezra Levant and Jacqui Delaney described Occupy Canada activists in downtown Toronto. Read more…

A media company The Tyee identified two years ago as well placed to expand has bought the Victoria Times Colonist and several community newspapers from Postmedia Network Inc.. Read more…

The Canadian Online Publishing Awards has announced its finalists, and The Tyee has received four nomination nods. Read more…

The B.C. government has the slowest provincial response rate for freedom of information requests in Canada, according to a new audit released Tuesday by Newspapers Canada. Read more…

Conservative Leader John Cummins said the attack ads the BC Liberals released today show the governing party is worried about his party's rise. Read more…

The British Columbia Liberal Party is attacking Conservative Leader John Cummins as "unprincipled" in radio ads released today. Read more…

It’s one of the biggest files contained in the City of Vancouver’s Sept. 9 online dump of Freedom of Information documents related to the riot-ruined Stanley Cup fan zone. “Stanley Cup Citizen Feedback” is a 73-page compilation of comments made to the 3-1-1 hotline and via email by people around Metro Vancouver and North America. Read more…

An organization of young people masquerading as Environment Canada created a fake Environment Canada webpage and sent pretend news releases to Canadian media with the aim of showcasing the government’s inactivity on climate change. Read more…

Selling the HST, a tax supporters said would help British Columbia's economy, provided a financial boost to media companies in the province and elsewhere. Read more…

The Tyee's free smartphone app receives nod from leading trade publication for Canadian magazines. Read more…