For the second year in a row, Premier Christy Clark publicly issued her cabinet ministers individual mandate letters on June 10, the anniversary of their swearing-in.

While these letters contain political slogans ("Strong Economy, Secure Tomorrow") and rhetoric about balancing budgets, the point-form orders do offer a glimpse into what's to come. Read more…

With the federal government's ruling on the Northern Gateway pipeline reportedly imminent, The Tyee asked its readers this week to predict the result. Read more…

With the federal government's decision on Enbridge's Northern Gateway oil tanker and pipeline proposal expected within the next week, the political hot potato is definitely back in B.C. Premier Christy Clark's lap. Read more…

It's that time of year again, when local governments across B.C. grit their teeth and post their annual statements of financial information for all and sundry. Depending upon your perspective, they're either a veritable treasure trove of news stories or a minefield of PR disasters waiting to happen. Read more…

"ESL matters!" chanted the crowd of over 800 who rallied at Vancouver Community College this week in protest of the federal government's decision to cut $17 million in funding from English as a Second Language programs across the province. Read more…

A possible strike by two unions that represent tug boat crews against Seaspan, the company that provides 70 per cent of tug service within Port Metro Vancouver, was temporarily averted this week, with one of the two unions involved -- the Canadian Merchant Service Guild, which represents captains and other officers -- agreeing to binding arbitration at the urging of the federal labour minister. Read more…

A former Ministry of Environment bureaucrat who was instrumental in planning British Columbia's new privatized recycling scheme registered in early May to lobby the government for three clients.  Read more…

As it did in 2011 with the People's Order of B.C., this week The Tyee asked its readers who should receive the Order of B.C., the province's "highest honour." Read more…

Police confirmed they raided the East Vancouver home of four activists this week, but would not comment on residents' allegations that two of 16 officers pointed handguns at residents during a search related to "No Pipelines" graffiti. Read more…

Wondering what U.S. President Barack Obama's new greenhouse gas rule would mean if applied to Canada? According to this Tyee editor, it turned out to be surprisingly hard to make anything but an apples-to-rutabagas comparison. Read more…

This week, The Tyee asked readers whether they support the rotating strikes begun by the B.C. Teachers' Federation on Monday.

More than 1,400 responses to the poll had been been recorded by Friday morning, with 89 per cent of respondents answering "yes." In comments, several key issues came up repeatedly on both sides of the debate. Read more…

Besides the eclectic grouping of real estate marketing mogul Bob Rennie, former Vancouver Canucks' coach and general manager Pat Quinn and writer/multimedia artist Douglas Coupland, the class of 2014 Order of B.C. recipients is notable because it represents a combined $2 million in direct and indirect donations to the BC Liberal Party since 2005. Read more…

John Horgan is the latest in a long line of B.C. New Democratic party leaders -- the fourteenth since the mid-1950s, when the modern B.C. party system crystallized into clear two party competition. His challenge is to find a way to lead the party to office. The evidence suggests it is not going to be easy, or perhaps even likely. Read more…

In an unprecedented move, the U.S. pipeline regulator has imposed two additional conditions on the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, including the hiring of a "third party inspection company" to monitor TransCanada's performance. Read more…

A Vancouver digital advertising agency has reaped the benefits of the BC Liberals' 2013 election win. Read more…

Is the BC Liberal government cooperating with investigators probing alleged violations of the Criminal Code and Elections Act, as related to the "Quick Wins" debacle last year?

That's a question NDP Justice critic Leonard Krog wanted Attorney General Suzanne Anton to answer during a budget estimates hearing on May 27. Read more…

B.C.'s premier was in Vancouver this morning to help announce the symbolic "closure" of St. Paul's Hospital's dedicated AIDS ward.

"This is such a big milestone," Clark said. "I can think no better reason to close and repurpose a hospital ward than lack of demand." Read more…

The provincial government is threatening a rapidly growing sector of the economy with its proposed changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve, warns an open letter from the B.C. Association of Farmers' Markets. Read more…

Delegates to the BC Liberal Party convention in Kelowna defeated resolutions related to mental healthcare, childcare and housing affordability. And motions on ending the clawback of child support payments from single parents' disability cheques, writing a poverty reduction strategy and reducing ferry fares didn't even make it to the floor for debate. Read more…

There were 80 resolutions submitted for the BC Liberal Party convention in Kelowna, including several to address poverty and improving finances at BC Ferries, but most won't be debated. Read more…