VICTORIA – Media reports that B.C. Ferries CEO David Hahn received one million dollars in total compensation last year is more proof of why accountability needs to be returned to our ferry system, the Official Opposition said today. Read the rest of this entry →
United federal-provincial voice opposing Enbridge pipeline project
HAZELTON — An historic first meeting between all currently elected provincial and federal representatives in northwest BC took place in Hartley Bay on the traditional territories of the Gitga’at First Nation July 20 to highlight widespread concerns over Enbridge’s proposed oil pipeline, the associated oil supertanker traffic that will result and the growing environmental disaster of the Alberta tar sands. Read the rest of this entry →
Bursaries for students pursuing health careers among programs getting axed
PRINCE RUPERT— The fact that the Campbell government has slashed the budget for student aid by $12 million will hurt northern students says North Coast MLA Gary Coons.
“It costs more to go to university when you are from a northern or remote community,” said Coons. “It costs more to travel to and from university and there are fewer opportunities for students to reduce their monthly rent costs by living with family.” Read the rest of this entry →
Prince Rupert Daily News
The provincial health minister told CEOs this week that they will not have enough money to deliver planned services and that cuts, or spending priorities, will have to be made. Read the rest of this entry →
North Coast MLA Gary Coons and Skeena MLA Robin Austin say that child-protection workers in the northwest are the latest victims of Gordon Campbell’s pre-election budget deception. Read the rest of this entry →
