The B.C. government will provide more money for special-needs support in the province's public schools, and impose new training on teachers, according to Premier Christy Clark's first throne speech.

Civic delegates urge caution on smart meters, oil exports and P3 projects

UBCM votes 55 per cent for moratorium on wireless meter rollout

Premier Christy Clark has used her first keynote address to municipal leaders to announce what she calls a "modest" $30 million fund for local recreation centres, playgrounds and trails.

Clark opposes de Jong proposal to tinker with premiums

NDP leader Adrian Dix used his first speech to the Union of B.C. Municipalities Thursday to attack a series of B.C. Liberal moves, from imposing a municipal auditor to restricting local government control of transit funding.

Controversial MSP premium surcharge on table: de Jong

Many UBCM delegates fear planned watchdog on waste would itself be a waste of money

Local resident Sally Wiebe snapped this photo of a mother black bear and her three adventurous cubs last Tuesday.

Chief Forester Jim Snetsinger has said the province's short and mid term timber supply outlook is not as dismal as predicted five years ago.