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Podcast for March 2017: Dirty donations, dirty coal
Kai Nagata digs deeper into B.C.’s growing donation scandal, exploring the relationship between Christy Clark’s donors and her decisions, with help from Lisa Sammartino and Sophie Harrison. Arie Ross ...
BC taxpayers to pay billions for Christy Clark’s bridge
The Massey Bridge Replacement means increased costs for taxpayers and commuters. It would also open up the Fraser River to Panamax tankers, enabling a massive expansion of fossil fuel exports ...
U.S. trophy hunters pass the hat for Christy Clark
Safari Club International sends $60,000 to shore up BC Liberal election campaign If there’s one thing Donald Trump’s sons, Porsche-driving dentists and Texas oil barons love most, it’s straddling ...
Dirty donation déjà vu
The scandal rocking B.C. politics got its start way back in 2001 I love all kinds of movies, but my hands-down favourites are about underdogs. Any movie where the ...
Free advice for Christy Clark’s illegal donors
Do you want the pitchforks now, or the torches later? By the time police in blue windbreakers are yanking the hard drives out of your office computers, or carrying ...
Christy Clark doesn’t want you to vote
And that’s exactly why, two months from the BC election, it’s time to get registered We’re two months out from a provincial election and nobody outside the B.C. political ...
Did Kinder Morgan donate illegally to Christy Clark?
Elections BC asked to investigate Texas pipeline money Update, March 10 Elections BC has asked the RCMP to take over the investigation into B.C.’s unfolding political fundraising scandal. Mounties ...
Podcast for February 2017: Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, British Columbians make the call
Preparations are underway for the Citizens’ Initiative. Neskonlith Chief Judy Wilson, Dogwood’s Tankers campaigner Sophie Harrison, North Island organizer Dave Mills joins Kai Nagata to chat about his team’s ...
That ship has sailed: federal review of Massey Bridge denied
Federal intervention on Massey Bridge replacement called for by local electeds denied once again, disappoints locals Maybe this is blatantly obvious given the federal approval of Texas oil giant ...