Education funding and student-to-teacher ratio needs to at least meet the national average, teachers' union will tell the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services this afternoon. Read more…

British Columbia's new lieutenant governor, Judith Guichon, has twice donated to the B.C. Liberal Party. Read more…

Raises for 26,000 British Columbia Government and Services Employees' Union under a tentative agreement will be paid for from savings found by keeping workers healthier and by working more efficiently. Read more…

British Columbia Premier Christy Clark promised a series of infrastructure announcements and the expansion of a highway during her speech to the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Victoria today. Read more…

The Conservative federal government will put a greater emphasis on public-private partnerships for future infrastructure projects, MP James Moore told delegates to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention in Victoria. Read more…

A story by Ontario journalist Laura Robinson published by the Georgia Straight on Sept. 27 alleges that several of Vancouver 2010 Olympic CEO John Furlong's ex-students have filed affidavits claiming he abused them while he taught at Prince George Catholic school in the 1970s. Read more…

A new caucus of British Columbia mayors is on its way to becoming more democratic, said Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts. Read more…

British Columbia NDP Leader Adrian Dix said that while it's necessary for the government to balance budgets over the business cycle, it's pointless to have a balanced budget law that's regularly ignored. Read more…

Local governments in British Columbia will find sympathy but not money from the province, warned community, sport and cultural development minister Bill Bennett today. Read more…

When the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers hosts a reception for local politicians at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention this week, at least one councillor says he'll be outside protesting instead. Read more…

As the country's seventh Right to Know Week kicks off, a new survey suggests that governments at all levels are still falling well short of providing speedy and comprehensive access to information. Read more…

British Columbia Premier Christy Clark has replaced her chief of staff Ken Boessenkool following investigation of "an incident of concern" that happened two weeks ago. Read more…

Long time BC Liberal MLA Colin Hansen announced this morning that he will not run in the May, 2013, provincial election. Read more…

The British Columbia Green Party is announcing a star candidate this morning who leader Jane Sterk hopes will raise the party's fortunes across the province. Read more…

The Vancouver School Board is considering the possibility of keeping certain students over 18 in the regular high school system if they can't graduate on time. Trustee says it could keep students from "buying grades" from private institutions. Read more…

One of the people the British Columbia ministry of health recently suspended without pay is suing for wrongful dismissal and defamation. Read more…

VANCOUVER - British Columbians could be in for some nuisances this fall as labour unrest in the public sector threatens to disrupt daily living from stopping the bus to work, to blocking car insurance claims, to cramping university students' campus routines. Read more…

This morning Margaret MacDiarmid, British Columbia's health minister, said she could confirm there's been another firing in her ministry but she remains limited in what she could say about the ongoing investigation. Read more…

Another longtime government employee has been fired as part of a health ministry investigation related to contracts and data management. Read more…

A freedom of information advocacy group filed a complaint with the province's information commissioner yesterday, claiming the number of times the B.C. government responds to a general FOI request by saying it has no documents has sharply risen over the last decade. Read more…