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CTV News
6 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
Prime Minister scheduled to visit B.C.'s Okanagan Tuesday
Prime Minister Mark Carney listens while touring the Royal Canadian Navy torpedo recovery vessel Sikanni at the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges (CFMETR), in Nanoose Bay, B.C., on Monday, August 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to be in Kelowna, B.C., for an announcement at a lumber facility on Tuesday after attending the Vancouver Pride parade on the weekend and touring a military facility on Vancouver Island on Monday. Carney toured the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges facility near Nanoose Bay, outside Nanaimo, with officials from the Canadian Navy. He toured the Royal Canadian Navy vessel Sikanni accompanied by Navy Commander Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee and Commanding Officer Craig Piccolo from the testing facility. Carney on Sunday met with B.C. Premier David Eby and officials from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority. The prime minister's visit to the province comes amid renewed tensions in the softwood lumber dispute with the U.S., which has placed anti-dumping duties on softwood products that the B.C. Council of Forest Industries has condemned as 'unjustified and punitive trade actions.'
CTV News
30-07-2025
- Health
- CTV News
Nanaimo's vote on motion to request injection site closure likely to be held in fall
Empty booths are seen at a supervised consumption site Friday Jan. 22, 2021 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld The mayor of Nanaimo, B.C., says a deferred motion for the city to ask the local health authority to close an overdose prevention site near city hall will likely be settled in the fall. Leonard Krog says that while Nanaimo council did not pick a date to hear the motion, he thinks it would be October at the latest, and this time council will hear from Island Health and other stakeholders to discuss the concerns raised by the site. On Monday, the council voted 6-3 to defer Coun. Ian Thorpe's motion to request Island Health close the overdose prevention site and put the funding into other drug-addiction treatment options. Krog was among those who voted in favour of deferring the decision, while Thorpe was one of three who wanted to vote on the motion. Nanaimo's motion comes after a similar motion and deferral this month by Victoria council, with both cities citing disorder and public safety concerns around the facilities. At an unrelated news event on Tuesday, Premier David Eby did not dismiss the possibility that some sites may be relocated, saying that addressing disorder from locations would take the co-operation of many parties, from governments to service providers and law enforcement. 'There absolutely can be sites that are incompatible in terms of location with surrounding businesses and other activities,' Eby says. 'We're always willing to engage in conversation with cities to ensure that these sites are properly located.' Thorpe says he voted against the deferral of the Nanaimo motion because the challenges created by the current supervised consumption site is urgent and cannot wait. 'I think the sooner we try to send a message to the provincial government, the better,' he says. 'And this is of course just my personal opinion, but I feel that the government's philosophy of decriminalization and normalization of drug use has created more problems than it's solved.' The B.C. Health Ministry said before Monday's vote that overdose prevention services are 'vital' in saving lives and connecting people to treatment programs, and site operators 'are funded and expected to take steps to mitigate street disorder within the immediate vicinity.' This report by Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press, was first published July 29, 2025.
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Former Vancouver councillor Christine Boyle takes over as B.C.'s minister of housing
Some B.C. councillors are stepping into new roles as part of Premier David Eby's cabinet shuffle. Christine Boyle is a known name in Vancouver as a former city councillor. Boyle has been moved from her role as Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation. And will be taking over in Housing and Municipal Affairs.
CBC
18-07-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Former Vancouver councillor Christine Boyle takes over as B.C.'s minister of housing
Some B.C. councillors are stepping into new roles as part of Premier David Eby's cabinet shuffle. Christine Boyle is a known name in Vancouver as a former city councillor. Boyle has been moved from her role as Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation. And will be taking over in Housing and Municipal Affairs.
Reuters
18-07-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Canada weighs limits on US lumber exports to ease trade friction, British Columbia premier tells Bloomberg News
July 16 (Reuters) - Canada is open to considering limits on softwood lumber exports to the U.S. to try to ease some trade friction between the neighboring countries, British Columbia Premier David Eby told Bloomberg News in a report published on Wednesday. "One of the asks for years out of the American coalition has been a quota — that there's a fixed amount of lumber that gets to come from Canada," Eby told Bloomberg News. "And I think that, for the first time, there's some willingness to have a conversation about what that could look like."
