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Interim leader Lorne Doerkson said on Friday that he has seen the platform but wants to make sure they're aren't going to promise anything the party "can't make happen."

The group said it wanted to reaffirm that it's against the pipeline because government has not consulted and co-operated in good faith with the First Nations.

It has been five years since a Kamloops First Nation shared preliminary findings of an investigation into potential burial sites on the grounds of the former residential school.

Last December, the NDP caucus issued a statement saying the Vancouver-Strathcona MLA was ill and undergoing testing, but it is not known what for.

Premier David Eby said that he was staking his government on the passage of the legislation, but house leader Mike Farnworth says it won't go before the legislature this week.

A political analyst says British Columbia Premier David Eby faces a "moment of real peril" as legislators return to Victoria this week.

'This is an historical moment for First Nations and we will not back down,' Robert Phillips, First Nations Summit Political Executive, said at a press conference on Friday.

The West Coast Oil Tanker Ban came into effect in 2019 and prohibits tankers from carrying more than 12,500 metric tonnes of crude oil along the northern coast of B.C.

Ottawa's one-stop shop for industry to pitch plans for large industrial construction projects will be headquartered in Calgary, the Prime Minister's Office said.

The UBCIC says a court decision on Aboriginal title on land along the Fraser River is a "monumental" development, but the case isn't about threatening private home ownership.

Can a government have a "great session" if its flagship legislation draws condemnation from a coalition of historical allies?

"To the average Canadian it’s ‘Wow, I get a holiday, clap my hands, I get to sleep in or I’ll get to go golfing or go shopping or whatever I do on normal holidays.’”

An Indigenous-led group says it could make a bid for a majority stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline as early as this week.

After Johnson gives a speech outside 10 Downing St., giving Britons a glimpse at his priorities and policy plans, then the real battle starts.

Pipeline protesters and supporters will both be taking to the streets of Metro Vancouver on Saturday.

Indigenous groups from across western Canada say they are nearly ready to put forward an offer to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. 

Watch the full broadcast of The West Block from Sunday, March 31, 2019 with Mercedes Stephenson.

In an interview with the West Block's Mercedes Stephenson, the former attorney general also said young Indigenous women are feeling 'empowered' amid the SNC-Lavalin scandal.

Clarence Louie said worshippers of all faiths should be free to practice their religion where they choose.

With 30,364 votes, Dan Albas easily outdistanced Liberal candidate Mary Ann Murphy, who placed second with 15,843 votes.