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NDP’s Andrew Mercier elected in Langley, Global News projectsLangley has long been safe territory for the BC Liberals, and the Social Credit Party before them, but changing demographics and urbanization had the party bracing for a tougher challenge.PoliticsOct 25, 2020
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BC Liberals re-introduce legislation to waive fees to hyphenate or combine last names after marriageBC Liberal MLA Mary Polak is re-introducing legislation on Wednesday to waive the fee for married couples who want to merge or hyphenate their last names.PoliticsMar 4, 2020
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Province calling into CRA to help collect unpaid MSP billsThe provincial government has turned over an undisclosed number of Medical Service Plan premiums accounts to the Canadian Revenue Agency to help collect money the province is owed.PoliticsJan 10, 2020
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B.C. Liberals introduce legislation to set payment deadlines for contractorsThe legislation would require companies to pay contractors within 28 days of receiving an invoice, and contractors to pay subcontractors seven days thereafter.PoliticsMay 28, 2019
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B.C. Liberals call for caps on gas prices, but NDP push for long-term solutionsAs British Columbians struggle with record-high gas prices, the provincial government is fighting an internal battle over how to ease pain at the pumps.Apr 27, 2019
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Momentum building to ban smoking in B.C. condo buildingsA B.C. mom has presented a petition to the legislature calling on the province to make all multi-unit dwellings smoke-free as a default status.HealthApr 4, 2019
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B.C. Liberals propose changes that would waive cost to hyphenate last nameOntario’s Change of Name Act permits spouses to take a combined surname at any point of marriage and there is no cost to do so.PoliticsMar 6, 2019
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B.C. woman takes condo smoking ban push to legislatureNaomi Baker said she launched an online petition to bring cleaner air to all B.C. condos and townhomes in part because she wants to keep her young daughter healthy.CanadaJan 7, 2019
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B.C. Speaker says he did everything linked to senior staff being put on leave ‘perfectly’B.C. Speaker Darryl Plecas broke his silence on Thursday about what lead up to the legislature's clerk and sergeant-at-arms being put on administrative leave.Dec 6, 2018
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation calls for cut to gas taxesIt is historically one of the most expensive weekends at the pumps and heading into Victoria Day long weekend the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is calling on the federal government to remove the federal excise tax on gasoline.EconomyMay 17, 2018
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