04/12/2018 - 00:00
VICTORIA - British Columbia's education mission has signed new agreements that will help get more French-speaking teachers into B.C.'s classrooms and give more B.C. kids the opportunity to participate in French programs. Read more
03/29/2018 - 00:00
Federal Government News
Bob Zimmer, Member of Parliament,
Prince George-Peace River Northern Rockies
After a few weeks in our ridings meeting with constituents, Members of Parliament returned to Ottawa and with great fanfare Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale introduced the Liberals’ new firearms legislation. Read more
03/29/2018 - 00:00
BC Government News
Office of the Premier
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan has issued the following statement in support of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's exoneration of six Tsilhqot'in Nation war Chiefs: Read more
03/29/2018 - 00:00
BC Government News
Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development
VICTORIA - The Province is amending Wildlife Act regulations to enforce the closure on the grizzly bear hunt, increase the amount of meat a hunter retrieves from big game species and require hunters to carry all their species licences during a hunting trip. Read more
03/15/2018 - 00:00
Last year, I received an overwhelming number of letters from people across Northern BC who were very concerned about proposed changes to our tax system. Usually on a major issue I might receive a few dozen letters, but on this issue my office was flooded with well over 400 letters! I want to start by thanking those individuals who took the time to write. Read more
03/15/2018 - 00:00
People on many of British Columbia's busiest roads will be safer, as new technology cracks down on those who fly through some of the province's most crash-prone intersections. Read more
03/01/2018 - 00:00
Here in Northern BC we understand the importance of the responsible development of our natural resources to our local and national economy. That is why it has been so unfortunate to watch the escalating dispute between British Columbia and Alberta over the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline project. Read more
03/01/2018 - 00:00
The Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia has released a new report: An Independent Audit of the Recruitment and Retention of Rural and Remote Nurses in Northern B.C.
Nurses are integral to health care in the North. They deliver the majority of patient care, and in some remote communities, they are the only permanent health-care provider. Read more
03/01/2018 - 00:00
The provincial government has applied for leave to appeal a Dec. 7, 2017, ruling by the National Energy Board (NEB), allowing Kinder Morgan to bypass specific City of Burnaby bylaws related to construction work at the Burnaby Terminal and the Westridge Marine Terminal. Read more
02/15/2018 - 00:00
Federal Government News
Bob Zimmer, Member of Parliament,
Prince George-Peace River Northern Rockies Read more
