Terrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The City of Terrace is calling on municipal lobby groups and the province to re-examine Crown Counsel’s priorities after witnessing a severe uptick in criminal activities.
The council unanimously passed a resolution to send to the North Central Local Government Association (NCLGA) for its 2022 annual general meeting and convention.
Continue reading B.C. prosecutors failing public says City of Terrace after repeat offenders back on streetsTerrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Terrace business owners say they continue to bear the brunt of the city’s myriad social issues and increasing crime.
Liz Smaha, executive director of the Kermodei Tourism Society is calling on Terrace’s mayor and council to raise these concerns before the Union of BC Municipalities and North Central Local Government Association (NCLGA).
“Our community is in a severe crisis; our business community can not sustain this,” Smaha told the council in a Feb. 23 letter.
Continue reading ‘Our community is in a severe crisis’: Crime impacting businesses in northwest B.C. city
By Jacob Cardinal, Alberta Native News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
(ANNews) – On February 14, 2022 Canada made history as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau enacted the Emergencies Act, a “last resort” effort to bring an end to the trucker convoy protests and blockades. On February 23, after the international border blockades were cleared and the Ottawa three-week “occupation” disbanded, the Act was revoked.
Continue reading Controversial Emergency Act revoked following the dismantling of blockades and occupation of OttawaEditor’s note: 201 of the 1,518 respondents to this nationwide poll were from British Columbia.
By Chelsea Kemp, Brandon Sun, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Sixty-six per cent of Canadians fear for the future of the country after witnessing political unrest for the past three weeks, according to recent polls released by Maru Public Opinion.
Additionally, 82 per cent of Canadians say there is no way the protesting in Ottawa should have been able to last as long as it has.
Continue reading Stark poll results ‘speak for themselves’: Political scientist Survey says Canadians fear for country’s futureBy Michael Potestio, Kamloops This Week, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative MP Frank Caputo will vote against implementing the Emergencies Act to address weeks-long Freedom Convoy protests against COVID-19 vaccine mandates that have resulted in a vehicle-clogged downtown Ottawa and border blockades across the country.
“I will be opposing it,” Caputo told KTW, arguing implementing the act should be legislation of the last resort.
It is the stance interim Conservative Leader Candace Bergen has said her party is taking as Parliament on Thursday (Feb. 17) began debating the federal Liberal government’s temporary special measures, which were invoked Monday for the first time since the act was created in 1988 to replace the War Measures Act.
Continue reading Conservatives will vote against implementing Emergencies Act
