History was made in more ways than one when preliminary results of the May 9 election produced a minority government with the BC Liberals winning 43 seats, one short of the 44 needed for a majority government. With the BC NDP taking 41 and the Green Party winning a record three seats, the outcome wasn’t as simple as just counting votes.
Mayor Gregor Robertson shares his thoughts on the biggest challenges the City of Vancouver is currently facing, how he plans to deal with them, and his successful journey as the Mayor.
Asserting a spirit of trust and transformation in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his highly productive tri-nation visit to Canada with a landmark deal of over seven million pounds of uranium to an energy-hungry India.
Tim Schouls, political studies instructor at Capilano University put it blunt when he said, “In the general sense, the Conservatives are in a bit of trouble,” citing a number of areas, most especially the Senate scandal, which choked up national headlines back in 2012 when the entire situation unraveled at the behest of the work of auditor general, Michael Ferguson.
