As her first cries rang through the hospital room, her mother began to cry, too. Through 14 hours of labour, Patricia Block had refused pain medication so she would remember this moment: her daughter's cries, her bright eyes and chubby arms, the way it felt to hold her.
What really happened in the B.C. election? -- ? Your View Last week's question, results.
Along with pretty much everyone else, I thought the election last week was going to produce a result exactly the opposite of what actually happened.
Having had time to catch my breath and reflect on the provincial election last week, I must say how very impressed I was with all my fellow candidates in Richmond-Steveston.
If there was every any doubt that Stephen Harper's Conservatives bear zero resemblance to the long ago reformers who railed against government corruption and pork barrel politics, the expense scandal that's engulfed Senator Mike Duffy has surely put it to rest.
I would like to congratulate the three MLAs that were elected to represent Richmond the Legislature on May 14.
"If there was ever any doubt that Stephen Harper's Conservatives bear zero resemblance to the long-ago reformers who railed against government corruption and pork barrel politics, the expense scandal that's engulfed Senator Mike Duffy has surely put it to rest."
Seven B.C. First Nations are calling on the provincial government and political leaders to commit to providing equal access to low-cost financing for public infrastructure construction.
Congratulations to Vicki Huntington (independent, Delta South) and Scott Hamilton (Liberal, Delta North) for their victories and the victory of democracy in Delta in Tuesday's provincial election.
Newly elected MLA Jane Shin is still missing in action, leaving Liberals and members of the Korean community with many unanswered questions about her credentials.
I am writing to you about Jane Shin with the B.C. NDP for Burnaby-Lougheed.
Well, I was wrong. Along with pretty much everyone else (with the exception of a small B.C. Liberal Party campaign brain trust), I thought the election this week was going to produce a result exactly the opposite of what actually happened.
The city's new MLA is hard at work trying to get set for her new job.
Well, I was wrong. Along with pretty much everyone else (with the exception of a small B.C. Liberal Party campaign brain trust), I thought the election last week was going to produce a result exactly the opposite of what actually happened.
If there was ever any doubt that Stephen Harper's Conservatives bear zero resemblance to the long-ago reformers who railed against government corruption and pork barrel politics, the expense scandal that's engulfed Senator Mike Duffy has surely put it to rest. Duffy's challenges with basic standards of ethical behaviour, not to mention the former journalist's professed difficulty understanding forms, are already well known.
Well, I was wrong. Along with pretty much everyone else (with the exception of a small B.C. Liberal party campaign brain trust), I thought the election last week was going to produce a result exactly the opposite of what actually happened.
With the provincial election over, relatives of three murdered children in Merritt hope the province will scuttle plans by their killer to move across the country.