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Jun 13
PODCAST: 'They need to be there.' Litigator Joan Young explains why Montrose Properties is compelled to be the voice of property owners in Richmond & beyond in its bid to reopen the Cowichan Tribes BC Supreme Court trial.
Watch the full pod here:
northernbeat.ca/podcast/joan…
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Jun 6
Getting a lot of feedback on our @BeatNorthern podcast with @VaughnPalmer & @keithbaldrey. Here's another excerpt, this one on @Dave_Eby's surrender to demands from Indigenous leaders, who threatened blockades if he amended DRIPA.
Watch the full pod:
northernbeatnews.substack.co…
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Jun 5
Final ballot breakdown of votes by riding by @DomenicCinalli for the @Conservative_BC leadership race.
Based on the Round 4 final ballot points column, the riding winners break down as follows:
Kerry-Lynne Findlay (55 Ridings)
Abbotsford South
Abbotsford West
Abbotsford-Mission
Boundary-Similkameen
Bulkley Valley-Stikine
Cariboo-Chilcotin
Chilliwack North
Chilliwack-Cultus Lake
Courtenay-Comox
Cowichan Valley
Esquimalt-Colwood
Fraser-Nicola
Juan de Fuca-Malahat
Kelowna Centre
Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream
Kelowna-Mission
Kootenay Central
Kootenay-Monashee
Kootenay-Rockies
Ladysmith-Oceanside
Langford-Highlands
Langley-Abbotsford
Langley-Willowbrook
Maple Ridge East
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Mid Island-Pacific Rim
Nanaimo-Gabriola Island
Nanaimo-Lantzville
North Island
Peace River North
Peace River South
Penticton-Summerland
Port Coquitlam
Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Prince George-Mackenzie
Prince George-North Cariboo
Prince George-Valemount
Richmond-Queensborough
Saanich North and the Islands
Salmon Arm-Shuswap
Surrey South
Surrey-Cloverdale
Surrey-Fleetwood
Surrey-Guildford
Surrey-Newton
Surrey-Serpentine River
Surrey-White Rock
Vancouver-Fraserview
Vernon-Lumby
Victoria-Swan Lake
West Kelowna-Peachland
Additional Findlay Wins (Metro/Urban)
Delta North
New Westminster-Coquitlam
Surrey Panorama
Vancouver-Renfrew
Vancouver-Quilchena
Total: 55 Ridings
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Caroline Elliott (38 Ridings)
Burnaby Centre
Burnaby East
Burnaby North
Burnaby South-Metrotown
Burnaby-New Westminster
Columbia River-Revelstoke
Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
Coquitlam-Maillardville
Delta South
Kamloops Centre
Kamloops-North Thompson
Langley-Walnut Grove
Nechako Lakes
North Coast-Haida Gwaii
North Vancouver-Lonsdale
North Vancouver-Seymour
Oak Bay-Gordon Head
Port Moody-Burquitlam
Richmond Centre
Richmond-Bridgeport
Richmond-Steveston
Saanich South
Skeena
Surrey City Centre
Surrey North
Vancouver-Hastings
Vancouver-Kensington
Vancouver-Langara
Vancouver-Little Mountain
Vancouver-Point Grey
Vancouver-South Granville
Vancouver-Strathcona
Vancouver-West End
Vancouver-Yaletown
Victoria-Beacon Hill
West Vancouver-Capilano
West Vancouver-Sea to Sky
Vancouver-Renfrew? (very close riding, verify official map if needed)
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This is pretty cool.
Jun 1
How Canada’s first commercial spaceport is taking shape in Nova Scotia.
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Fran Yanor retweeted
ATVBC and PLUS are calling on Minister @rparmar_BC to immediately halt planned bridge removals and road deactivation on the Incomappleux FSR.
The Province has told private landowners this work “will permanently remove road access to your private property.”
Work may begin as early as June 9, and the government refuses to respond to a broad coalition of recreation, conservation, industry, and rural members.
Permanent loss of access demands more than silence. Issue the Stop Work Order.
#bcpoli
publiclanduse.ca/news/atvbc-…
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Fran Yanor retweeted
BC's @BCUtilitiesCom insists that 'natural gas' now must be called 'fossil gas.' Its news release: bit.ly/4x5kOtA
• @SJMuir of @Resource_Works: 'A semantic and framing decision at the expense of historical, chemical and operational accuracy.' bit.ly/4vx3Xi2
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Fran Yanor retweeted
Although the B.C. government continues to blame US tariffs for the collapse of the province’s forest sector, a new task force commissioned by Ottawa says the main problems lie in government policies closer to home. @RobShaw_BC for @BeatNorthern
northernbeat.ca/news/federal…
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Fran Yanor retweeted
John Horgan Dam? He wouldn't have liked that.
My latest for @BeatNorthern, link in thread below.
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Veteran political journalists @VaughnPalmer & @keithbaldrey shared their insights and analysis of the BC legislative session with @FranYanor on this week's podcast.
Jun 4
PODCAST: @VaughnPalmer & @keithbaldrey joined @BeatNorthern for a little political skeet shooting: we cover the top story of session, leadership styles of premiers, options for @KerryLynneFindl, co-governance overreach & more
Watch the full pod here:
northernbeat.ca/podcast/poli…
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Jun 4
PODCAST: @VaughnPalmer & @keithbaldrey joined @BeatNorthern for a little political skeet shooting: we cover the top story of session, leadership styles of premiers, options for @KerryLynneFindl, co-governance overreach & more
Watch the full pod here:
northernbeat.ca/podcast/poli…
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Fran Yanor retweeted
Jun 2
I'm prepared to go to jail over this.
My grandmother Rita Pete went to St. Mary's Indian Residential School. She experienced terrible abuse. As a consequence, she struggled with alcohol use most of her life.
My mother was born with FASD as a consequence of her using alcohol to cope with her trauma.
I am Chief of my community Chawathil First Nation. I am working to address the longstanding impacts of these past policies through renovating homes, building new homes, creating childcare, and growing businesses through economic development.
I have interviewed people who went to Indian Residential Schools. I have interviewed people who believe Indian Residential Schools were awful, horrible schools, meant to remove the Indian from the child.
I've also interviewed people who believe they were well intended, generous investments by Canadian taxpayers meant to assimilate a society and had shortcomings.
Like with many things, the history is dark, complicated, and with any policy that existed for a long time, across a whole country - there were different experiences.
No one story tells us everything. No report shares the full experience of the individuals who went. No commentator today can disprove someone's lived experience with statistics.
The path forward is not to criminalize speech, questions, or debate.
The path forward is empathy for past attendees.
The path forward is truth based on facts.
The path forward is real conversations.
The path forward is to lean into complexity.
If the government criminalizes this, then I will be a criminal for having these conversations.
If I am a criminal by the laws definition, then I am committed to going to jail over this.
Jun 2
.@SenateCA human rights committee votes 7 to 1 to criminalize Indian Residential School “denialism.”
Public statements intended to promote hatred by downplaying impacts of Residential Schools would be outlawed under threat of 2 years in jail.
blacklocks.ca/vote-to-outlaw…
#cdnpoli @TerryGlavin @jonkay
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Vaughn Palmer: Kerry-Lynne Findlay split B.C. Conservatives as a campaign strategy. Can she unite them now? vancouversun.com/opinion/col…
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Jun 2
During the @Conservative_BC leadership race, senior party & caucus members predicted the winner would be the next premier of BC. Time will tell if @KerryLynneFindl has what it takes to lead her party to form government. My latest for @BeatNorthern
northernbeat.ca/opinion/does…
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Fran Yanor retweeted
A months long leadership race came to a conclusion on Saturday (May 30) night down in Vancouver, as the BC Conservatives elected Kerry-Lynne Findlay to be their next leader | STORY: #Kamloops
cfjctoday.com/2026/05/31/des…
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Vaughn Palmer: For new B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay, it's about 'faith, family and freedom' vancouversun.com/opinion/col…
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Fran Yanor retweeted
All rival candidates agreed from the get go to support the eventual winner of the BC Conservative leadership race - but none more important on the day after than the one who finished such a close second.
May 31
The race is over. The members have spoken. And I feel good.
Congratulations to @KerryLynneFindl on her win and to my fellow contestants @iainblackbc, @yuri_fulmer and @PeterMilobar for their strong campaigns.
Thank you to my incredible team who believed in me, and to everyone who participated in this process.
Now, it’s time to beat the NDP so we can restore hope and prosperity to the province we love.
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Jun 1
Elsewhere: @KerryLynneFindl took Peace Country, Kootenays, most of Okanagan & Van Isle, @PeterMilobar killed it in Kamloops, @yuri_fulmer took Rustad's ridiing, @NVanCaroline led in Skeena, Oak Bay, NDP stronghold—Victoria Beacon Hill & @Dave_Eby's riding Van-Pt Grey
Lots to consider looking through the breakdown through each round but would it be fair to say KLF’s sweep of Surrey won her the leadership? CE won just about every other lower mainland contest but struggled in Surrey. conservativebc.ca/wp-content…
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despite some bad blood during the campaign, Peter Milobar with his congrats to Kerry-Lynne Findlay and he looks forward to working together. All leadership candidates had to vow to unite behind the winner - but sense keeping Milobar in the fold is going to be important for KLF
Jun 1
Congratulations to @KerryLynneFindl on being elected Leader of @Conservative_BC. I look forward to working with you and our Conservative team to defeat the NDP and deliver change for British Columbia.
And thank you to fellow candidates @NVanCaroline, @iainblackbc, @yuri_fulmer, and their campaign teams for growing our movement.
📸: @JarrydJaeger
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May 31
So listening to the results in this podcast, KLF basically won everywhere except Vancouver (Elliott did) and Richmond/Tri-Cities where Black was first
KLF did win Surrey, which is interesting
cheknews.ca/podcasts/politic…
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Jun 1
If this is any indication, it's going to be an acrimonious two years until the election...
Jun 1
Shortly after @Dave_Eby congratulated new @Conservative_BC leader @KerryLynneFindl with the advice that "British Columbians are served by thoughtful debate, principled leadership, and a commitment to public service," the @bcndp shared this thoughtful public service post.
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