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NORTHWEST FEDERAL candidates are putting their campaigns together for a voting day of either May 2 or May 9 after the Conservative government fell in Ottawa this morning.

Battered by their abusers, they now grapple with delays in B.C.'s congested court system

BRITISH Columbians will have an earlier vote on the HST than previously scheduled and it will be conducted under the authority of the Referendum Act, Attorney General Barry Penner announced today.

Federal election now underway all about confidence: Pundit

PROVINCIAL NDP leadership candidate Adrian Dix toured the northwest last week to convince party members he is the man to defeat Christy Clark in the next election.

Skeena MLA Robin Austin has decided who he’ll be backing in the NDP leadership race.

THE BC Civil Liberties Association says it will turn over names of local people who allege they have been assaulted or otherwise maltreated by police to the local RCMP detachment for investigation into their complaints but only if it has permission from the people who made the allegations.

Terrace city council has agreed to send a letter to the provincial government urging it to forgive a longstanding loan the Shames Mountain Ski Corporation has yet to pay off and to forgive lease payments owed to the province.

IF PREMIER Clark wants to help mining in B.C., she should press for federal approval of the Northwest Transmission Line instead of the proposed Prosperity mine near Williams Lake, says Skeena – Bulkley NDP MP Nathan Cullen.