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December 8, 2016 | Dirk Miessner | Vancouver Sun VICTORIA – British Columbia’s auditor general rapped the province Thursday for dropping its public progress reports on a commission of inquiry that reviewed the disappearances of 67 women — some of …
VIDEO: MLA Rice: the Economic Importance of Keeping Bears Alive in the Great Bear Rainforest
Economic Importance of Keeping Bears Alive in Great Bear Rainforest November 24, 2016 | Prince Rupert| Jennifer Rice, MLA North Coast Today we announced that a BC NDP government will ban the grizzly bear trophy hunt in British Columbia. As …
Renewed calls for tanker ban after large diesel spill near Bella Bella
October 18, 2016 | Caitlin Thompson | Coast Mountain News It was an accident many people on the Central Coast have been saying was just a matter of time. Early last Thursday morning a tug pushing a massive fuel barge …
Clark government fails to demand and deliver “world-class” oil spill response for B.C. coast
October 17, 2016 VICTORIA— New Democrat leader John Horgan issued the following statement on the grounding of the Nathan E. Stewart and associated fuel spill: “The Nathan E. Stewart tugboat disaster proves that our oil-spill response capacity is woefully inadequate. B.C. needs …
Guest View: Empty promises are disappointing, dangerous
October 12, 2016 | Jennifer Rice, North Coast MLA | The Northern View Federal approval for the Pacific Northwest LNG project does little more than shine a light on Christy Clark and her empty promises. Clark promised British Columbians that …
Clark’s LNG promises still empty, despite federal approval, says NDP
September 28, 2016 VICTORIA – The federal environmental approval for Pacific Northwest LNG on Tuesday was little more than a reminder of Christy Clark’s failure to deliver even a single LNG plant, despite making it the key plank in the 2013 election …
MLA Rice Statement on Federal Approval of Pacific Northwest LNG Project
Jennifer Rice | September 28, 2016 – Victoria “The Federal Liberal government has approved the Pacific Northwest LNG project on Lelu island providing a 190 conditions are met. The proponent, namely Malaysian state-owned Petronas has yet to decide if the project …
Banks Island miners face 18 pollution charges
August 12, 2016 | Tom Fletcher | The Northern View Two men and a mining company in receivership have been charged with 18 pollution infractions related to their shut-down gold mine on an island near Prince Rupert. Benjamin Mossman and Dirk …
New Democrat northern and rural health spokesperson to hear about maternity care on Vancouver Island and Salt Spring Island
For Immediate Release May 26, 2016 VICTORIA— Jennifer Rice, New Democrat spokesperson for northern and rural health, will visit rural areas of Vancouver Island and Salt Spring Island next week to hear from parents, advocates and service providers about access …