J.Rice: “I have five guests in the gallery this afternoon. Michael Smith is originally from the east coast and has recently moved to Prince Rupert from Terrace, B.C., to expand his business as an insurance adjuster. With the frequent adverse …
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Video: MLA Rice Questions Minister Cadieuax on mother and son deaths in Prince Rupert
J. Rice: Last week, I attended the inquest into the deaths of Angie Robinson and Robert Robinson. Angie was a single mom struggling with depression. Her son, Robert, had severe autism, and she struggled to give him the care …
Video: Jennifer Rice celebrates the opening of new school in Lax ka’alaams
J. Rice: A lot of eyes are on a First Nations community in my constituency. Lax Kw’alaams, also known as Port Simpson, is an area with worldwide attention on it right now. When you have high demand for this nation’s …
Video: MLA Rice questions Minister Virk on the Education Data Breach
D. Routley: In this House, it’s your responsibility. As we discussed yesterday, the minister responsible for data security lost 3.4 million students’ personal information, a breach that has become routine with this government. A couple of highlights from the many …
CFTK-TV: MLA Jennifer Rice Calling On BC Government to Release Air shed Study
September 17, 2015 | Christa Dao |CFTK-TV Jennifer Rice is calling on the provincial government to release a study conducted on Prince Rupert’s Air shed immediately. In December last year, the Ministry of environment announced funding a 500-thousand dollar scientific …
Video: MLA Rice presses for a rapid response to protect children in care
D. Donaldson: This spring the Representative for Children and Youth put forward an extremely troubling report into the abuse, addiction and neglect suffered by an aboriginal girl named Paige. The report showed how the Ministry of Children and Family Development …
Video: Jennifer Rice celebrates Paddle for Wellness
J. Rice: This spring, preschoolers to elders from the North Coast area participated in a creative cultural community–building project called Paddle for Wellness. Hundreds of paddles were personalized as part of a cultural program led by the Prince Rupert Friendship …
Video: MLA Rice: LNG deal a bad deal for BC
J. Rice: I’m honoured to stand before the House today to stand up for my community, for the north coast and for British Columbians. We on this side of the House support the development of an LNG industry for …
CBC: Emails relating to B.C.’s Highway of Tears allegedly deleted
May 28, 2015 | CBC Staff writer | CBC News A former staffer at the B.C. Ministry of Transportation alleges that more than a dozen emails were deleted in November 2014 following a freedom of information request relating to the Highway of Tears, a stretch of …
Times Colonist: Les Leyne: NDP eager to put Virk on the hot seat
April 21, 2015 | Les Leyne | Times Colonist There were some illustrations of the hit-and-miss nature of freedom-of-information requests to government on Monday when the Opposition stacked its responses and non-responses side by side. Example 1: Last summer, Citizens …