Tag: Jordan Kealy

Three candidates announce bids for Peace River North MLA seat

Elections Celestia Nlemvo -
Three candidates have publicly announced plans to run for MLA in Peace River North as B.C. heads toward its 2026 provincial election.

B.C. legislator calls for mandatory leave for MLAs facing serious criminal charges

Politics Emily Joveski -
A British Columbia legislator wants MLAs charged with serious criminal offences to step aside from their duties until the courts decide their cases.

Peace River North MLA Jordan Kealy charged with sexual assault

Politics Emily Joveski -
The B.C. Prosecution Service said Peace River North MLA Jordan Kealy has been charged with sexual assault. 

Updated: Old Fort road closed as ground movement reported, no evacuation orders in place

Emergency Services Kate Brown -
Residents of Old Fort are being told to stay put as ground movement has been reported in a known area for landslide risk.

B.C. Conservative leadership hopeful speaks in province’s ‘economic engine’

Politics Tavi Dhillon -
Entrepreneur Yuri Fulmer says if he is chosen to lead the B.C. Conservatives, he will offer “real solutions that work from the northeast to the coast.”

Peace River North MLA calls for return to form for B.C. Conservatives after Rustad resigns

Politics Tavi Dhillon -
Onward and rightward is the direction one former member of the B.C. Conservatives believes the party should go following the resignation of its leader.  

B.C. MLA’s call to repeal Indigenous rights law blocked in legislature

Indigenous Tavi Dhillon -
A northeastern B.C. MLA’s attempt to repeal provincial legislation affirming the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was voted down in the legislature.

Outpatient youth mental health services to remain in Fort St. John, inpatient program to end in 2026

Health Tavi Dhillon -
Despite earlier reports, outpatient youth mental health services provided by Saplings Mental Health Services in partnership with Northern Health will continue in Fort St. John. However, its emergency inpatient program will not.

Applications open for Conservative city council candidates

Elections Tavi Dhillon -
For the first time in Fort St John, some candidates in the next municipal election will have a party affiliation. Those looking to be a municipal Conservative can now apply.  

‘Disheartening and sad’ MLA Jordan Kealy reacts to high court decision to allow ostrich cull

Agriculture Tavi Dhillon -
Canada’s highest court announced they would not hear the Universal Ostrich Farm's case, prompting the cull of hundreds of ostriches who were exposed to avian flu to begin at the Edgewood farm.

MLAs return to B.C. legislature as fall session begins

Provincial Emily Joveski -
The fall session of the B.C. legislature began Monday with a rare lineup of four political parties represented in the chamber.

B.C. Housing’s 15 per cent vacancy rate in Fort St John captured provincial attention

City of Fort St John Tavi Dhillon -
The province is expected to step in after a B.C. Conservative slammed the governing party for allowing B.C. Housing to operate with a 15 per cent vacancy rate in Fort St John.  

B.C. Conservative Party leadership review vote coming to Fort St John in August

Elections Tavi Dhillon -
Members of the Conservative Party of B.C. in the Peace can take part in the party’s leadership review vote next month in the Fort St John Curling Club. 

Attention continues to flock to Universal Ostrich Farm’s case as advocates anxiously await verdict

Fish & Wildlife Tavi Dhillon -
A pending verdict on a federal court case about a B.C. ostrich farm may have effects on farmers in the province’s northeastern pocket, according to Jordan Kealy, the region’s MLA. 

Rustad faces leadership vote as B.C. Conservatives feud with splinter group

Provincial Emily Joveski -
About 9,000 B.C. Conservative Party members are eligible to cast votes this summer in a leadership review of B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad.

Eby urges police investigation into B.C. Conservative blackmail allegations

Provincial Emily Joveski -
Premier David Eby said allegations in a leaked memo that former B.C. Conservative MLAs blackmailed party staff and members are “serious” and must be investigated.

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B.C. leaders pause politics to honour victims of Tumbler Ridge shooting

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Flags at the B.C. legislature flew at half-mast Thursday as leaders mourned eight people killed in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge.

RCMP release names of eight killed in Tumbler Ridge shooting

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Psychologist offers guidance to parents after Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting

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