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A new report by B.C. legislature Speaker Darryl Plecas pokes holes in the defences of two suspended senior legislative officials, saying that taxpayer-funded work trips served as 鈥渄e facto holidays.鈥�

The third and final public debate ahead of the Feb. 25 Burnaby South byelection briefly descended into chaos Tuesday evening, with shouting matches, accusations of racism and one candidate left crying on stage.

An NDP MLA is facing conflict-of-interest allegations because he sits on a committee discussing ride hailing despite the fact that his father owns a Bluebird taxi in Victoria.

It was 鈥渢alk to the mayor鈥� day at city hall Tuesday. This was the event Mayor Stewart announced back in January where people could bring their gripes, concerns and ideas directly to the mayor in an intimate one-on-one conversation.

B.C. political parties have been giving Facebook voters鈥� data, a provincial information and privacy commissioner鈥檚 report on political parties handling of voter information released Feb. 6 says.

The Non-Partisan Association and its mayoral candidate in the October 2018 municipal election鈥擪en Sim鈥攆ailed to file their financial disclosure statements with Elections B.C. before the deadline and have been penalized with $3,000 in fines, according to Elections BC.

Donations to B.C.鈥檚 political parties have dropped dramatically since bans on union and corporate political donations kicked in, newly released Elections BC records show.

Public discourse is becoming increasingly concentrated on Facebook and that could have dire consequences for Canada鈥檚 democracy.

B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson said any member of the legislature found to be filing improper expenses should pay the money back.

British Columbia could move to the forefront of Canadian legislature accountability if Premier John Horgan follows through with a pledge to reform access to information laws.