Northern Beat News Podcast

The new MLA for Skeena, Claire Rattée has emerged as a strong, effective voice in the BC Conservative caucus. A powerhouse Opposition critic for mental health and addictions right out the gate, she has been lighting it up since her first Question Period when she held Premier David Eby to account for his government’s inaction on addictions treatment services. Claire grew up in the Lower Mainland an...

If Time magazine had a British Columbian edition, Conservative Leader John Rustad would surely be 2024 Newsmaker of the Year. Within 18 short months, Rustad catapulted himself and the BC Conservatives from basement obscurity (metaphoric and literal) to leader of an official party and the largest Opposition in the province’s history. Under Rustad, Conservatives ballooned into a big, if unruly, tent...

Sean Bujtas is the mayor of Terrace, a northern city surrounded by incredible natural beauty, even as it’s burdened with among the highest homelessness and drug overdose rates in the province. Bujtas is a relentless advocate for his community. He’s made it his job to regularly petition decision-makers and knows many ministers by name. He recently led the northwest mayoral contingent that helped lo...

Hello subscribers! Welcome to Northern Beat ’s inaugural podcast! From rap singer to filmmaker to newly elected MLA for Chilliwack-Cultus Lake, Á’a:líya Warbus’ dramatic entrance onto BC’s political scene may be partly genetic. Her mother was a university chancellor, and her father , chief treaty commissioner, provincial court judge and Lieutenant Governor. Thanks to Á’a:líya, the family can now a...