BY JOHN HORGAN, SPECIAL TO TIMES COLONIST DECEMBER 10, 2010

Most of us don't spend much time thinking about where our electricity comes from or the policies and politics behind it. We just flick on the switch and there is light; we turn on the tap and there's hot water. However, in light of the recent announcement that B.C. Hydro plans to raise your rates by 50 per cent over five years, perhaps we should all be taking a closer look.

News Release - May 5, 2010

VICTORIA - MLA John Horgan will be visiting the Victoria Women's Sexual Assault Centre at 9:30am on Thursday, May 6^th to pick out the heels he will be wearing in next week's Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event.

(Opinion) Goldstream News Gazette - Published: February 26, 2009

There has been nothing ordinary about the past few months as your Member of the Legislative Assembly. The spring session usually begins with the speech from the throne followed by the annual budget outlining revenues and expenditures for the coming year.

Times Colonist - February 21, 2009

By Bill Cleverley

Representatives of three levelsof government were at the Langford rail station yesterday to champion the E&N Rail Line for federal/provincial infrastructure funds. 

Several capital region mayors joined forces with New Democrat MLAs Maurine Karagianis and John Horgan and Liberal MP Keith Martin, who called transforming the E&N into a viable commuter line one of the most pressing infrastructure needs in the area.

CFAX 1070 - Feb 20, 2009

WITH PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS UP FOR GRABS, A GROUP OF MAYORS AND COUNCILLORS ALONG WITH PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL POLITICIANS GATHERED IN LANGFORD FRIDAY MORNING TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR THE E&N RAIL LINE.

THEY'VE MADE THE CALL BEFORE, BUT THIS TIME THE GROUP OF POLITICIANS SAY THE FLOOD OF INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING FROM SENIOR GOVERNMENTS MEANS THE OPPORTUNITY IS HERE NOW TO REVITALIZE THE E&N RAIL BED -- AND, TO START MOVING COMMUTER AND FREIGHT TRAINS AND EVEN SPECIAL BUSES DESIGNED TO TRAVEL ON THE TRACKS.

CFAX 1070 TOP NEWS STORY - February 15, 2009

British Columbia has a program to help those impacted by a disaster to cope with the cost of repairs and recovery from disaster-related property damage.

By Mike Damour - Cowichan News Leader and Pictorial

Published: November 18, 2008 4:00 PM

E&N Rail advocates are cheering a provincial recommendation to put money into the decaying line.

The select standing committee on finance, made up of Liberal and NDP
MLAs, said Monday in a budget priorities report the project to restore
the line for commuter and freight services should be a capital spending
priority.

November 13, 2008

CFAX 1070, November 12, 2008