Katie DeRosa

Provincial affairs reporter

Katie DeRosa is the provincial affairs reporter for CBC British Columbia. She is based in Victoria. You can contact her at [email protected].

Latest from Katie DeRosa

Chilliwack mother enduring multiple seizures faces year-and-a-half wait for epilepsy procedure

A Chilliwack mother faces a year-and-a-half wait for an epilepsy procedure. The hospital that performs them, VGH, can only do two a month.

Improved Liberal fortunes in B.C. under Carney come at the expense of the federal NDP, polls show

With many expecting Prime Minister Mark Carney to call a federal election soon, new polling shows the federal Liberals gaining ground on Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives. 

B.C. Hydro customers face annual 3.75% rate increase for next 2 years

B.C. Hydro customers are facing a 3.75 per cent rate increase for the next two years, which will add $3.75 per month to the average household bill.

B.C.'s chief coroner looks at new approach to tackling the overdose crisis

Nine years after the start of a public health emergency that has killed more than 16,000 people, B.C.'s new chief coroner says he wants to take a bit of a different approach. 

Divisions over residential school facts erupt inside B.C. Conservative caucus meeting

Following clashes over the history of residential schools within the Conservative caucus, Conservative MLA Dallas Brodie said some of her colleagues belong in the NDP.

B.C. NDP's election promises face test as party readies to present new budget at legislature

As tariff threat looms, David Eby's NDP faces pressure to deliver on election promises and to dig the province out of $9 billion of debt.

B.C. Conservative members grapple with the future direction of the big tent party

As more than 750 B.C. Conservatives gather in Nanaimo for the party's annual general meeting this weekend, party members try and set the future direction of their party while grappling with internal division.

NDP tariff motion exposes divisions in B.C. Conservative caucus

An NDP motion that urges unity in condemning Donald Trump's tariff threat has created a split within the B.C. Conservative Party.

B.C. Conservative MLA refutes charge of residential school denialism

A B.C. Conservative MLA has refused a request from the party leader to remove a social media post which critics have charged amounts to residential school denialism —a charge Official Opposition attorney general critic Dallas Brodie refutes. 

Safer supply drug users will have to go to pharmacies multiple times a day under new B.C. model

The B.C. government has overhauled the prescription opioid program to require witnessed dosing. Conservatives say the safe supply program has fueled addition. Harm reduction advocates say it saves lives.