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Rob Shaw: Five people got $1.3 million in severance when Eby became premier

Rob Shaw: Five people got $1.3 million in severance when Eby became premier

When Amber Hockin announced she was leaving her job as deputy chief of staff to the premier last month, she made it sound to her colleagues like she was choosing to resign.
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Mario Canseco: Canadians predict a merrier Christmas, happier holidays this year

Mario Canseco: Canadians predict a merrier Christmas, happier holidays this year

For the past five years, Research Co. and Glacier Media have taken a look at the mental state of Canadians as we approach the holiday season. In 2018, 57 per cent of Canadians told us that they expected more fun than stress.
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Rob Shaw: After five years, the NDP should stop blaming others for housing problems

Rob Shaw: After five years, the NDP should stop blaming others for housing problems

Premier David Eby took great pains this week to try and blame the worsening problems of homelessness in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on his government’s greatest villain and most-frequent scapegoat: The previous BC Liberal administration.
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BC Supreme Court lawsuit trips up fast-rising Vancouver unicorn

BC Supreme Court lawsuit trips up fast-rising Vancouver unicorn

A few months ago, Vancouver-based Nexii Building Solutions Inc. eclipsed a $2 billion valuation.
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Mario Canseco: Survey: Satisfaction over how COVID pandemic has been handled is highest in B.C.

Mario Canseco: Survey: Satisfaction over how COVID pandemic has been handled is highest in B.C.

Discussions about COVID-19 are no longer monopolizing our lives. We are months removed from the restrictions and mandates that tested the resolve of all levels of government.
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Rob Shaw: The NDP is back behind the wheel at ICBC – driving a political agenda

Rob Shaw: The NDP is back behind the wheel at ICBC – driving a political agenda

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A premier, trying to appease angry voters, raids the finances of B.C.’s public auto insurer for short-term political gain at the expense of its long-term financial stability.
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Mario Canseco: Soccer interest growing but still not a priority for most Canadian sports fans

Mario Canseco: Soccer interest growing but still not a priority for most Canadian sports fans

There are still four matches left in what has been one of the strangest FIFA World Cups.
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Rob Shaw: Mandate letters hint at premier's priorities – and his cabinet's long to-do list

Rob Shaw: Mandate letters hint at premier's priorities – and his cabinet's long to-do list

Premier David Eby’s mandate letters to his new cabinet are mostly vague by design, but they do offer a few clues on the near-term direction his government will take to address some top-of-mind issues.
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Mark Goodman and Cynthia Jagger: Calling Metro Vancouver civic leaders: Permit housing, not obstacles

Mark Goodman and Cynthia Jagger: Calling Metro Vancouver civic leaders: Permit housing, not obstacles

On Saturday, October 15, B.C.’s citizens went to the polls to vote for mayor and council candidates in each of their respective municipalities.
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Kirk LaPointe: Eby's caucus choices reward the faithful and corner the fallible

Kirk LaPointe: Eby's caucus choices reward the faithful and corner the fallible

A premier’s first cabinet is an amalgam of reward, distance and ego. Translation: Reward for the supporters, distance from the ancien regime and ego on what will be micro-managed from his office.
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