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BIV Editorial: A dark winter of discontent for journalism

BIV Editorial: A dark winter of discontent for journalism

The prospects for some winter business sectors might be brighter this year in B.C., but for information integrity enterprises in the province, the temperature keeps dropping. That integrity is under siege on all fronts.
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Rob Shaw: Prepare for the province to bigfoot municipalities on housing

Rob Shaw: Prepare for the province to bigfoot municipalities on housing

Premier David Eby took great pains Monday to emphasize that his new housing legislation was part of a “collaborative” process with municipalities, with ample room for “cooperation” and “negotiation” with mayors and local councils over housing targets
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Mario Canseco: Survey finds mixed support for hosting major sporting events in B.C.

Mario Canseco: Survey finds mixed support for hosting major sporting events in B.C.

Over the past two years, British Columbians developed a love-hate relationship with the possibility of Vancouver hosting the Winter Olympics for the second time.
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Rob Shaw: Why David Eby changed his mind on prosecutors and repeat offenders

Rob Shaw: Why David Eby changed his mind on prosecutors and repeat offenders

Premier David Eby surprised many on Sunday when he announced a government directive to Crown prosecutors to do more, where possible, on “the risk that repeat violent offenders pose to public safety in British Columbia.
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Rob Shaw: Premier Eby hits the ground sprinting to catch up to B.C.'s crises

Rob Shaw: Premier Eby hits the ground sprinting to catch up to B.C.'s crises

For most new premiers, their swearing-in day is a leisurely victory lap. Typically, they pose for the cameras, introduce their new cabinet and pat themselves on the back for winning an election or leadership race.
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Kirk LaPointe: YVR’s CEO piloting the recovery of the place where humanity meets

Kirk LaPointe: YVR’s CEO piloting the recovery of the place where humanity meets

If you look it up today, you will find that Tamara Vrooman became CEO at YVR on Canada Day in 2020. But it wasn’t the YVR we knew. And she couldn’t be the CEO we knew, even the CEO that she knew.
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Mario Canseco: Survey finds mixed support for hosting major sporting events in B.C.

Mario Canseco: Survey finds mixed support for hosting major sporting events in B.C.

Over the past two years, British Columbians developed a love-hate relationship with the possibility of Vancouver hosting the Winter Olympics for the second time.
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Christine Duhaime: The wild FTX Ponzi scheme touched Vancouver

Christine Duhaime: The wild FTX Ponzi scheme touched Vancouver

One struggles to find the words to describe the FTX debacle.
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Mario Canseco: Survey: Morality increasingly considered a barrier to health-care access in Canada

Mario Canseco: Survey: Morality increasingly considered a barrier to health-care access in Canada

Over the past four and half years, Research Co. and Glacier Media have asked Canadians about a wide range of issues.
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Rob Shaw: Health care, crime and climate issues will define Eby’s first year as premier

Rob Shaw: Health care, crime and climate issues will define Eby’s first year as premier

As David Eby prepares to be sworn in as premier, it’s worth looking at the political landscape he will inherit in B.C. compared to only one year ago. In mid-November 2021, B.C.
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