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Rob Shaw: A star Green Party candidate is parachuted into a riding that can't be won

Rob Shaw: A star Green Party candidate is parachuted into a riding that can't be won

Health Minister Adrian Dix has won the riding five times now, each election by a larger margin
Kirk LaPointe: West Vancouver withholds severance info of former top brass

Kirk LaPointe: West Vancouver withholds severance info of former top brass

Let’s never forget it’s taxpayers’ money, and as a first principle taxpayers ought to know how every dollar is spent
Data points: Retail spending reveals that our economy is slowing somewhat

Data points: Retail spending reveals that our economy is slowing somewhat

It is early in the slowdown as cumulative rate hikes continue to work through the economy, writes Bryan Yu
Rob Shaw: All these kids are a headache for an NDP government atop education shortages

Rob Shaw: All these kids are a headache for an NDP government atop education shortages

The Eby government is overwhelmed by the system's needs
Kirk LaPointe: We need AI training before AI’s training wheels come off

Kirk LaPointe: We need AI training before AI’s training wheels come off

Though we are in "play mode" with AI-powered chat bots, one expert says she is concerned Canadians are not sufficiently informing themselves on the technology, writes Kirk LaPointe
Rob Shaw: Eby government drives by and promises, workers stay put and suffer in Crofton

Rob Shaw: Eby government drives by and promises, workers stay put and suffer in Crofton

Commitments in January haven't held up
David Williams: Canada has a larger prosperity problem than an income inequality problem

David Williams: Canada has a larger prosperity problem than an income inequality problem

Income inequality has fallen for twenty years in Canada and B.C.
Paul Sullivan: How city permits and fees help create unaffordable housing

Paul Sullivan: How city permits and fees help create unaffordable housing

Cities are vampires in the housing sector
Rob Shaw: With NDP Premier David Eby's blessing, ministerial staff now make more than an MLA

Rob Shaw: With NDP Premier David Eby's blessing, ministerial staff now make more than an MLA

Political staff to NDP ministers receive larger raises than teachers, nurses and public sector
Carson Binda: Seriously, something needs to be done about gas taxes

Carson Binda: Seriously, something needs to be done about gas taxes

Trying to tax away a global problem isn't working