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Rob Shaw: BC NDP cabinet power grab returns with a new name

Rob Shaw: BC NDP cabinet power grab returns with a new name

Government would control everything from permitting to environmental assessments under new B.C. legislation
Opinion: Shutting capital out of B.C. market hasn’t made housing affordable

Opinion: Shutting capital out of B.C. market hasn’t made housing affordable

You can’t get affordability by scaring off the investors and developers who create supply.
Mario Canseco: Canadians sour on the U.S. as Trump looms large, polling reveals

Mario Canseco: Canadians sour on the U.S. as Trump looms large, polling reveals

Research Co. survey shows a surge in anti-American sentiment cuts across age, gender and region in the wake of tariffs and tough talk
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Defending Canada's sovereignty

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Defending Canada's sovereignty

Les Leyne: Festival mass killing probes face long, uncertain road

Les Leyne: Festival mass killing probes face long, uncertain road

The mass casualties in Vancouver after a man drove an SUV through a crowd at the Lapu Lapu festival have put the government’s attempts to grapple with mental health crises into overdrive.
Mario Canseco: Fear of Trump won the election for Carney, polling reveals

Mario Canseco: Fear of Trump won the election for Carney, polling reveals

Voters rejected grievance politics in favour of competence and calm — and the Conservatives are left looking for someone to blame
Rob Shaw: Eby breathing easier with Carney in charge

Rob Shaw: Eby breathing easier with Carney in charge

The federal Liberal win spares B.C. a policy war with Pierre Poilievre and opens the door to deeper Ottawa-Victoria collaboration.
Bryan Yu: Tariff turmoil eases but B.C. businesses still on edge

Bryan Yu: Tariff turmoil eases but B.C. businesses still on edge

Short-term hiring plans sink to new low while trade and cost pressures weigh on recovery hopes
Les Leyne: Vancouver massacre could break pattern for responding to mental-health horror stories

Les Leyne: Vancouver massacre could break pattern for responding to mental-health horror stories

Typically, it’s a long, zigzag march towards any kind of progress. This time could be different
Opinion: 10 immediate housing policy actions for the new federal government

Opinion: 10 immediate housing policy actions for the new federal government

The Liberals won on promises — now they need policy that delivers new homes and affordability across Canada