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Bryan Yu: B.C. businesses show signs of life but economic chill persists

Bryan Yu: B.C. businesses show signs of life but economic chill persists

Confidence levels remain well below normal as trade-reliant firms struggle with tariffs, labour shortages and rising costs
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Opinion: B.C.'s economic independence runs through the Northeast

Opinion: B.C.'s economic independence runs through the Northeast

Region shows how climate ambition, Indigenous rights and energy development can coexist
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Rob Shaw: NDP steps on a landmine with cut to sick kids support

Rob Shaw: NDP steps on a landmine with cut to sick kids support

Backlash forces reversal after province slashes funding for travel and housing support for families of critically ill children
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Opinion: Ottawa wants to invest in housing, but is there any steak behind the sizzle?

Opinion: Ottawa wants to invest in housing, but is there any steak behind the sizzle?

Political theatrics are no substitute for smart, scalable housing policy. Governments must stop sidelining the private sector.
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Rob Shaw: B.C. demands overhaul from Ottawa on repeat offenders

Rob Shaw: B.C. demands overhaul from Ottawa on repeat offenders

Attorney general pushing for stronger protections and sentencing tools
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Opinion: B.C. will need a better energy plan to support artificial intelligence

Opinion: B.C. will need a better energy plan to support artificial intelligence

The province’s hydro system is maxed out just as energy-hungry data centres ramp up. Alberta’s natural gas playbook offers a way forward.
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Rob Shaw: Eby’s inner circle looking like a jobs program for BC NDP alumni

Rob Shaw: Eby’s inner circle looking like a jobs program for BC NDP alumni

George Heyman’s back, this time as a taxpayer-funded advisor on labour talks. The public only found out because his LinkedIn page changed.
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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Premier David Eby makes a deal in Japan

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Premier David Eby makes a deal in Japan

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Kirk LaPointe: The big tax reckoning is coming for Canada

Kirk LaPointe: The big tax reckoning is coming for Canada

As costs soar and demographics shift, governments can no longer dodge the truth: we either raise more revenue—or cut deep
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Opinion: What if Alberta really did vote to separate?

Opinion: What if Alberta really did vote to separate?

An independent Alberta would be a landlocked, oil-exporting nation. It would have to enter into long and painful negotiations with Canada and the U.S. over every aspect of its new status.
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