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Opinion: What's really behind B.C.’s small business slump?

Opinion: What's really behind B.C.’s small business slump?

High taxes, new tip rules, street disorder undermining local entrepreneurs already struggling
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Rob Shaw: City leaders, police say B.C. drug policy is failing as street disorder worsens

Rob Shaw: City leaders, police say B.C. drug policy is failing as street disorder worsens

Despite government claims of progress, councils in Nanaimo and Victoria are demanding closures of sites they say are fuelling crime and fear
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Mario Canseco: Fewer Canadians see homelessness as a crisis, according to poll

Mario Canseco: Fewer Canadians see homelessness as a crisis, according to poll

Mental health support, zoning reform, and housing investment remain popular, even as encampment fatigue grows
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Adrian Raeside cartoon: All aboard the Ottawa subsidies party boat

Adrian Raeside cartoon: All aboard the Ottawa subsidies party boat

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Rob Shaw: From free IUDs to funded IVF, BC NDP delivering on reproductive health

Rob Shaw: From free IUDs to funded IVF, BC NDP delivering on reproductive health

Two major programs are driving demand and positioning B.C. as a national leader
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Bryan Yu: B.C. inflation eases but rising tariffs, housing risks keep pressure on

Bryan Yu: B.C. inflation eases but rising tariffs, housing risks keep pressure on

Price relief is coming from shelter and gas, but food and consumer goods show warning signs as housing rebounds unevenly
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Rob Shaw: Eby vows to fix secret drug panel as B.C. pleads for experts with compassion

Rob Shaw: Eby vows to fix secret drug panel as B.C. pleads for experts with compassion

British Columbians sided with dying girl Charleigh Pollock over a faceless committee for a reason
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Adrian Raeside cartoon: U.S. threatens Canada's softwood lumber producers

Adrian Raeside cartoon: U.S. threatens Canada's softwood lumber producers

Cartoon originally published in 2001. Fast-forward 24 years and Canadians softwood lumber producers are still being harassed by the US Commerce Dept.
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Kirk LaPointe: Metro Vancouver skirts transparency by pausing probe into sewage plant

Kirk LaPointe: Metro Vancouver skirts transparency by pausing probe into sewage plant

Officials shut down an independent review into the $3.9B North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant, citing lawsuits they’ve known about for years
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Rob Shaw: Years of warnings ignored as U.S. slaps B.C. forestry with punishing new duties

Rob Shaw: Years of warnings ignored as U.S. slaps B.C. forestry with punishing new duties

A fresh hike in anti-dumping fees threatens to finish the job, but the real damage came from government stalling
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