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Rob Shaw: B.C. election fever heats up as parties brace for rushed legislative session

Rob Shaw: B.C. election fever heats up as parties brace for rushed legislative session

Throne speech, budget and election all on the horizon for B.C. politicians this week
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Rob Shaw: BC United, NDP present clashing visions for solving housing crisis

Rob Shaw: BC United, NDP present clashing visions for solving housing crisis

B.C.'s political parties at odds over handling the housing crisis as they unveil plans this past week
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Editorial: B.C. Ferries' vessels should be built in B.C.

Editorial: B.C. Ferries' vessels should be built in B.C.

Over the years, B.C. Ferries has allowed local shipyards to atrophy. It’s not even clear the company tries to buy locally.
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Gil Yaron: B.C.'s densification plan risks creating more demolition waste

Gil Yaron: B.C.'s densification plan risks creating more demolition waste

Housing affordability vs. demolition: Can we build up without tearing down?
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Adrian Raeside cartoon: What to do with that land

Adrian Raeside cartoon: What to do with that land

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Comment: Forest Service needs to include ecological stewardship

Comment: Forest Service needs to include ecological stewardship

Politicians offer up flavour-of-the-month, appeasing initiatives, which are bound to fizzle and fail because their requirement is not rooted in law.
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Rob Shaw: Eby's half-baked housing plan underwhelms

Rob Shaw: Eby's half-baked housing plan underwhelms

NDP's BC Builds program is more sizzle than steak ahead of the election season
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Opinion: 4 policies to save journalism jobs in B.C.

Opinion: 4 policies to save journalism jobs in B.C.

"The cost of inaction will result in the loss of journalism jobs, the shuttering of local media outlets, and a less informed and less engaged citizenry."
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Comment: Prescribed safer supply needs more research

Systematic evaluation of potential unintended consequences needed to make sure program is not doing more harm than good
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Fewer British Columbians using re-usable bags in wake of plastic ban rejection

Fewer British Columbians using re-usable bags in wake of plastic ban rejection

Green Fatigue? B.C. residents hold steady on reusable bags, but other eco-habits dip.
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