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Kirk LaPointe: Vancouver’s urban planning might need the touch of an urban ‘economist’

Kirk LaPointe: Vancouver’s urban planning might need the touch of an urban ‘economist’

Alain Bertaud chose the perfect week for his first visit to Vancouver.
Rob Shaw: Not sure what to make of the poll making much about BC Conservatives

Rob Shaw: Not sure what to make of the poll making much about BC Conservatives

Mainstreet Research poll has the party strongly on the rise, but there are doubts about it
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