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Big city budgets ignore reality of challenging economic times
News flash to new municipal councils: Life in British Columbia is expensive enough. We don’t need you to pile on. Fact: Your constituents are dealing with household costs rising faster than at any time in the last four decades.
Mar 7, 2023 12:00 PM
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Mark Goodman and Cynthia Jagger: Calling Metro Vancouver civic leaders: Permit housing, not obstacles
On Saturday, October 15, B.C.’s citizens went to the polls to vote for mayor and council candidates in each of their respective municipalities.
Dec 12, 2022 9:40 AM
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Arny Wise: Do newbies David Eby and Ken Sim have the right stuff to tackle affordable housing?
There was a time when B.C. politicians, a conservative Vancouver mayor and an NDP BC premier had the right stuff.
Nov 24, 2022 11:37 AM
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Rob Shaw: Prepare for the province to bigfoot municipalities on housing
Premier David Eby took great pains Monday to emphasize that his new housing legislation was part of a “collaborative” process with municipalities, with ample room for “cooperation” and “negotiation” with mayors and local councils over housing targets
Nov 22, 2022 10:35 AM
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Rob Shaw: Don’t be surprised if Surrey transitions back to the RCMP
There’s an old axiom in politics: The voters are never wrong. That goes doubly so in Surrey, where voters comprise one of the most important blocks of support in B.C. politics. As Surrey goes, quite often, so does the government.
Nov 14, 2022 12:03 PM
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Rob Shaw: Eby promises to take over the Downtown Eastside – but what's the plan?
Incoming B.C.
Nov 14, 2022 9:21 AM
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Jordan Bateman: Advice for new mayors: remember the four C’s
First comes the swearing-in. Then, the swearing-at.
Nov 1, 2022 4:21 PM
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UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 170
Welcome to UnSpun - The Orca's current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.
May 5, 2022 2:09 PM
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Crime and treatment
Lynda Steele on some of the response to her column about crime and treating the mentally ill, a ‘radical idea’ shared by BC’s urban mayors.
May 2, 2022 9:48 AM
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UnSpun with Jody Vance and George Affleck — Episode 169
Welcome to UnSpun - The Orca's current events podcast and YouTube show. Every week, Jody Vance and George Affleck unspin the latest news in local, provincial, federal politics, and much more.
Apr 28, 2022 3:12 PM
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