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Rob Shaw: Eby government thinks we've had enough interest rate increases

Rob Shaw: Eby government thinks we've had enough interest rate increases

The B.C. government is urging the Bank of Canada to hold off increasing interest rates in the wake of a surprise jump in inflation.
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Mario Canseco: Higher taxes to address social, climate issues remain a tough sell: poll

Mario Canseco: Higher taxes to address social, climate issues remain a tough sell: poll

British Columbians are ahead of the national average on their willingness to pay higher taxes to address floods and for transit improvements
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Goodman and Jagger: Time to return to predictable rental rate increases

Goodman and Jagger: Time to return to predictable rental rate increases

The B.C. NDP government has strayed from the traditional formula for rent increases
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Suzanne Anton: We need to change the way decisions are made about our health

Suzanne Anton: We need to change the way decisions are made about our health

Too much power is invested in an unelected official, B.C.'s former attorney general argues
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Rob Shaw: Sharma squires Swiss springboard to staff summer sojourns

Rob Shaw: Sharma squires Swiss springboard to staff summer sojourns

Attorney General and party of five take in Geneva UN conference, four of them then stayed for vacation
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Allie Blades: Kevin Falcon must unite the right in B.C. politics

Allie Blades: Kevin Falcon must unite the right in B.C. politics

BC United has to command conservative voters or it will lose
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Jock Finlayson and Ken Peacock: Imbalance between new homes and new residents escalating unaffordability in B.C.

Jock Finlayson and Ken Peacock: Imbalance between new homes and new residents escalating unaffordability in B.C.

Growing wedge between the number of new homes being built in B.C. and population growth fuelled by surging in-migration is playing a starring role in the larger housing market story, according to BCBC economists
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Brian Sauvé: Surrey's twisty, political police transition needs swift clarity

Brian Sauvé: Surrey's twisty, political police transition needs swift clarity

The head of the National Police Federation says Surrey should not restaff at the expense of RCMP
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Opinion: Quieting wildfires requires responsible forest management solutions

Opinion: Quieting wildfires requires responsible forest management solutions

What is happening in B.C. and Canada is a literal smoke signal that is impossible to ignore
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Rob Shaw: Trudeau cabinet shuffle raises questions about reforms sought by Eby

Rob Shaw: Trudeau cabinet shuffle raises questions about reforms sought by Eby

Many ministers moved out of portfolios of importance to the province
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