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Opinion: B.C.’s economy is increasingly reliant on resource products

Opinion: B.C.’s economy is increasingly reliant on resource products

B.C.'s merchandise exports fell to $56.2 billion in 2023, down from a peak of $65 billion in 2022
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Baldrey: Tension will heat up this summer ahead of 2024 B.C. election

Baldrey: Tension will heat up this summer ahead of 2024 B.C. election

Columnist Keith Baldrey explains MLA candidates and their leaders will be more active than ever these next two months.
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Growing majority disagree with a provincial name change for B.C., survey reveals

Growing majority disagree with a provincial name change for B.C., survey reveals

British Columbians have mixed feelings over reconciliation efforts, highlighting generational divides
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Rob Shaw: Eby confronts federal policies with long to-do list for premiers meeting

Rob Shaw: Eby confronts federal policies with long to-do list for premiers meeting

Bail reform, equalization payments on the agenda
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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Figuring out ways to meet B.C. government's house-building quota

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Figuring out ways to meet B.C. government's house-building quota

Times Colonist cartoonist Adrian Reside on ways to meet the provincial government's quota for new homes.
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Rob Shaw: BC United outflanked after tapping Trump-loving campaign manager

Rob Shaw: BC United outflanked after tapping Trump-loving campaign manager

Greens, BC United go about campaign revivals in very different ways
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Rob Shaw: Capital-gains tax hike sparks tension over B.C. health-care funding

Rob Shaw: Capital-gains tax hike sparks tension over B.C. health-care funding

Premier frustrated with federal finance minister's suggestion
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Opinion: The province’s version of reconciliation is failing B.C. communities

Opinion: The province’s version of reconciliation is failing B.C. communities

Land claims impacting livelihoods, fracturing rural communities
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SOGI policies divide voters ahead of provincial elections, survey reveals

SOGI policies divide voters ahead of provincial elections, survey reveals

Sexual education leaving sparks controversy ahead of New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, and B.C. elections
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Baldrey: More B.C. NDP MLAs not seeking re-election. How will this fare for Eby?

Baldrey: More B.C. NDP MLAs not seeking re-election. How will this fare for Eby?

Will it be worth David Eby's time to replace the departing ministers before the 2024 provincial election, asks columnist Keith Baldrey.
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