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Kirk LaPointe: We need more than high interest rates to correct our imbalanced economy

Kirk LaPointe: We need more than high interest rates to correct our imbalanced economy

If it took overly long to get on with the rate escalation, writes Kirk LaPointe, it is also going to take overly long to see those rates decline
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Rob Shaw: In Abbotsford, the homeless encampment will come down, but is it too late?

Rob Shaw: In Abbotsford, the homeless encampment will come down, but is it too late?

Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon recognizes it's only one step on a long road
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David Williams: How long can our governments ignore our declining living standards?

David Williams: How long can our governments ignore our declining living standards?

Incomes are slipping and stagnating, our politicians need to face the facts
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Rob Shaw: Province's battle with inflation, higher interest rates, is far from over

Rob Shaw: Province's battle with inflation, higher interest rates, is far from over

David Eby finds himself under more pressure to provide support in inflationary, higher-interest-rate times
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Stewart Muir: Rescuing British Columbia's Greens from their gaslighting gaffe

Stewart Muir: Rescuing British Columbia's Greens from their gaslighting gaffe

Greens ought to be celebrating the project, Stewart Muir argues.
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Rob Shaw: New BC Ferries CEO wasting little time to right the ship

Rob Shaw: New BC Ferries CEO wasting little time to right the ship

Nicolas Jimenez, fresh from running ICBC, is modernizing, restructuring and charting a new course
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Rob Shaw: Watchdogs suggest a larger government role in selling decriminalized drugs

Rob Shaw: Watchdogs suggest a larger government role in selling decriminalized drugs

The musings of Dr. Bonnie Henry, Lisa Lapointe and Jennifer Charlesworth create a difficult task for the NDP government
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Bruce Allen: The condo proposal for Keefer Street needs to be approved

Bruce Allen: The condo proposal for Keefer Street needs to be approved

The Beedie proposal is a good place for Chinatown revitalization to proceed
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Kirk LaPointe: If trade with Asia is the future, why did B.C. nix its trade program?

Kirk LaPointe: If trade with Asia is the future, why did B.C. nix its trade program?

We may never know why the province chose to shutter what was a small investment for a large return, writes Kirk LaPointe
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Karen Ogen: LNG helps transform and secure our energy future, stopping it will do nothing to help

Karen Ogen: LNG helps transform and secure our energy future, stopping it will do nothing to help

First Nations LNG leader argues that discontinuing production would simply help the United States liquefy and export our natural gas
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