Provincial Politics

Rob Shaw: One extraordinary and sobering pandemic press conference showed BC is headed on a worrisome direction – and increasingly swimming against the tide on several fronts.

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Rob Shaw: Despite the government’s doublespeak, 1 out of 206 First Nations signed onto the NDP’s proposals – and even that came with an asterisk.

Maclean Kay: For BC Green leader Sonia Furstenau, 2021 was about standing tall in the face of angry mobs, and an arrogant government.

Roslyn Kunin: Drug users are going to keep on using. A more immediate route to saving lives is to ensure the drugs are clean and safe

Rob Shaw: BC’s decision to reject Uber in Kelowna and Victoria has succeeded in pleasing exactly one stakeholder group – and nobody else.

Dene Moore: As we learn to live with the coronavirus – and come to grips with the fact that most unvaccinated people won’t budge – we’ll have to find ways to move forward.

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COVID: sick of it. BC Liberal leadership debate: covering it. Kirk McLean: gets mentioned.

Kris Sims: The government rammed the legislation through last week, without proper debate, while the province is reeling from devastating flooding and broken infrastructure.