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Letters: Our 'weed-free' lawn ideals are antiquated and ignorant

Letters: Our 'weed-free' lawn ideals are antiquated and ignorant

'Is it possible to shift from an obsession to having the “perfect lawn” to an obsession with soil regeneration or organic veggie gardening?'
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Les Leyne: Time for housing starts, not housing talk

Les Leyne: Time for housing starts, not housing talk

A new version of the NDP’s housing policy was ordered because the first multi-billion dollar version hasn’t made enough progress in alleviating the crisis
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Rob Shaw: B.C. minimum wage rises, possibly more increases in the wings

Rob Shaw: B.C. minimum wage rises, possibly more increases in the wings

A pathway to a 'living wage' may be the next step
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Opinion: The Canadian government should make the grocery rebate permanent to combat the affordability crisis

Opinion: The Canadian government should make the grocery rebate permanent to combat the affordability crisis

The federal government should make the grocery rebate permanent by adding it to the GST/HST credit.
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Opinion: Full-time workers are stressed and feeling the fatigue

Opinion: Full-time workers are stressed and feeling the fatigue

Twenty-six per cent of full-time employees in British Columbia report they have felt depressed because of work in the past year
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Les Leyne: Election interference worries sidelined in legislation

Les Leyne: Election interference worries sidelined in legislation

Election interference worries sidelined in legislation
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Les Leyne: B.C. Ferries' independence is a charade

Les Leyne: B.C. Ferries' independence is a charade

Maybe it’s time to accept reality and fold B.C. Ferries back into government as a Crown corporation
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Rob Shaw: David Eby's housing boasts deserve a reality check

Rob Shaw: David Eby's housing boasts deserve a reality check

All sorts of housing units are counting toward the NDP's plan
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Les Leyne: Single-family zoning is fading away

Les Leyne: Single-family zoning is fading away

The owner-occupied, stand-alone single-family-home model that took off after the Second World War and defined our way of life for three generations is steadily being dismantled
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Letters: It ain’t what you don’t know

Letters: It ain’t what you don’t know

Editor: I was very disappointed to see the CR publish the letter from PJ Reece of Gibsons [March 17] regarding a recent review of studies on masking.
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