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Rob Shaw: Eby's 100-day plan is splashy but light on action

Rob Shaw: Eby's 100-day plan is splashy but light on action

Premier-designate David Eby is attempting to turn the page on his contentious BC NDP election victory with a new 100-day plan that tackles the biggest crises in the province.
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Kirk LaPointe: Dysfunctional political families need input from young people

Kirk LaPointe: Dysfunctional political families need input from young people

We all know one week is an eternity in politics. But the BC NDP can’t take many more, even any more, weeks like this last one. Eternities like that eventually place you in the afterlife.
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Les Leyne: Eby eyes 'profound' crime intervention

Les Leyne: Eby eyes 'profound' crime intervention

Left hanging in the air is the point that he was minister responsible for it over five full years.
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Jack Knox: Victoria's Olive Bailey kept her Bletchley codebreaking past secret

Jack Knox: Victoria's Olive Bailey kept her Bletchley codebreaking past secret

During the war, Olive Bailey, who has died at the age of 101, was stationed in Hut Six, where army and air force code breakers worked. She remembered Alan Turing chaining his coffee cup to the radiator so he wouldn’t lose it
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Letter: Look to drought-prone areas for ideas – like water towers

Letter: Look to drought-prone areas for ideas – like water towers

'As rampant development is allowed on the Sunshine Coast and developers inhabit councils, hard decisions on the future of water use and storage have to be made.'
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Letters: Lower Road speeds a disaster waiting to happen

Letters: Lower Road speeds a disaster waiting to happen

'At the very least, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure ought to supply some signs to remind all the new city drivers who rush down Lower Road at dangerous speeds, only to have to slow down for a stop sign at either end.'
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Opinion: What happened to Relic’s houseboat?

Opinion: What happened to Relic’s houseboat?

Solving small mysteries, a case of mistaken identity, and finding the source of wild goose chases
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Rob Shaw: BC NDP leadership race an embarrassing mess for all involved

Rob Shaw: BC NDP leadership race an embarrassing mess for all involved

The party’s 42-person provincial council voted Wednesday night to back an investigation by its chief electoral officer and disqualify David Eby’s only competition.
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Survey: Support growing in Canada for decriminalizing all drugs for personal use

Survey: Support growing in Canada for decriminalizing all drugs for personal use

More than a million Americans have lost their lives in this century on account of drug overdoses. In Canada, the number of daily opioid-related deaths has grown dramatically, from eight in 2016 to 21 in 2022.
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Les Leyne: After being disqualified from NDP leadership race, Appadurai on way to political martyrdom

Les Leyne: After being disqualified from NDP leadership race, Appadurai on way to political martyrdom

The blow-by-blow account of the specific violations is about how environmental groups bypassed the NDP’s rules on membership signups and worked to park Green Party members in the NDP just for the vote.
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