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Rob Shaw: Old Town, new signs, as NDP tries to sweep away Royal BC Museum debacle

Rob Shaw: Old Town, new signs, as NDP tries to sweep away Royal BC Museum debacle

After 16 months, the RBCM has settled on 'contextual panels' as a solution to decolonize the exhibit
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Les Leyne: NDP looks helpless in dealing with housing scandal

Les Leyne: NDP looks helpless in dealing with housing scandal

Atira, the contractor at the centre of the scandal, rejected the government’s direct order to clean house
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Letters: What if we had land trusts for people to address the housing crisis?

Letters: What if we had land trusts for people to address the housing crisis?

'The ongoing struggle for affordable housing continues. Businesses are struggling to find workers because of high rental costs. Government continues to acknowledge the problem but we are a long way from solving it.'
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Opinion: For better or worse, your dog's behaviours can impact your quality of life

Opinion: For better or worse, your dog's behaviours can impact your quality of life

Companion dogs respond to their environments and their owners’ sense of well-being. When owners are stressed and anxious, dogs can exhibit undesirable behaviours.
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Opinion: A new brand and new leader have yet to shift political attitudes in B.C., polling shows

Opinion: A new brand and new leader have yet to shift political attitudes in B.C., polling shows

Research Co. and Glacier Media polled British Columbians about BC United, the Conservative Party of BC and constituents attitudes towards the province's political parties
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Les Leyne: Wife of BC Housing boss got priority for funding

Les Leyne: Wife of BC Housing boss got priority for funding

A forensic audit released Monday found that “mismanagement” of a conflict of interest permeated the entire BC Housing organization.
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Opinion: Why rural Canadians need public transit just as urgently as suburbanites

Opinion: Why rural Canadians need public transit just as urgently as suburbanites

There is a continuing misunderstanding of rural realities by policymakers. Ultimately this puts transit out of reach for many rural areas.
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Opinion: Why does government help strangle Canadian businesses?

Opinion: Why does government help strangle Canadian businesses?

Port expansions further lock us into a fragile, energy-intensive system of globalized trade with many distant links in a chain we have no local control over.  
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Keith Baldrey: COVID-19 health emergency comes to an anticlimactic end

Keith Baldrey: COVID-19 health emergency comes to an anticlimactic end

As the World Health Organization declares the "emergency" phase over, we know COVID-19 isn't going away.
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Rob Shaw: How the legislature turned into the Twilight Zone

Rob Shaw: How the legislature turned into the Twilight Zone

In which the BC NDP thwart the government lawyers' attempt to create their own bargaining unit
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