Commentary

Few events challenge Metro Vancouverites as much as a snowstorm.

Look no further than the number of ships at anchor in Vancouver’s harbour for evidence that the country’s Asia-Pacific Gateway needs streamlining.

Premier David Eby says he has no shortage of ideas on how to tackle the biggest crises of our time – from the strain on the health-care system, to rising crime on B.C.’s streets, to the enormous cost-of-living pressures facing British Columbians.

Every new leader has to honour the predecessor yet chart a different course. I’ve yet to hear one say he/she will do exactly what the last woman/man did, even if in power there is a nice crutch to lean on.

The construction industry, Surrey and B.C.’s free-enterprise movement lost a legendary figure this weekend, when Lark Group founder Larry Fisher passed away after a long, furious fight with cancer.

Premier David Eby has been sprinting through his first three months in office, checking off items from his 100-day action plan with increasing frequency.

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A particularly cold start of the winter, coupled with growing worries about inflation and a drop in economic confidence at the national level, made British Columbians more aware of their energy use. When Research Co.

B.C.’s addictions treatment system is an infuriating mess that’s not working. Let's start there, and say it out loud, because it’s true. The politicians know it. Two successive governments have failed to fix it. Years tick by, and people keep dying.

New Research Co. and Glacier Media poll assesses voters’ views toward provincial, federal leaders