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Opinion: Regulatory uncertainty overshadows B.C.’s mining opportunity

Opinion: Regulatory uncertainty overshadows B.C.’s mining opportunity

With mineral exploration investment already dropping, rushed policy changes could push the industry into crisis.
Opinion: B.C.'s resource extraction lifeboat is full of holes

Opinion: B.C.'s resource extraction lifeboat is full of holes

Politicians are selling resource extraction as an economic cure—evidence suggests otherwise
Rob Shaw: NDP's safe-supply gaslighting collapses under leaked government report

Rob Shaw: NDP's safe-supply gaslighting collapses under leaked government report

After years of denials, provincial government now acknowledges safe supply fuelling underground drug market
Kirk LaPointe: B.C. risks losing billions with Columbia River Treaty left in limbo

Kirk LaPointe: B.C. risks losing billions with Columbia River Treaty left in limbo

A long-overdue treaty update is stalled, leaving province vulnerable to political and economic risks
Opinion: B.C. risks billions if new homes are built in the path of fires and floods

Opinion: B.C. risks billions if new homes are built in the path of fires and floods

New report shows why the most affordable home is the one you don’t have to rebuild after a disaster
Opinion: B.C. forestry needs urgent action to survive potential U.S. trade war

Opinion: B.C. forestry needs urgent action to survive potential U.S. trade war

Proposed U.S. tariffs would cripple one of B.C.’s largest industries, but strategic policy changes could help prevent mass layoffs
Rob Shaw: FOI system a money-wasting pit of secrecy under BC NDP

Rob Shaw: FOI system a money-wasting pit of secrecy under BC NDP

Province finds insidious way to jack up cost of transparency to British Columbians
Bryan Yu: B.C. bucks inflation trend in the worst way

Bryan Yu: B.C. bucks inflation trend in the worst way

Higher shelter and service costs fuel December’s price jump
Mario Canseco: Canada pricklier about distracted driving than U.S., survey reveals

Mario Canseco: Canada pricklier about distracted driving than U.S., survey reveals

Littering and dog waste also top the list of offences that drive Canadians crazy
Mario Canseco: Trump tariffs spark Canadian backlash—and a shift in political winds

Mario Canseco: Trump tariffs spark Canadian backlash—and a shift in political winds

Polling shows strong Trudeau performance, while Poilievre struggles to define his stance amid rising economic tensions