Commentary

The number one issue in Vancouver is still affordable housing. The big challenge for the new ABC supermajority on city council will be to tackle Vancouver’s dubious distinction of being the least affordable city in Canada.

Just 13 months have passed since Canadians last participated in a federal election.

“What? Are you kidding me?” Save for an expletive inserted into those two questions – the kind we publish as #!%$! – we can expect a response of shock and dismay as a common chorus in months ahead as taxpayers learn their newly elected councils are n

B.C.’s housing market slide deepened through September with lower sales and prices. Further rounds of interest rate tightening by the Bank of Canada and resurgent bond yields will continue to erode purchasing power.

Premier-designate David Eby has wasted no time reaching out to the mayors of B.C.’s biggest cities, seeking partnerships to move quickly on the issues of crime, housing and homelessness.

At the time of publication, the results of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are expected to be public, and the world will be allowed to see the new lineup of senior men who will lead China for the next five years.

As Halloween approaches, the excitement of children is evident across Canada.

Depends on who you ask, and what language you speak. Canada can help.

You take the good, you take the bad; you take them both, and there you have: the facts of another municipal election cycle.

Premier-designate David Eby signalled big changes are coming for both B.C.’s civil service, as well as the NDP’s next election campaign, with the appointment of two new top officials to his administration this week.