Commentary

Bryan Yu: B.C. retail sales outperform national average as visitor numbers rise

Motor vehicles, building materials drive B.C. sales

May 8, 2024 7:00 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: B.C.'s drug decriminalization experiment fizzles out

Taking action implies moving forward, but the B.C. government is going backward and capitulating on decriminalization

May 8, 2024 12:43 AM Read more >

Canadians want more regulations around smoking, according to poll

Will Canada raise the smoking age? New polling says public backs U.K.-style law

May 7, 2024 7:00 AM Read more >

Baldrey: Let's put Vancouver's 2026 FIFA World Cup spending into context

Columnist Keith Baldrey believes putting B.C. back into the international spotlight will generate more positives for the province.

May 6, 2024 12:05 PM Read more >

Rob Shaw: Finance minister quick to deflect questions over troubled Surrey police transition

Controversy swirls as B.C. government conducts detailed polling on Surrey policing

May 6, 2024 8:00 AM Read more >

Opinion: 2026 World Cup goes from shiny object to fiscal nightmare for B.C.

Soaring price tag casts doubt on benefits of hosting games

May 6, 2024 7:00 AM Read more >

Carson Binda: B.C. should bring back an auditor general for local governments

Taxpayer dollars drained by local government mismanagement

May 3, 2024 4:00 PM Read more >

Who says the rich don’t pay their fair share of taxes?

Statistics Canada data for the 2021 taxation year paints a picture in which the wealthy carry their part of the burden

May 3, 2024 1:30 PM Read more >

Rob Shaw: Messy drug decriminalization experiment marred by shifting policies, unhelpful data

Can B.C. prove its controversial drug program works if it keeps changing the rules and failing to track key metrics?

May 3, 2024 7:32 AM Read more >

Comment: The missed opportunity of the Loblaw boycott

Many food prices have already been declining for weeks, rendering the movement somewhat misguided in achieving its purported goals.

May 2, 2024 7:30 AM Read more >