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Rob Shaw: Surrey policing dispute heats up again as mayor spurns $250M offer

Rob Shaw: Surrey policing dispute heats up again as mayor spurns $250M offer

Mayor Brenda Locke prepares to play election-time game of chicken with BC NDP
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Bryan Yu: B.C. business optimism improves a bit and payroll counts increase

Bryan Yu: B.C. business optimism improves a bit and payroll counts increase

B.C. job market sees growth in services sector, manufacturing remains flat
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Les Leyne: Kickback probe could shape carbon-tax fight

Les Leyne: Kickback probe could shape carbon-tax fight

How will B.C.’s carbon tax weather the political storm that erupted this week?
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Rob Shaw: Viral TikTok video sparks investigation into B.C.'s clean energy grants

Rob Shaw: Viral TikTok video sparks investigation into B.C.'s clean energy grants

B.C. energy minister faces backlash, orders audit in wake of clean energy grant scandal
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Half of British Columbians are afraid of crime in their community, says poll

Half of British Columbians are afraid of crime in their community, says poll

Canadians blame addiction, gangs and courts for criminal activity.
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Les Leyne: NDP flips, launches dual probes after accusation of kickback in handling of green grants

Les Leyne: NDP flips, launches dual probes after accusation of kickback in handling of green grants

A consulting firm hired by the NDP to administer grants from its CleanBC program is accused of asking for a kickback to successfully process an application.
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Baldrey: 2024 meets 1991? How B.C. election history could repeat itself

Baldrey: 2024 meets 1991? How B.C. election history could repeat itself

Political columnist Keith Baldrey examines the eerily similar parallels that have transpired in the B.C. Legislature.
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Opinion: Western Canada’s supply chains are losing ground—but we can fix that

Opinion: Western Canada’s supply chains are losing ground—but we can fix that

Improving costs, streamlining regulations and investment can address transportation leaders’ dissatisfaction with Canada’s trade networks
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Rob Shaw: ‘Outrageous,’ rampant drug use make St. Paul’s unsafe for staff, patients

Rob Shaw: ‘Outrageous,’ rampant drug use make St. Paul’s unsafe for staff, patients

The conditions in northern B.C. hospitals pale in comparison to what’s happening in Vancouver, a source says
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Opinion: What can B.C. businesses do about human trafficking?

Opinion: What can B.C. businesses do about human trafficking?

A community’s identity is defined in no small measure by the ambitions of its business leadership in using its power to tackle fundamental social challenges.
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