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Les Leyne: Skimpy legislative package blamed on rookie MLAs and too much talking

Les Leyne: Skimpy legislative package blamed on rookie MLAs and too much talking

You’d think a brand new government fresh off an election would arrive at the legislature bursting with new ideas requiring new bills
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Rob Shaw: B.C. won’t put police in hospitals, despite violence and attacks

Rob Shaw: B.C. won’t put police in hospitals, despite violence and attacks

Opposition public safety critic and the nurses’ union would like to see a dedicated force available to protect health-care workers
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Opinion: Canada’s economy and social systems require immigration growth

Opinion: Canada’s economy and social systems require immigration growth

Canada’s real crisis is policy failure, not newcomers. Immigration is what’s keeping our economy and services afloat.
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Mario Canseco: What’s keeping Canadians up at night? Increasingly, it’s politics

Mario Canseco: What’s keeping Canadians up at night? Increasingly, it’s politics

Fewer than four in 10 Canadians get enough rest, and nearly half are losing sleep over money, politics and personal stress, according to Research Co. polling
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Rob Shaw: B.C. considers vehicle levy to help fund Translink

Rob Shaw: B.C. considers vehicle levy to help fund Translink

Premier David Eby says the province is not looking at mobility or congestion pricing following $312 million Translink bailout
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Bryan Yu: Tourists back off as inflation backs down in B.C.

Bryan Yu: Tourists back off as inflation backs down in B.C.

Visitor numbers drop for a second month as inflation eases to its lowest level in over a year
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Kirk LaPointe: Carney’s Cabinet is built to stabilize, not to soar

Kirk LaPointe: Carney’s Cabinet is built to stabilize, not to soar

With little time and big expectations, the prime minister leaned on Trudeau’s leftovers to assemble a cabinet better suited to triage than transformation
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Rob Shaw: BC NDP’s nurse recruitment push ignores the crisis on the ground

Rob Shaw: BC NDP’s nurse recruitment push ignores the crisis on the ground

While the province looks abroad to fill vacancies, nurses here are burning out under unsafe and violent conditions
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Les Leyne: Eby puts political torque on U.S. nurse poaching effort

Les Leyne: Eby puts political torque on U.S. nurse poaching effort

Even with credential checks fast-tracked and registration shortened, U.S. nurses have a lot to consider before moving to B.C.
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Rob Shaw: NDP’s Massey Tunnel quagmire keeps sinking deeper

Rob Shaw: NDP’s Massey Tunnel quagmire keeps sinking deeper

Construction is still years away, the budget is shaky and Ottawa wants no part of it. What exactly is the province doing?
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