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Les Leyne: Court finds province violated labour deal with prosecutors

Les Leyne: Court finds province violated labour deal with prosecutors

B.C. Supreme Court ruling stems from Premier David Eby’s attempt when he was attorney general to change how bail hearings are dealt with
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Opinion: Canada can’t fight climate change alone but it can still do its part

Opinion: Canada can’t fight climate change alone but it can still do its part

There is little doubt the next federal election should be about our country’s future and its response to climate change.
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Opinion: Government keeps making the same colonial mistakes

Opinion: Government keeps making the same colonial mistakes

The NDP plan for housing is going to lead to more poverty and deplorable conditions for marginalized people to live in while they hemorrhage money at self-made problems.
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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Crushed by many, many taxes

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Crushed by many, many taxes

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Comment: Flexibility will be key to B.C.’s continued leadership in adoption of zero emission vehicles

Comment: Flexibility will be key to B.C.’s continued leadership in adoption of zero emission vehicles

So far in 2023, electric vehicles make up nearly 21 per cent of all new light-duty passenger vehicles sold in B.C. – the highest percentage for any province or territory in Canada.
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Geoff Johnson: Kids need skills to separate facts from sophistry

Geoff Johnson: Kids need skills to separate facts from sophistry

Social media is flooded with sophists — from Gen Z and TikTok “influencers” to political leaders — launching verbal attacks fraught with wild accusations, rumours and innuendo
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Charla Huber: 'You have no idea how smart I sound in Spanish'

Charla Huber: 'You have no idea how smart I sound in Spanish'

Line from the sitcom Modern Family has resonance in a class of English-as-a-second-language speakers
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Monique Keiran: Railway scandal that rocked Canada marks its 150th anniversary

Monique Keiran: Railway scandal that rocked Canada marks its 150th anniversary

The Opposition revealed that a business group had been granted the Canadian Pacific Railway contract in exchange for political donations of $360,000 (about $9 million in today’s dollars)
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Les Leyne: 'Last public hearing' on housing push

Les Leyne: 'Last public hearing' on housing push

It’s a cheeky reference to the B.C. government’s legislation that will eliminate public hearings by next year on most site-specific residential rezonings and abolish the single-family dwelling zone.
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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Remembrance Day

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Remembrance Day

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