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Kirk LaPointe: Surrey police overhaul started as a bold move and ended as a hot mess

Kirk LaPointe: Surrey police overhaul started as a bold move and ended as a hot mess

Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke would be unwise to litigate following the province's decision on policing in Surrey, writes Kirk LaPointe
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Opinion: Imbalance between new homes and new residents escalating unaffordability in B.C.

Opinion: Imbalance between new homes and new residents escalating unaffordability in B.C.

Growing wedge between the number of new homes being built in B.C. and population growth fuelled by surging in-migration is playing a starring role in the larger housing market story, according to BCBC economists
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Baldrey: Federal election could raise constitutional intrigue

Baldrey: Federal election could raise constitutional intrigue

Could the second-place finisher wind up forming government in Ottawa next time out?
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Rob Shaw: Once united, David Eby and Peter German sit opposite on Surrey policing

Rob Shaw: Once united, David Eby and Peter German sit opposite on Surrey policing

Decision coming this week on RCMP or local police force
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Carson Binda: The bus to Bellingham no solution for health care crisis

Carson Binda: The bus to Bellingham no solution for health care crisis

British Columbians deserve new options for their health care
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Kirk LaPointe: Political absence at LNG2023 augurs ill for our reputations

Kirk LaPointe: Political absence at LNG2023 augurs ill for our reputations

Federal, B.C. governments did not exactly roll out the Welcome Wagon for LNG conference delegates, writes Kirk LaPointe
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Rob Shaw: B.C. government lawyers filing lawsuit against their employer

Rob Shaw: B.C. government lawyers filing lawsuit against their employer

Lawyers assert no employer, even government, can choose the union employees must join
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Here are some Bowen Island issues to get heated up about

Here are some Bowen Island issues to get heated up about

Fire risk, climate change and short-term rentals come up in open house
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Comment: Rising interest rates are heightening food insecurity

Comment: Rising interest rates are heightening food insecurity

In contrast to the relative accessibility of substituting grocery items, effecting changes concerning rent or mortgage payments proves more arduous.
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Keith Baldrey: B.C. boundary shuffle will help keep election timetable on track

Keith Baldrey: B.C. boundary shuffle will help keep election timetable on track

Slated addition of new ridings that tilt in BC NDP’s favour will likely tamp down urge to call early vote.
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