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Les Leyne: Wife of BC Housing boss got priority for funding

Les Leyne: Wife of BC Housing boss got priority for funding

A forensic audit released Monday found that “mismanagement” of a conflict of interest permeated the entire BC Housing organization.
Opinion: Why rural Canadians need public transit just as urgently as suburbanites

Opinion: Why rural Canadians need public transit just as urgently as suburbanites

There is a continuing misunderstanding of rural realities by policymakers. Ultimately this puts transit out of reach for many rural areas.
Opinion: Why does government help strangle Canadian businesses?

Opinion: Why does government help strangle Canadian businesses?

Port expansions further lock us into a fragile, energy-intensive system of globalized trade with many distant links in a chain we have no local control over.  
Keith Baldrey: COVID-19 health emergency comes to an anticlimactic end

Keith Baldrey: COVID-19 health emergency comes to an anticlimactic end

As the World Health Organization declares the "emergency" phase over, we know COVID-19 isn't going away.
Rob Shaw: How the legislature turned into the Twilight Zone

Rob Shaw: How the legislature turned into the Twilight Zone

In which the BC NDP thwart the government lawyers' attempt to create their own bargaining unit
Rob Shaw: Pointed questions about an MLA's expenses unfurl an unexpected answer

Rob Shaw: Pointed questions about an MLA's expenses unfurl an unexpected answer

BC United questions ran into answers they didn't anticipate
Letter: Cape Park can be a winning scenario for all

Letter: Cape Park can be a winning scenario for all

Don't fear the proposed Cape Roger Curtis park, which can be a win-win for everybody says reader
Letter: The Hour Grows Late

Letter: The Hour Grows Late

Reader says Bowen in the 11th hour regarding the future of the Cape and the island
Les Leyne: Premier David Eby takes on lawyers — again

Les Leyne: Premier David Eby takes on lawyers — again

The B.C. NDP government has introduced a one-page bill that bestows the right to join a union on the 350 lawyers who work for government. There’s a catch.
Opinion: Mob Scene

Opinion: Mob Scene

Councillor Judith Gedye hopes feelings can be tempered in the Cape Roger Curtis park and campground debate. She invites everyone to her monthly open house on Saturday, May 6