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A new poll from Research Co. shows a decline in faith for the BC Government’s affordable housing plans, with 46 per cent believing the government will be effective – down 8 points from last fall – with those viewing the plan as ineffective rising 6 points to 40 per cent. Older
The Diana Gibson who wrote that you cannot have it both ways was right. The Diana Gibson who carried Bill 9 into law is proving the point.
This week, Jody Vance and George Affleck discuss Trump's 50% tariffs hitting BC hardest, Eby's zinger going global, Centre BC launching from the mushy middle, bots phoning into Vancouver council, and FreeKitsPool.com going live.
The BC government is expanding a program that targets repeat property offenders as it responds to rising concerns over retail theft, vandalism and street disorder across the Lower Mainland.
"At 0.52 seats per thousand residents, Vancouver has the lowest per-capita music hall capacity of any major Canadian or comparable international city."
The Villages Plan is fraught with issues and demands a rethink with meaningful input from residents.
A new poll shows approval for BC Premier David Eby falling even further, with just 27 per cent of British Columbians saying they approve of the Premier’s performance.
British Columbians are fairly evenly split on whether building AI data centres in Canada is a "good thing" or a "bad thing."
Carney's path to striking a functional deal with the Americans requires something Carney cannot deliver: concessions.
Is traditional conservatism failing young Canadians? In the third episode of the Unruly podcast, Alexander Brown and Adam Zivo talk about moving past 2014 strategies to address the real quality of life in Canada today. Don't miss it! Click HERE to watch on YouTube. If audio is more
Nearly 60% of Canadians believe that climate change is mostly caused by humans, down twelve points from 2021.
Proponents only gathered 3,663 of the 15,232 signatures needed.
New Westminster, the City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver have all unanimously endorsed Surrey's request.
A record-breaking 1,300 officers were out and about on each of the seven match days.
The BC Conservatives had claimed that the resource had been defunded "after years of pressure."
Big cost overruns mean tax hikes, more debt, service rollbacks — or all three.
The government of BC has expressed support for exploring the criminalization of "residential school denialism."
"The idea that you have to vote for maybe what you don’t want because there’s something out there that’s even worse — it’s not healthy."
Eby speaks about China freely when the subject is trade. His silence on everything else is therefore not an inability to speak — it is a choice about what’s worth speaking about.
This week Ottawa's defence build-out, the Gordie Howe Bridge deal decoded, more than 200 speakers weighing in on 17 proposed villages, wildfire smoke blanketing Toronto, and why Vancouver's Park Board is still selling out an empty pool. All the spin, stripped bare.
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