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ABC has been running a pretty aggressive attack ad campaign against Pete Fry — notably by associating him with Sean Orr
Government can tax prosperity and redistribute prosperity, but somebody has to create it first.
Underfunding a public service doesn't abolish a tax; it swaps a visible, predictable tax for a hidden one that is usually larger, and that falls hardest on those who can least avoid it.
The race to nominate candidates may be over, but the most chaotic election in recent provincial history has only just begun.
Of course we should stand up to outside bullying, but the best way to do that is to ensure British Columbians are given every opportunity to succeed at home.
With two BC elections a week apart, Leda Omid finds familiar frustrations in Vancouver’s dating scene: polished pitches, vague intentions, and plenty of promises.
Why did BC need an election on October 24? Before British Columbians cast their ballots, they deserve an answer.
British Columbians will now spend the next month hearing arguments about threats from outside their borders. They are equally entitled to answers about decisions being made inside them.
Eby may well regret his bet on this occasion. We’ll know in a few weeks if egg meets face.
For Eby, Trump is not just the issue, but the template through which he wants voters to see his opponents.
Vancouver’s approved 2027–30 capital plan contains no construction funding for suicide-prevention barriers on the bridge.
Vancouver needs a team of leaders capable of putting aside partisan reflexes, personal ambition and ideological theatre in favour of competence, accountability and measurable results.
Oil and gas workers and the thousands of people who work alongside them have much to celebrate this Labour Day.
The best way to honour Canadian workers is not only to thank them once a year. It is to build an economy that rewards their skills with family supporting wages.
When three out of four taxpayers are telling Ottawa to back off, the best move is to leave the tax where it is.
The Legion’s next hundred years will depend on whether Canadians choose to see it not merely as a relic of the past, but as a living institution with a role to play in the future.
The BC Conservatives are facing more than a caucus crisis. Geoff Russ argues Apollo Chung’s firing, a wave of MLA departures and mounting controversy have put the party’s relationship with its grassroots supporters and donors at risk.
By choosing the quick path to internal unity, the BC Conservatives will likely become easier to lead while simultaneously obscuring their path to forming government.
Eby’s luck is simple: his record has not improved, but his opponents just keep making him look better.
“Involuntary care” might sound great on the campaign trail, but it won’t result in lasting improvements to public safety.
Canada's future prosperity will depend on learning from the past eleven years, not reliving them.
Every extra month in the approval system adds costs, slows new homes, and makes it harder for the people who work here to live here.
The province is taking land that has been deliberately protected for the public to enjoy, and turning it into private fee simple holdings for bands.
The disruptive anti-Israel/pro-Palestinian encampments that overtook some of our post secondary campuses in 2024 may have been dismantled, but the message that Jews aren’t welcome on our campuses is still alive and well.
Lawton: Mining continues to build the province today, boasting our nation’s most daring, most sophisticated, and most technologically advanced industrial operations in the nation.
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