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Bryan Yu: Small gains can’t hide the stagnation in B.C.’s manufacturing sector

Bryan Yu: Small gains can’t hide the stagnation in B.C.’s manufacturing sector

B.C.’s manufacturing sector posted a small decline in sales during September, maintaining its range-bound pattern amidst a challenging trade and...

yesterday 30

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Bryan Yu

Rob Shaw: Carney’s B.C. pipeline gambit looks less like strategy, more like flailing

Rob Shaw: Carney’s B.C. pipeline gambit looks less like strategy, more like flailing

There’s a scene in the classic Simpsons episode “Last Exit to Springfield” in which Mr. Burns, mistaking Homer’s knuckle-dragging stupidity as...

yesterday 10

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Rob Shaw

Rob Shaw: Carney delivers three-hour crash course on blindsiding Eby over pipeline

Rob Shaw: Carney delivers three-hour crash course on blindsiding Eby over pipeline

Three and a half hours. That’s how long it took for Premier David Eby to realize he’d been misled by the Prime Minister of Canada on Monday over...

previous day 5

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Rob Shaw

Opinion: BC Hydro’s new plan plays it too safe for an electrified future

Opinion: BC Hydro’s new plan plays it too safe for an electrified future

BC Hydro recently released its new Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), the Crown utility’s approach to meet future electricity needs for the coming...

previous day 3

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Mark Zacharias & Rachel Doran

Rob Shaw: Ottawa’s coastal double-cross risks more than one pipeline fight

Rob Shaw: Ottawa’s coastal double-cross risks more than one pipeline fight

In Ottawa, on the desk of one of the prime minister’s many strategists, it wouldn’t be surprising to find a document titled: Operation Butter Up...

monday 2

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Rob Shaw

Mario Canseco: Cowichan ruling unsettles homeowners but not reconciliation itself, poll shows

Mario Canseco: Cowichan ruling unsettles homeowners but not reconciliation itself, poll shows

The recent ruling by the B.C. Supreme Court, which stated that the Cowichan Nation had “established Aboriginal title” to more than 5.7 square...

monday 3

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Mario Canseco

Opinion: A cooling market won’t fix Metro Vancouver’s housing crunch

Opinion: A cooling market won’t fix Metro Vancouver’s housing crunch

Even amid sluggish market conditions, Metro Vancouver continues to have the most expensive housing in Canada. True, falling prices, lower interest...

monday 20

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Jock Finlayson & Ken Peacock

Rob Shaw: NDP lowering the bar on CleanBC plan as targets crumble

Rob Shaw: NDP lowering the bar on CleanBC plan as targets crumble

The BC NDP government has always insisted its CleanBC plan to tackle climate change had achievable goals. But after eight years in power, and a...

22.11.2025 2

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Rob Shaw

Opinion: B.C. risks locking itself into yesterday’s energy economy

Opinion: B.C. risks locking itself into yesterday’s energy economy

For a document meant to chart our future, British Columbia’s new economic strategy, Look West, clings to the past by...

21.11.2025 30

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Thomas Green