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Is a 'B.C. billionaire' rich enough to buy up much of the Hudson’s Bay?

Is a 'B.C. billionaire' rich enough to buy up much of the Hudson’s Bay?
10.10.2025 7

Vancouver Sun

Douglas Todd

Is a 'B.C. billionaire' rich enough to buy up much of the Hudson’s Bay? Douglas Todd: Weihong Liu's B.C. holdings are not as extensive as they first appear, according to court and land title documents.

10.10.2025 9

The Province

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Don't envy the winner of the federal NDP's leadership contest

Don't envy the winner of the federal NDP's leadership contest
04.10.2025 10

Vancouver Sun

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Vancouver’s latest international ranking — 36 on a list of 48 cities — is a red flag

Vancouver’s latest international ranking — 36 on a list of 48 cities — is a red flag
01.10.2025 6

Vancouver Sun

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Vancouver’s latest international ranking — 36 on a list of 48 cities — is a red flag Douglas Todd: Instead of being “world-class,” new evidence suggests Vancouver is seriously falling behind other major urban regions around the world.

01.10.2025 6

The Province

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Canada is failing to count how many overstay their visas

Canada is failing to count how many overstay their visas
25.09.2025 4

Vancouver Sun

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Canada is failing to count how many overstay their visas Douglas Todd: How can decision-makers plan for housing, jobs, schools, water supply, physicians, rental units and social services when a significant number of people who were supposed to leave the country aren't being tracked?

25.09.2025 4

The Province

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Can the left learn anything from Denmark's Social Democrats' migration policy?

Can the left learn anything from Denmark's Social Democrats' migration policy?
24.09.2025 10

Vancouver Sun

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Can the left learn anything from Denmark's Social Democrats' migration policy? Douglas Todd: Those who pay the highest price for high migration levels, says Denmark’s social democratic PM Mette Frederiksen, are the working class. “It's not the elite people.”

24.09.2025 10

The Province

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How can the owner of three B.C. malls and a mansion not be 'a resident of Canada for tax purposes'?

19.09.2025 20

Vancouver Sun

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How can the owner of three B.C. malls and a mansion not be 'a resident of Canada for tax purposes'? Douglas Todd: Billionaire Weihong Liu, who is trying to buy up much of the troubled Hudson's Bay Company, says she is a citizen of China. And that's where she lists her current address

19.09.2025 10

The Province

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TODD: Terry Fox asked me, what do you believe happens after death?

13.09.2025 7

Toronto Sun

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TODD: Terry Fox asked me, what do you believe happens after death?

12.09.2025 10

Ottawa Sun

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Terry Fox: What do you believe happens after death?

11.09.2025 4

Vancouver Sun

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Terry Fox: What do you believe happens after death?

11.09.2025 10

The Province

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Vancouver accelerating demolitions of lowrise rentals, says former chief planner

05.09.2025 3

Vancouver Sun

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Vancouver accelerating demolitions of lowrise rentals, says former chief planner Douglas Todd: The city intends to prezone vast swaths of the Broadway and Cambie corridors to make it profitable to build highrises. But specialists say "don't displace" what's already relatively affordable.

05.09.2025 7

The Province

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'The Canadian promise has been broken for all younger people,' says B.C.’s Don Wright

03.09.2025 10

Vancouver Sun

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'The Canadian promise has been broken for all younger people,' says B.C.’s Don Wright Douglas Todd: The former head of B.C.’s civil service under John Horgan says younger people's pessimism about the future due to out-of-reach housing prices and stagnant wages is 'the real existential threat facing Canada.'

03.09.2025 10

The Province

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Vancouver’s suburbs are not sprawling. They’re growing up

29.08.2025 5

Vancouver Sun

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Vancouver’s suburbs are not sprawling. They’re growing up Douglas Todd: Less than one per cent of recent housing construction in Metro Vancouver's suburbs is sprawl, according to a StatCan report. Time to temper the hand-wringing and focus on building more great communities.

29.08.2025 5

The Province

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Townhouses now almost impossible to build in Vancouver, says developer

26.08.2025 10

Vancouver Sun

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Townhouses now almost impossible to build in Vancouver, says developer Douglas Todd: Ground-oriented townhouse clusters are now extremely difficult to get underway in Vancouver, said James Evans, because of sweeping upzoning promoting multiplexes on single lots.

26.08.2025 8

The Province

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The rise, fall and rise again of Peter Chung’s private-school empire Douglas Todd: Vancouver entrepreneur owns the fourth most expensive house in the country, as well as a post-secondary school business that boasts more than 4,000 employees, 40 campuses and 30,000 students.

22.08.2025 20

The Province

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The rise, fall and rise again of Peter Chung’s private-school empire

22.08.2025 50

Vancouver Sun

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Canada’s housing crisis stirs revealing flights of fiction and fantasy Douglas Todd: The country’s housing emergency is so powerful, distorted and puzzling that many are prone to say, “You couldn’t make this up.” But some B.C. writers are doing just that, through intrepid works of fiction.

19.08.2025 6

The Province

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Canada’s housing crisis stirs revealing flights of fiction and fantasy

19.08.2025 10

Vancouver Sun

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Canada’s suburbs are looking better all the time Douglas Todd: In both Canada and the U.S., suburbs are growing faster than city centres. Less hectic and more open, they offer much more than "sprawl".

14.08.2025 10

The Province

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Canada’s suburbs are looking better all the time

14.08.2025 10

Vancouver Sun

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Last week's duelling letters on B.C. housing crisis put 5 major issues in spotlight

06.08.2025 10

Vancouver Sun

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The tradition of a summer job is threatened by Canada’s misguided migration strategy

06.08.2025 10

Vancouver Sun

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The tradition of a summer job is threatened by Canada’s misguided migration strategy

06.08.2025 10

The Province

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Last week's duelling letters on B.C. housing crisis put 5 major issues in spotlight Douglas Todd: Developers, independent experts and politicians mapped out their positions on investors, population growth, renter displacement, whether “growth can pay for growth” and government-subsidized housing.

06.08.2025 10

The Province

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Canada’s borders dangerously vulnerable to Iranian spies and agents, Vancouver lawyer says

31.07.2025 4

Vancouver Sun

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The great ‘supply’ solution to Canada’s housing crisis flounders — further

31.07.2025 3

Vancouver Sun

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Duelling B.C. letters to Mark Carney on housing crisis expose clash over way forward

31.07.2025 10

Vancouver Sun

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Á'a:líya Warbus: Right-hand woman to B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad Douglas Todd: First Nations leader and hip-hop singer does a lot of "heavy lifting" for the Conservatives

31.07.2025 6

The Province

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Canada’s borders dangerously vulnerable to spies and agents of Iranian regime, Vancouver lawyer says Douglas Todd: "A lot of people against the (Iranian) regime in Canada never speak up because the regime has their mom, or aunt, or brother or husband in Iran," says Ram Joubin.

31.07.2025 7

The Province

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The great ‘supply’ solution to Canada’s housing crisis flounders — further

31.07.2025 5

The Province

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Duelling B.C. letters to Mark Carney on housing expose stark clashes Douglas Todd: A conflict over foreign investment in Canadian housing is just one contrast that comes to the fore in two open letters to the PM, one from B.C. developers and another from 27 Metro Vancouver housing experts.

31.07.2025 7

The Province

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Duelling B.C. letters to Mark Carney on housing expose stark clashes

31.07.2025 20

Vancouver Sun

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Duelling B.C. letters to Mark Carney on housing expose stark clashes Douglas Todd: A conflict over foreign investment in Canadian housing is just one contrast that comes to the fore in two open letters to the PM, one from B.C. developers and another from 27 Metro Vancouver housing experts.

31.07.2025 10

The Province

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The great ‘supply’ solution to Canada’s housing crisis flounders — further

22.07.2025 20

Vancouver Sun

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The great ‘supply’ solution to Canada’s housing crisis flounders — further Douglas Todd: To understand why Mark Carney's goal of building 500,000 houses a year won't happen, look to New Zealand and the harsh realities right now of making a profit in real estate.

22.07.2025 10

The Province

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Canada’s borders dangerously vulnerable to spies and agents of Iranian regime, Vancouver lawyer says

18.07.2025 10

Vancouver Sun

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Canada’s borders dangerously vulnerable to spies and agents of Iranian regime, Vancouver lawyer says Douglas Todd: "A lot of people against the (Iranian) regime in Canada never speak up because the regime has their mom, or aunt, or brother or husband in Iran," says Ram Joubin.

18.07.2025 4

The Province

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Á'a:líya Warbus: Right-hand woman to B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad

15.07.2025 10

Vancouver Sun

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Á'a:líya Warbus: Right-hand woman to B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad Douglas Todd: First Nations leader and hip-hop singer does a lot of "heavy lifting" for the Conservatives

15.07.2025 3

The Province

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Amid confusion, Vancouver pushes for social housing highrises across the city

10.07.2025 10

Vancouver Sun

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Amid confusion, Vancouver pushes for social housing highrises across the city Douglas Todd: Almost one-third of the city is being targeted for social-housing highrises, despite concerns they aren't healthy for residents, especially families

10.07.2025 9

The Province

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