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OPINION: With so many empty rooms in Vancouver, why isn’t there more home sharing?

OPINION: With so many empty rooms in Vancouver, why isn’t there more home sharing?

Last week I received a phone call from Stephanie, a Montreal flight attendant for Air Canada Express who’s relocating to 鶹ýӳin March.
OPINION: Big Taxi’s big roadblocks stalling ride-hailing competition in B.C.

OPINION: Big Taxi’s big roadblocks stalling ride-hailing competition in B.C.

We got ride-sharing last week in the Lower Mainland. People hopped a lift from neighbours in the cold and snow. We had ride-hailing, too. People waved their arms to flag a taxi.
Les Leyne: Ted Hughes, the heart and eyes of B.C.

Les Leyne: Ted Hughes, the heart and eyes of B.C.

Apart from the astonishing resumé, the dramatic historical moments he created and the immense reputation he developed, I flashed back on one thing when word of Ted Hughes’ death broke. His eyes. He had a captivating gaze.
Jack Knox: Nope. No snow here, Canada. Don’t need shovels. You dig?

Jack Knox: Nope. No snow here, Canada. Don’t need shovels. You dig?

I went on a Toronto radio show this week where the host struggled to contain herself as I described Victoria’s brush with Real Canadian Winter. “Say it again,” she urged. “Tell me how minus six was ‘brutally cold.
What ever happened to that $300,000 allotted to 鶹ýӳcity councillors in 2019?

What ever happened to that $300,000 allotted to 鶹ýӳcity councillors in 2019?

Green councillors pooled money to hire former campaign staffer
Les Leyne: In search of clues to why Andrew Weaver is leaving the Green Party

Les Leyne: In search of clues to why Andrew Weaver is leaving the Green Party

Everyone can understand and sympathize with former B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver over his family health crisis. But the political rationale that prompted him to quit the caucus he led up until this month is less clear.
Is 鶹ýӳcouncil chamber getting a makeover?

Is 鶹ýӳcouncil chamber getting a makeover?

Memos from senior stuff suggest removing, rearranging furniture
A fluffy salute to all the heroes of 鶹ýӳ#snowmageddon2020

A fluffy salute to all the heroes of 鶹ýӳ#snowmageddon2020

It’s been said a million times, most often by shirtless dads after mowing the lawn, “Heroes aren’t born, they’re made.” This is particularly true during the winter of Vancouver’s discontent, otherwise known as #snowmageddon2020.
These are the five stages of snow grief in Vancouver

These are the five stages of snow grief in Vancouver

Happy Instagram photos, online indignation, photos of cleared bike lanes, Facebook envy, rain-fueled amnesia
OPINION: B.C. stands to profit regally from having Prince Harry and Meghan as residents

OPINION: B.C. stands to profit regally from having Prince Harry and Meghan as residents

Many of us have come to British Columbia to reinvent, even escape. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle picked up on this fact somehow amid the fake facts that dog them in the tabloids.