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OPINION: Negotiated contract for B.C. teachers is a worthy goal for 2020

OPINION: Negotiated contract for B.C. teachers is a worthy goal for 2020

New year and decade brings hope and challenges for education system
Burnaby drivers are doing left turns all wrong, says instructor

Burnaby drivers are doing left turns all wrong, says instructor

Frank Townsley has been a driving instructor for 40 years so, yeah, he’s seen some stuff. He’s seen people do things in vehicles that have made him shake his head and the hair on the back of his neck stand up.
Comment: Mark the barber and the toll of drug overdoses

Comment: Mark the barber and the toll of drug overdoses

A commentary by a staff sergeant with the Victoria Police Department. I start each workday at the Victoria Police Department by reading the fatal overdose reports from the night before.
UPDATED: Obituary: Vancouver’s Jamie Lee Hamilton remembered as a tireless advocate for the underdog

UPDATED: Obituary: Vancouver’s Jamie Lee Hamilton remembered as a tireless advocate for the underdog

Or, that time Jamie Lee Hamilton dressed me up as a sex-trade worker for a story. Story updated to include memorial service information.
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Property assessments and property taxes

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Property assessments and property taxes

Adrian Raeside cartoon: How the property assessment system works
Opinion: B.C. tax changes punish the rich, which is fair

Opinion: B.C. tax changes punish the rich, which is fair

It's a brand new year and BC's Medical Services Plan (MSP) premiums are no more. That's great news because MSP premiums were a very unfair tax (or “regressive” as we economists like to say).
Adrian Raeside cartoon: the travels of farmed fish

Adrian Raeside cartoon: the travels of farmed fish

Adrian Raeside: a scene from a fish farm
OPINION: Taxing our way to housing affordability in 鶹ýӳis like bombing for peace

OPINION: Taxing our way to housing affordability in 鶹ýӳis like bombing for peace

2020 much like last year: addressing homelessness, the Downtown Eastside and affordability
OPINION: 2019 brought new opportunities for Canada’s First Nations

OPINION: 2019 brought new opportunities for Canada’s First Nations

2019 has seen some interesting turns in relation to Indigenous issues locally and nationally. Provincially, B.C. has led the way in Canada through the passage of Bill 41, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. B.C.
OPINION: 2020 will be kind to B.C. housing market, technology sector

OPINION: 2020 will be kind to B.C. housing market, technology sector

Last year the provincial economy downshifted to its slowest expansion since the 2009 recession. Fortunately, 2020 is looking a little brighter thanks to an upswing in non-residential construction.