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Comment: Last thing First Nations need is foreign groups hijacking our future

Comment: Last thing First Nations need is foreign groups hijacking our future

A commentary by the MLA for Skeena, a former chief councillor of the Haisla Nation.
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­mayor wants property tax rate set at five per cent in 2021

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­mayor wants property tax rate set at five per cent in 2021

But didn’t Kennedy Stewart support an 8.2 per cent tax rate for 2020?
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OPINION: Protests a textbook example of how noble intentions can breed self-righteousness

OPINION: Protests a textbook example of how noble intentions can breed self-righteousness

‘Transient legion of activists’ turning Canada into ‘global battlefield’ is nothing new
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Les Leyne: Eby should clam up, let money laundering inquiry do its job

Les Leyne: Eby should clam up, let money laundering inquiry do its job

There was a glimpse Monday at the opening of the public inquiry into money laundering of how easy it is to slip down confusing rabbit holes about who said or did what about the problem in years gone by.
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Why does Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­continue to build family oriented communities without enough schools?

Why does Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­continue to build family oriented communities without enough schools?

My last column about the transformation of the Olympic Village and False Creek South concluded with a promise to share ideas on redevelopment opportunities to allow False Creek South residents and the city administration to have their cake and eat it
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Opinion: Burnaby residents deserve more coronavirus case details

Opinion: Burnaby residents deserve more coronavirus case details

A seventh case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in B.C. was announced this morning (Monday) and it reveals the fine line health officials are trying to walk between informing the public and not inducing panic.
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OPINION: B.C. NDP staying the course with its safe-as-milk 2020 budget

OPINION: B.C. NDP staying the course with its safe-as-milk 2020 budget

In 2017 you would have been lost in a large, skeptical crowd certain how the B.C. NDP would steward the economy in British Columbia. There weren’t even bets to take on it.
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What was Vancouver’s chief planner doing at a police board meeting?

What was Vancouver’s chief planner doing at a police board meeting?

Gil Kelley discussed the city’s development of the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Plan
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Opinion: Don’t turn away from civil unrest, instead let’s learn from it

Opinion: Don’t turn away from civil unrest, instead let’s learn from it

Have the LNG gas line protesters got your attention? They’ve got mine, and they’ve got the attention of our whole country, not only by inconveniencing us, but by effecting the economic livelihood of thousands of workers.
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Ken Sim wants to run again for Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­mayor

Ken Sim wants to run again for Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­mayor

The NPA’s mayoral candidate in 2018 is back on Twitter and has created a website
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