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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Enforcing the new short-term rental rules

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Enforcing the new short-term rental rules

Renu Bakshi: Incompetent strata councils threaten financial, emotional security of condo buildings

Renu Bakshi: Incompetent strata councils threaten financial, emotional security of condo buildings

Seinfeld dedicated two episodes to absurdity on condo boards. Unfortunately, there’s nothing funny about problem strata councils, writes Renu Bakshi
Rob Shaw: BC NDP's short-term rental bill stays intact, passes without amendments

Rob Shaw: BC NDP's short-term rental bill stays intact, passes without amendments

Opposition BC United warns of unintended consequences of sweeping legislation
Les Leyne: Top 10% of short-term rental hosts took in half the revenue

Les Leyne: Top 10% of short-term rental hosts took in half the revenue

McGill University researchers found that it’s the businesses renting out multiple units that dominate the market in B.C.
Bob Kronbauer: The New York Times is cynically trolling Canada

Bob Kronbauer: The New York Times is cynically trolling Canada

They're doing it on purpose
Les Leyne: Government ends contract with group allegedly buying drugs on dark web

Les Leyne: Government ends contract with group allegedly buying drugs on dark web

鶹ýӳCoastal Health had contracted the “Drug Users Liberation Front” to provide street-level support for drug users, such as drug-checking and overdose-prevention training
Comment: Government created the housing mess we are in

Comment: Government created the housing mess we are in

Parts of this crackdown make sense, but going after the owners of legally non-conforming micro suites is reckless overreach.
Les Leyne: No one willing to defend rules blocking foreign-trained workers

Les Leyne: No one willing to defend rules blocking foreign-trained workers

As a skills shortage worsens every year, thousands of qualified workers have been sidelined by bureaucratic inertia and bogus requirements that were imposed in a different age
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Housing policy in B.C.

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Housing policy in B.C.

Baldrey: Looking at B.C.'s popularity polls a year out from the 2024 election

Baldrey: Looking at B.C.'s popularity polls a year out from the 2024 election

We may be viewing the classic "better dance with the devil you know than the one you don't" analogy, according to Keith Baldrey.