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Opinion: What's really behind B.C.’s small business slump?

Opinion: What's really behind B.C.’s small business slump?

High taxes, new tip rules, street disorder undermining local entrepreneurs already struggling
Rob Shaw: City leaders, police say B.C. drug policy is failing as street disorder worsens

Rob Shaw: City leaders, police say B.C. drug policy is failing as street disorder worsens

Despite government claims of progress, councils in Nanaimo and Victoria are demanding closures of sites they say are fuelling crime and fear
Mario Canseco: Fewer Canadians see homelessness as a crisis, according to poll

Mario Canseco: Fewer Canadians see homelessness as a crisis, according to poll

Mental health support, zoning reform, and housing investment remain popular, even as encampment fatigue grows
Rob Shaw: From free IUDs to funded IVF, BC NDP delivering on reproductive health

Rob Shaw: From free IUDs to funded IVF, BC NDP delivering on reproductive health

Two major programs are driving demand and positioning B.C. as a national leader
Bryan Yu: B.C. inflation eases but rising tariffs, housing risks keep pressure on

Bryan Yu: B.C. inflation eases but rising tariffs, housing risks keep pressure on

Price relief is coming from shelter and gas, but food and consumer goods show warning signs as housing rebounds unevenly
Rob Shaw: Eby vows to fix secret drug panel as B.C. pleads for experts with compassion

Rob Shaw: Eby vows to fix secret drug panel as B.C. pleads for experts with compassion

British Columbians sided with dying girl Charleigh Pollock over a faceless committee for a reason
Kirk LaPointe: Metro Vancouver skirts transparency by pausing probe into sewage plant

Kirk LaPointe: Metro Vancouver skirts transparency by pausing probe into sewage plant

Officials shut down an independent review into the $3.9B North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant, citing lawsuits they’ve known about for years
Rob Shaw: Years of warnings ignored as U.S. slaps B.C. forestry with punishing new duties

Rob Shaw: Years of warnings ignored as U.S. slaps B.C. forestry with punishing new duties

A fresh hike in anti-dumping fees threatens to finish the job, but the real damage came from government stalling
Rob Shaw: Stats only part of the story on B.C. health care and public safety

Rob Shaw: Stats only part of the story on B.C. health care and public safety

New statistics on ERs and public safety don't always match with public sentiment.
Kirk LaPointe: Fiscal restraint a 'one-way street' for Eby government

Kirk LaPointe: Fiscal restraint a 'one-way street' for Eby government

BC NDP has created a double standard, pleading poverty after spending spree