This Week in History: 1956: 'Flying Phil' Gaglardi shows off his highway program
Credit to Author: John Mackie| Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:52:37 +0000
B.C. tour was done just before a provincial election
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Douglas Todd: Vancouver still suffering fallout from 'students' buying mansions
Credit to Author: Douglas Todd| Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 15:46:33 +0000
Opinion: ‘The most important thing to understand about foreign capital is it never goes back. It just sloshes around’ in Canadian real estate.
Read moreVaughn Palmer: High-priced B.C. losing to low-priced U.S. South for forestry investment
Credit to Author: Stephen Snelgrove| Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 23:31:45 +0000
Opinion: For a variety of reasons, including NDP policies, B.C. forest companies are finding the U.S. southeast a better place to invest their profits
Read morePolicing front and centre as Brenda Locke will challenge Doug McCallum for Surrey mayor
Credit to Author: Sarah Grochowski| Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 05:07:40 +0000
“We aimed to push the city to review the RCMP contract. We wanted to see more enforcement on gangs in Surrey. Young people were being shot in the streets.” — Brenda Locke
Read moreReport calls for ban on water-bottling plants in increasingly arid B.C. Interior
Credit to Author: Postmedia News| Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2021 14:00:12 +0000
First Nations and environmental groups are protesting the province’s continued processing of applications to extract, bottle and export water in B.C.
Read moreVaughn Palmer: Huge housing projects needed, but unlikely with civic elections looming
Credit to Author: Stephen Snelgrove| Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 23:04:17 +0000
Opinion: It is hard to imagine politicians in Metro provoking NIMBY sentiments with an election 15 months away
Read moreDaphne Bramham: A few summer thoughts, from rockets to beach volleyball
Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 21:18:49 +0000
On my last day before a lengthy, double-vaxxed vacation, I shall leave you with a few clean-up items and random thoughts that might grow up to be columns when I return in September. • In the Before Times, a friend asked whether I planned to stop flying internationally in order to reduce my carbon footprint […]
Read moreDouglas Todd: Foreign buyers tax not racist, judges say
Credit to Author: Douglas Todd| Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 00:54:19 +0000
Opinion: The B.C. Appeal Court ruling should wash away the fears politicians who want to restrict foreign ownership might have about being accused of being xenophobic.
Read moreDouglas Todd: Foreign buyers tax not racist, judges say
Credit to Author: Douglas Todd| Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 00:54:19 +0000
Opinion: The B.C. Appeal Court ruling should wash away the fears politicians who want to restrict foreign ownership might have about being accused of being xenophobic.
Read moreVaughn Palmer: Master strategist who led Horgan to victory retires
Credit to Author: Stephen Snelgrove| Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 23:16:41 +0000
Opinion: John Horgan has admitted he would not be premier without Bob Dewar
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