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Letter: Fee-reduction initiative brings little comfort to daycare

Letter: Fee-reduction initiative brings little comfort to daycare

“Why are small businesses like my daycare expected to apply for an onerous program that provides them no added benefit?” reader asks.
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Survey: Co-ordinated government action needed to address B.C.’s housing crisis, respondents say

Survey: Co-ordinated government action needed to address B.C.’s housing crisis, respondents say

It is disheartening to find out that half of British Columbians who are not homeowners (50 per cent) do not think that they will be able to eventually buy a property.
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Baldrey: CEO's firing sends warning shot across BC Ferries' bow

Baldrey: CEO's firing sends warning shot across BC Ferries' bow

Dismissal of Mark Collins signals that provincial government has no intention of letting the quasi-private company continue to do as it pleases.
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Survey: Three-quarters of British Columbians support mandatory calorie counts on menus

Survey: Three-quarters of British Columbians support mandatory calorie counts on menus

Survey reveals why it is time for the B.C. government to seriously consider what is now required in Ontario
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Les Leyne: Swashbuckling MacPhail back on the bridge as B.C. Ferries CEO walks plank

Les Leyne: Swashbuckling MacPhail back on the bridge as B.C. Ferries CEO walks plank

Mark Collins was appointed president and CEO of B.C. Ferries in April 2017; in 2020, the corporation's board extended his employment contract to 2026. During the pandemic, there's been friction with the premier's office.
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Survey: How we listen to music in Canada

Survey: How we listen to music in Canada

From streaming to records – new survey reveals trends in how Canadians across generations consume music.
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Analysis: Vancouver 2030 Olympics bid on thin ice, facing a blizzard of challenges

Analysis: Vancouver 2030 Olympics bid on thin ice, facing a blizzard of challenges

It can be argued that there were too many reasons to say yes to 2010 and there are too many reasons to say no to 2030.
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Letter: New West budget criticism Is misleading

Letter: New West budget criticism Is misleading

Quarterly capital report blasted for “disturbing lack of transparency” actually represents full public disclosure of budget details.
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Opinion: B.C.’s activist protest appetite less than special interest groups claim

Opinion: B.C.’s activist protest appetite less than special interest groups claim

The way British Columbians choose to participate in public life varies widely across demographics.
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Baldrey: Court victory won’t cure health care system’s ailments

Baldrey: Court victory won’t cure health care system’s ailments

Appeals court decision to block expansion of private health care at the expense of public health care was welcome, but won’t improve access.
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