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Les Leyne: B.C.'s windfall surplus earmarked for 'storm' ahead

Les Leyne: B.C.'s windfall surplus earmarked for 'storm' ahead

The agenda-setting speech explicitly stated that the $5.7 billion surplus reported last November is a one-off.
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Opinion: B.C. throne speech indicates plan to spend – missing is a plan for growth

Opinion: B.C. throne speech indicates plan to spend – missing is a plan for growth

Every new leader has to honour the predecessor yet chart a different course. I’ve yet to hear one say he/she will do exactly what the last woman/man did, even if in power there is a nice crutch to lean on.
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Rob Shaw: Eby hit snooze on his momentum with uneventful throne speech

Rob Shaw: Eby hit snooze on his momentum with uneventful throne speech

Premier David Eby says he has no shortage of ideas on how to tackle the biggest crises of our time – from the strain on the health-care system, to rising crime on B.C.
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Letter: Burnaby basement suites should be homeowners' decision

Letter: Burnaby basement suites should be homeowners' decision

Every basement suite is needed on Burnaby's rental market today, where there are astronomical rents and low supply.
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Letter: Burnaby doesn't need a 'ridiculous' tax hike

Letter: Burnaby doesn't need a 'ridiculous' tax hike

Editor: It’s ridiculous that this council wants to increase our taxes by 10 per cent.
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Keith Baldrey: BC Liberals float competing plan to tackle drug crisis

Keith Baldrey: BC Liberals float competing plan to tackle drug crisis

Opposition stresses treatment centres, and, in some cases, involuntary confinement, to handle province’s addiction and mental health problems
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Rob Shaw: Expect Eby to double down on priorities in throne speech Monday

Rob Shaw: Expect Eby to double down on priorities in throne speech Monday

Premier David Eby has been sprinting through his first three months in office, checking off items from his 100-day action plan with increasing frequency.
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Jack Knox: In B.C., working from anywhere no longer a remote idea

Jack Knox: In B.C., working from anywhere no longer a remote idea

Working remotely, really remotely, isn’t really that new.
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Letters: Burnaby city council out of touch with the 'commoners'

Letters: Burnaby city council out of touch with the 'commoners'

These high tax increases can't just keep going, this longtime resident says.
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Letter: Private health care has been an 'unequivocal failure'

Letter: Private health care has been an 'unequivocal failure'

Canada's health-care system needs help, but helping the rich get richer isn't the answer.
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