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Jack Knox: Why it now costs $21.50 for a cheeseburger and fries

Jack Knox: Why it now costs $21.50 for a cheeseburger and fries

On a tightrope: Charge too little and the profit is gone. Charge too much and the customer disappears altogether.
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Letter: Burnaby resident 'horrified' by green waste facility proposal

Letter: Burnaby resident 'horrified' by green waste facility proposal

"For anyone who thinks getting rid of swamps, marshes, and other wetlands is positive, nothing could be further from the truth," says Burnaby resident Paul Cipywnyk.
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Opinion: How do Eby and Falcon compare in the eyes of British Columbian voters?

Opinion: How do Eby and Falcon compare in the eyes of British Columbian voters?

Four months have passed since Research Co. and Glacier Media last looked at the political landscape of British Columbia.
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Rob Shaw: Health-care funding deal is disappointing and B.C. deserves better

Rob Shaw: Health-care funding deal is disappointing and B.C. deserves better

B.C. New Democrats are doing their best not to publicly dump on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new health-care funding proposal.
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Les Leyne: Health care numbers game: All that, for one per cent

Les Leyne: Health care numbers game: All that, for one per cent

Divided by 10 provinces and the territories, and then divided again by 10 years, it amounts in B.C. to a few hundred million dollars a year.
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Letter: Waste facility would mean 'devastating loss' to Burnaby park ecosystem

Letter: Waste facility would mean 'devastating loss' to Burnaby park ecosystem

"The proposed facility would destroy a significant portion of the sensitive ecosystem in Fraser Foreshore Park, impacting the well-being of the diverse range of wildlife that call the park home."
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Les Leyne: B.C. Liberals now stressing addiction treatment

Les Leyne: B.C. Liberals now stressing addiction treatment

After pulling together during the pandemic and opioid overdose emergencies, B.C. Liberals have been trying to differentiate themselves from the NDP since the 2020 election
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Opinion: For better or worse, stories create histories not easily rewritten

Opinion: For better or worse, stories create histories not easily rewritten

In listening to the audiobook of Spare , the autobiography by Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, I can hear in his narration a certain fear and loathing of the paparazzi and tabloid editors, the “paps” and the “tabs.
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Opinion: Civic management of snowstorms leaves constituents dismayed

Opinion: Civic management of snowstorms leaves constituents dismayed

Few events challenge Metro Vancouverites as much as a snowstorm.
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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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