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Les Leyne: Top 10% of short-term rental hosts took in half the revenue

Les Leyne: Top 10% of short-term rental hosts took in half the revenue

McGill University researchers found that it’s the businesses renting out multiple units that dominate the market in B.C.
Adrian Raeside cartoon: The state of B.C. Ferries' fleet

Adrian Raeside cartoon: The state of B.C. Ferries' fleet

Les Leyne: Government ends contract with group allegedly buying drugs on dark web

Les Leyne: Government ends contract with group allegedly buying drugs on dark web

Vancouver Coastal Health had contracted the “Drug Users Liberation Front” to provide street-level support for drug users, such as drug-checking and overdose-prevention training
Comment: Government created the housing mess we are in

Comment: Government created the housing mess we are in

Parts of this crackdown make sense, but going after the owners of legally non-conforming micro suites is reckless overreach.
Les Leyne: No one willing to defend rules blocking foreign-trained workers

Les Leyne: No one willing to defend rules blocking foreign-trained workers

As a skills shortage worsens every year, thousands of qualified workers have been sidelined by bureaucratic inertia and bogus requirements that were imposed in a different age
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Housing policy in B.C.

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Housing policy in B.C.

Baldrey: Looking at B.C.'s popularity polls a year out from the 2024 election

Baldrey: Looking at B.C.'s popularity polls a year out from the 2024 election

We may be viewing the classic "better dance with the devil you know than the one you don't" analogy, according to Keith Baldrey.
Comment: B.C. needs team-based health-care solutions

Comment: B.C. needs team-based health-care solutions

Outpatient health care requires a major redesign where health care professionals practice medicine more effectively and efficiently, in teams.
Charla Huber: Israel-Hamas war leads to a phone call with a childhood friend

Charla Huber: Israel-Hamas war leads to a phone call with a childhood friend

When tragic things occur in the world, it’s hard to know what to say
David Sovka: How the Celts kicked off trick-or-treating and other Halloween stuff explained

David Sovka: How the Celts kicked off trick-or-treating and other Halloween stuff explained

One theory is that modern trick-or-treating has its origins in a Celtic tradition of leaving food out to appease spirits. Eventually, people began to dress like the spirits, at least the ones that looked like hobos, Dracula and slutty nurses