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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: Is Powell River on a path to bankruptcy?

Letter: Is Powell River on a path to bankruptcy?

Property taxes have been increasing at double the rate of inflation for many years. ~ Derek Hildenbrand
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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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Climate Crossroads: Human and planetary health are interconnected

Climate Crossroads: Human and planetary health are interconnected

"...your food choices inherently affect both." ~ Karina Inkster
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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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Letter: Gratified by transparency

Letter: Gratified by transparency

Resident comments on mayor's public forum at Powell River Recreation Complex
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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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