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Opinion: Shutting capital out of B.C. market hasn’t made housing affordable

Opinion: Shutting capital out of B.C. market hasn’t made housing affordable

You can’t get affordability by scaring off the investors and developers who create supply.
Mario Canseco: Canadians sour on the U.S. as Trump looms large, polling reveals

Mario Canseco: Canadians sour on the U.S. as Trump looms large, polling reveals

Research Co. survey shows a surge in anti-American sentiment cuts across age, gender and region in the wake of tariffs and tough talk
Les Leyne: Festival mass killing probes face long, uncertain road

Les Leyne: Festival mass killing probes face long, uncertain road

The mass casualties in Vancouver after a man drove an SUV through a crowd at the Lapu Lapu festival have put the government’s attempts to grapple with mental health crises into overdrive.
Editorial: Party positioning

Editorial: Party positioning

Leaders of the three main parties in Canada were handed dramatically different results
Letters: Envisioning a ferry system that prioritizes passengers

Letters: Envisioning a ferry system that prioritizes passengers

'Maybe it’s time for BC Ferries, us and our governments, to start thinking about the future and focus on passenger transportation rather than on increasing numbers of vehicles to clog our highway and make our lives miserable.'
Letters: Land link to the Sunshine Coast would support better future

Letters: Land link to the Sunshine Coast would support better future

'The pathetic waste of money on ferries to the Sunshine Coast is a joke when the volume cannot be accommodated in Horseshoe Bay. Horseshoe Bay should only serve Vancouver Island and Bowen Island and a fixed link to the Sunshine Coast is in everyone’s best interest.'
Mario Canseco: Fear of Trump won the election for Carney, polling reveals

Mario Canseco: Fear of Trump won the election for Carney, polling reveals

Voters rejected grievance politics in favour of competence and calm — and the Conservatives are left looking for someone to blame
Rob Shaw: Eby breathing easier with Carney in charge

Rob Shaw: Eby breathing easier with Carney in charge

The federal Liberal win spares B.C. a policy war with Pierre Poilievre and opens the door to deeper Ottawa-Victoria collaboration.
Les Leyne: Vancouver massacre could break pattern for responding to mental-health horror stories

Les Leyne: Vancouver massacre could break pattern for responding to mental-health horror stories

Typically, it’s a long, zigzag march towards any kind of progress. This time could be different
Cartoon: Back to regular programming

Cartoon: Back to regular programming

Who's ready to get their elbows up?