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Rob Shaw: Surplus spending not yet moving the needle on crises – or BC NDP’s popularity problem

Rob Shaw: Surplus spending not yet moving the needle on crises – or BC NDP’s popularity problem

How much support can $6 billion buy you? It’s a question Premier David Eby must be asking, after shovelling a good chunk of that cash out the door recently in a bonanza of feel-good announcements – yet largely failing to see any resulting
Opinion: Canadians' support of capital punishment for murder ticks up after several years of stability

Opinion: Canadians' support of capital punishment for murder ticks up after several years of stability

Over the past couple of years, discussions about the death penalty have carried on in some countries. The United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union (EU) precipitated a debate on the reconsideration of capital punishment.
Opinion: Gods in the machine? The rise of artificial intelligence may result in new religions

Opinion: Gods in the machine? The rise of artificial intelligence may result in new religions

As human interactions with technology increase, AI-based religions are in our near future. While these religions carry risks for users, a tolerant mindset is important to consider worshippers’ rights.
Rob Shaw: Even the NDP base is frustrated with NDP brass inaction on crime

Rob Shaw: Even the NDP base is frustrated with NDP brass inaction on crime

B.C. launched its repeat violent offender teams on Tuesday, in a bid to quell public unrest over crime in urban centres. It couldn’t come a moment too soon for the government. Even NDP supporters have had enough.
Les Leyne: NDP straddle LNG divide

Les Leyne: NDP straddle LNG divide

There was much emphasis on the promise that the Haisla plant will be the cleanest in the world.
Opinion: Fewer than one in five Canadians support country’s continued monarchy status

Opinion: Fewer than one in five Canadians support country’s continued monarchy status

Once a year, Research Co. and Glacier Media ask Canadians about the monarchy and the members of the Royal Family.
Bob Kronbauer: New York rapper Tony Yayo just renamed the Coquihalla highway

Bob Kronbauer: New York rapper Tony Yayo just renamed the Coquihalla highway

It's the Cokanagan now
Rob Shaw: B.C.’s rushed surplus spending bonanza raises reform questions

Rob Shaw: B.C.’s rushed surplus spending bonanza raises reform questions

There’s an old adage buried deep within very serious political science textbooks that goes something like this: When you got mo’ money, you got mo’ problems. The B.C.
Les Leyne: 'Mind-blowing' money laundering eludes prosecution

Les Leyne: 'Mind-blowing' money laundering eludes prosecution

B.C.’s justice system has failed to bring even one person to court for money laundering.
Rob Shaw: B.C. makes two good-faith attempts to tackle issues outside of its control

Rob Shaw: B.C. makes two good-faith attempts to tackle issues outside of its control

The B.C. government made two attempts this week to tackle important societal issues largely outside of its control, and while its new bills may have fallen short of what some advocates wanted, they still seem like good-faith efforts.