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Normally scrappy Coleman doesn't get much applause from pals over BC Rail
Through a decade in government, cabinet minister Rich Coleman has been one of the scrappiest performers for the government side, never hesitating to mix it up with the Opposition and improvise responses...
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Many people worry about children drinking, though "drinking" here normally refers to consuming alcohol. Very few people, be they parents, teachers, physicians or researchers, pay much attention to other potentially dangerous substances such as energy drinks.
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Next year is shaping up to be among the most auspicious for ethnic Chinese parents to have babies.
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Everybody's Business
For 30 years, Harvey Enchin has been studying Canadian economic and political issues...
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View from the Ledge
Vaughn Palmer Vancouver Sun's provincial affairs political columnist has covered...
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The Search
Although he was raised in a family of staunch atheists, Douglas Todd has gone on...
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Think Tank
Daphne Bramham looks at the most pressing issues affecting the people of British...
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The tragedy of Bountiful's students
The children of Bountiful are among the brightest and best educated in British Columbia.
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Bev Oda discredited for misleading Parliament
Bev Oda has never been one of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's stronger ministers. Now she stands utterly discredited.
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HST's impact on consumers less than most predictions
For every $165 an "average" B.C. family spends, the HST is adding $1, according to a detailed study based on StatsCan price and spending data and adjusted for inflation.
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Finance Minister Hansen’s 2011 budget not as comfortable as he’d like us to think
Finance Minister Colin Hansen tried, in tabling Budget 2011 Tuesday, to leave as wide a range of fiscal options as possible for the next premier of B.C.
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A stand-pat budget sees debt growing out of control
Finance Minister Colin Hansen said he couldn't describe the status quo budget he presented Tuesday as exciting given the absence of new spending programs or tax measures. It may not be exciting, but it is alarming given the massive increase in overall debt. More on this debt monster in a moment.
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Welcome mat for new premier has a few wrinkles
Finance Minister Colin Hansen described the financial plan he tabled this week as a "status quo" budget, with no substantial changes.
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Fast-mounting debt leaves B.C. open to risk
In 2001, B.C.'s debt totalled almost $34 billion, it was growing at moderate speed, and the newly elected B.C. Liberals were alarmed.
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Abbott confident he will be one of two names on final ballot
B.C. Liberal hopeful George Abbott paused on the way into the legislature chamber Monday to offer a confident take on his chances in the party leadership vote.
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Throne speech a blank slate for new regime
This year's speech from the throne in Victoria was more aligned to the tradition of Valentine's Day than the beginning of a new session of the legislature.
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Minimum wage increase in B.C.: No longer an 'if,' but 'how much?' and 'how fast?'
Most candidates for the leadership of both the Liberals and the NDP want a higher minimum wage, notes a release from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, "and the questions to answer now are 'How much?' and 'How fast?'"
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Legal system doesn’t work for ordinary people, top judge says
Canada’s top judge is warning that the legal system doesn’t work for ordinary people and courts are fast becoming the domain of the rich — or the indigent.
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Canada making little effort to end sex tourism
For nearly eight years, Calgarian John Wrenshall victimized boys as young as four, and hosted pedophiles at his brothel in Thailand. Last month, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts related to these offences.
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Gutenberg changed the world. The Internet can do it again
The first of the giant telecoms - which control 95 per cent of Canada's bandwidth market - has blinked in the face of a consumer firestorm over caps and usage-based billing.
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We should celebrate BC Ferries' unfair advantage, not stifle it
The brisk southerly was sending spray flying over the deck of the ferry Kahloke on the run between Hornby and Denman islands last Sunday.
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Lali calls shenanigans
New Democratic Party leadership hopeful Harry Lali sees an idea "whose time has come" and figures he's just the guy to make something out of it.
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