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Les Leyne: Throne speech has people programs to help NDP stay atop polls

Les Leyne: Throne speech has people programs to help NDP stay atop polls

Premier David (I’m a people person) Eby set out the NDP government’s itinerary to get from where they are now (top of the polls) to where they want to be come voting day this fall (exactly the same spot).
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Letters: Safe consumption site can be 'gateway' to getting help

Letters: Safe consumption site can be 'gateway' to getting help

Richmond News reader criticizes 'moral binary' opinion people hold of drug users.
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Letters: Richmond councillor criticizes 'incivility, intimidation' in recent public forums

Letters: Richmond councillor criticizes 'incivility, intimidation' in recent public forums

Letter writer wants Richmond to remain a place where people have 'mutual respect' for each other.
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Baldrey: What this longtime MLA's departure could mean B.C.'s political future

Baldrey: What this longtime MLA's departure could mean B.C.'s political future

Mike de Jong helped build the free enterprise coalition after his historic byelection win in 1994. Will his retirement play a role in breaking it up?
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Letters: People have lost critical thinking skills

Letters: People have lost critical thinking skills

Richmond News reader praises column that takes the government to task over its secrecy.
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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Climate change and ski hills

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Climate change and ski hills

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Comment: Government wants housing? Then get out of the way

Comment: Government wants housing? Then get out of the way

After two generations of unworkable government housing policy choices, it’s no wonder the private sector isn’t building rentals
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Rob Shaw: B.C. election fever heats up as parties brace for rushed legislative session

Rob Shaw: B.C. election fever heats up as parties brace for rushed legislative session

Throne speech, budget and election all on the horizon for B.C. politicians this week
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Comment: Budget should get rid of B.C.'s arcane — and costly — labour policy

Comment: Budget should get rid of B.C.'s arcane — and costly — labour policy

The province should be making public investments go further, by providing better value on big-ticket items like infrastructure.
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Letters: Contaminated drug supply is a crisis in B.C., Richmond

Letters: Contaminated drug supply is a crisis in B.C., Richmond

Letter writer wonders if she developed a drug problem, would she be welcomed in the community.
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