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Rob Shaw: For Premier David Eby, doling out cash isn't rewarding

Rob Shaw: For Premier David Eby, doling out cash isn't rewarding

In using his nearly $6 billion budget surplus, Eby expected more of a political payoff
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
Editor's column: Memorial trees celebrate cycle of life

Editor's column: Memorial trees celebrate cycle of life

Richmond News editor Eve Edmonds laments the cost of planting a memorial tree and not being able to make a lasting memory at the site
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.
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.
Column: Government lifts age limit for free university for students who grew up in care

Column: Government lifts age limit for free university for students who grew up in care

More supports for university students who are former youth in care in B.C.
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.
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.
Letters: Please don't ban the "bad" books

Letters: Please don't ban the "bad" books

A Richmond News reader and former librarian cautions against the RPL's policy