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Opinion: Canada's housing ban on foreign buyers will fail

Foreign buyers who leave their homes empty are not driving home prices through the roof.

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  • Feb 1, 2023
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Opinion: Defunding the Renter’s Office is a body blow to Vancouver tenants

A bad move for renters that will make the housing crisis worse, one lawyer says.

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  • Jan 30, 2023
A 1979 Victoria Times newspaper clipping on then-Premier Bill Vander Zalm's promise to speed up housing permitting and zoning at municipal levels. Click on the image for an expanded version. (Submitted)
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Opinion: Another Groundhog Day in British Columbia for housing affordability

Even with major policy changes and billions of dollars being spent, will affordability actually improve?

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  • Jan 19, 2023
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Opinion from Canadian MP: Here's why Parliament should be hybrid

"It is inclusive, accessible, and a window into the future of democracy in the 21st Century."

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  • Jan 18, 2023
The existing Broadway Plan area looking west from Vancouver City Hall and Cambie Street towards City Centre Mall and Vancouver General Hospital. (Shutterstock)
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Opinion: Stronger tenant protections keep real estate speculators at bay

Development policies need to treat existing renters as valued community members.

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  • Jan 17, 2023
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Opinion: Why proposed changes to Vancouver's dog bylaw are concerning

Owners can now appeal if their dog is deemed aggressive.

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  • Jan 11, 2023
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Opinion: Being a nurse in the pandemic is extremely discouraging, but it's a wonderful career

"We do not have power over the politics."

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  • Jan 11, 2023
A single-family home in Kitsilano, with the downtown Vancouver skyline in the background. (Shutterstock)
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Opinion: High Vancouver property prices can be your friend

"New developments can bring in new businesses, schools, and amenities."

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  • Dec 30, 2022
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Frontline workers forced to stay home or commute on foot in snow

"Vancouver hospitals will be further short-staffed today than they already are."

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  • Dec 20, 2022
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From snacks to sips to steps: Five ways to have a healthy holiday season

We shouldn’t need to take a vacation from our healthy lifestyle.

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  • Dec 17, 2022
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Opinion: Why hasn't Canada stopped horses from being shipped to slaughter overseas?

More than 100 horses were inhumanely sent to Japan on the weekend.

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  • Dec 16, 2022
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Opinion: BC left "confused and afraid" over healthcare messaging

Our health leaders need to build back our trust and confidence.

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  • Dec 14, 2022
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The 9 best ways to show up for new moms even if you don’t have kids

A little gesture can go a long way!

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  • Dec 13, 2022
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Opinion: Cheap Vancouver properties are a fantasy

Don't count on it...

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  • Dec 7, 2022
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Opinion: British Columbia needs to end the commodification of housing

BC is in a housing crisis because we treat housing as an investment.

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  • Dec 5, 2022
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Opinion: The worst PR disasters of 2022, and how they should've been handled

You've got to have a smart PR plan to manage a crisis.

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  • Nov 30, 2022
Construction of the MC2 residential towers near SkyTrain Marine Drive Station in South Vancouver. The complex reached completion in 2016. (Shutterstock)
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Opinion: Canada’s ambitious immigration plan demands an unprecedented home-building effort

Where will they all live?

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  • Nov 30, 2022
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Opinion: BC Liberals are not afraid of criticism or change

"The rebrand to BC United as evidence of that."

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  • Nov 29, 2022
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