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Intelligent City's prefabricated mass-timber construction factory in Delta, B.C. (Intelligent City)
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Opinion: Canada can achieve more new homes by building them in factories

"It's time to build housing faster, smarter, and more affordably."

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  • Dec 7, 2025
Emily Pickett (Vancouver Humane Society/We Animals Media)
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Opinion: Why I stopped riding in horse carriages and started advocating against them

"The horses in their feathered headpieces were not so lucky."

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  • Dec 5, 2025
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Opinion: Metro Vancouver cities choking housing supply while blaming everyone else

Housing starts, a lagging indicator, are about to crater.

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  • Dec 1, 2025
Michael Lee/Backpack Buddies
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Demand keeps growing for charity that helps feed hungry B.C. kids

Helping kids without making them feel singled out.

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  • Nov 28, 2025
Hockey Helps The Homeless Vancouver. (David Fine)
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How a knock on my door sparked a $7-million push to help Vancouver's homeless

Now on track to raise $1 million for 2025.

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  • Nov 22, 2025
September 2025 revised downsized concept for the redevelopment of Tsawwassen Town Centre. (Arcadis/Century Group)
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Opinion: Tsawwassen can't reject new housing and expect better services

Housing availability and good healthcare services are related.

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  • Nov 18, 2025
Concept design of the battery-electric vessel for CIRQL Ferries. (BMT/CIRQL Ferries)
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Opinion: Why private passenger-only ferry services complement BC Ferries

Private operators can target specific markets.

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  • Oct 22, 2025
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Opinion: We were never building affordable homes in Vancouver

"Talk about revisionist history!"

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  • Oct 21, 2025
Directions Drop-In Centre. (Mavreen David/Family Services of Greater Vancouver)
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Opinion: Wrap-around supports are crucial for Vancouver's homeless youth

"This isn’t about charity. It’s about responsibility."

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  • Oct 16, 2025
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Opinion: B.C. needs to do more than ban exotic cats

The proposed ban addresses one aspect of a much larger problem.

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  • Sep 21, 2025
Potential concept of TransLink's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) services. (TransLink)
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Opinion: If TransLink builds Bus Rapid Transit, it must be done right

BRT needs to stand out from the existing RapidBus services.

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  • Sep 17, 2025
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Opinion: Why I'm against Vancouver's proposed mass rezoning plan

Key mechanism for tenant protection: public hearings for rezoning.

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  • Sep 13, 2025
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Opinion: B.C.’s new Holocaust education curriculum comes at a crucial time

In an era of rising antisemitism, learning from the past is more urgent than ever.

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  • Aug 30, 2025
TransLink's Scottsdale bus exchange in Surrey. (Google Maps)
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Opinion: Why this TransLink bus exchange in Surrey needs to be relocated

It'd also better support high-density, transit-oriented development.

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  • Aug 29, 2025
Cut-and-cover construction on Cambie Street for the Canada Line in the late 2000s. (Canada Line Photography)
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Opinion: UBC SkyTrain should be built with cut-and-cover tunnels

Choose the most cost-effective construction methodologies.

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  • Aug 26, 2025
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Opinion: Why mining projects are key to B.C.'s economic development

This project bottleneck is cause for concern.

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  • Aug 22, 2025
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Opinion: The next policies B.C. government must pursue to deliver more homes

Some recommendations for B.C.'s new housing minister.

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  • Aug 20, 2025
Aerial of Kitsilano Pool at nighttime. (Stephen T. Y. Wong/Shutterstock)
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Opinion: A downsized new replacement Kitsilano Pool would be a big mistake

"They have already lost trust with the swimming community."

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  • Aug 14, 2025
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