Vaughn Palmer: Geoff Plant says repealing DRIPA would do little as courts have made it clear governments must abide by Indigenous rights

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/vaughn-palmer-ideological-attacks-on-bc-premier-eby-reconciliation-dont-help-ex-liberal-cabinet-minister

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Opinion: Forcing a patient to be transferred out of hospital care to receive MAID is deeply troubling.

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/letters/letters-to-the-sun-forcing-a-patient-to-be-transferred-out-of-hospital-care-to-receive-maid-is-deeply-troubling

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Businesses along Broadway corridor are in economic crisis during subway project but provincial government has offered no mitigation

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-when-ndps-we-have-your-back-rings-hollow-to-b-c-s-small-businesses

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British Columbians should be trusted to choose how to meet their needs while making transition everyone wants to see on reasonable timeline

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-cleanbc-reviews-recommendations-would-make-new-housing-construction-and-heating-costs-more-expensive-if-adopted

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The report offers several worthy recommendations, but is also plagued by backsliding, lowering of targets and false solutions

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-cleanbc-needs-a-renewal-not-a-retreat

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EllisDon Corp. was fined $1.2 million in total for three crane accidents in 2025 and 2024, including collapse at Oakridge that killed Yuridia Flores, a mother o...

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/worksafebc-fines-companies-several-high-risk-violations-oakridge-fatal-crane-accident

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Vaughn Palmer: B.C.'s premier is also offering financial help for properties affected by Cowichan title decision in Richmond. Read more.

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/david-eby-aboriginal-rights-court-rulings-promises-help-richmond-properties

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BC premier promised 100 new involuntary care beds, as well as impending legislation for the North Coast Transmission Line

https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-premier-david-eby-ubcm-few-announcements

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The success of Task Force Barrage has led the VPD to make the Downtown Eastside its own policing district with its own management structure and beat officers

https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-task-force-barrage-continue

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Ice-hockey rink sized vacant lot was sold in 2003 for $7,081 and is used as public space for South False Creek residents

https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-realtor-wants-2-million-false-creek-lot-valued-at-1500-cant-be-developed

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One does not have to agree with Trump's policies or admire Musk to recognize that their success could supercharge U.S. businesses

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/jerome-gessaroli-doge-deregulation-could-leave-canada-in-the-dust

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We need to give police the tools they need to crack down on the flow of precursor chemicals for toxic drugs into our province

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/garry-begg-its-time-to-work-together-to-secure-b-c-s-borders-keep-people-safe

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Taylor Swift's concerts aren't just about the spectacle, they're about the sense of empowerment shared with her audience

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/diamond-isinger-taylor-swifts-music-captures-the-joys-heartbreaks-and-ambitions-of-women-at-all-stages-of-life

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John Horgan was determined to make the world a better place. Listening to people, learning from and about them, energized him daily

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/michelle-mungall-with-gratitude-for-my-friend-john-from-langford

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When evaluating all new policies, David Eby’s ministers must ask: Will this make life more or less affordable for British Columbians?

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/jerome-gessaroli-hard-economic-truths-good-governance-bc-affordability-crisis

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The idea is to streamline design and draft common regulations to cut construction time by at least a third

https://vancouversun.com/news/metro-vancouver-eyes-standardized-six-storey-wood-apartments

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Opinion: A message from the Horgan family this week closed with the salute made famous by the Star Trek TV series: “Live long and prosper.”

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/vaughn-palmer-john-horgan-authenticity-you-cant-fake

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That makes unregulated drug toxicity the leading cause of unnatural death for the age group over those five years. Read more.

https://vancouversun.com/health/local-health/126-children-and-youth-died-from-toxic-drugs-in-five-years-says-b-c-coroners-service

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Police allege Dillion Loehndorf was shot to death by acquantence Samuel Ratchford — who is charged with second-degree murder

https://vancouversun.com/news/man-killed-in-midday-shooting-in-northwest-b-c

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A motorized scooter, surfboard, beer fridge and camp trailer stuffed with junk were among items volunteers cleared from the banks of the Chilliwack River Thursd...

https://vancouversun.com/news/merry-go-round-of-frustration-volunteers-clear-garbage-at-one-abandoned-encampment-and-another-pops-up

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Eight people were arrested during the search on Grosvenor Road and one was held in jail for breach of probation

https://vancouversun.com/news/crime/loaded-shotgun-fentanyl-whalley-raid-surrey-rcmp

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Here's your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C. Scott Brown, Tiffany Crawford, Cheryl Chan, David Carrigg Jun 13, 2021  •  2 minutes ago  •  9 minute read  •  Join the conversation The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Photo by Handout .

https://vancouversun.com/health/covid-19-update-for-june-12-premier-says-changes-to-cruise-ship-rules-are-temporary-180-new-cases-one-death-controversial-brazillian-virologist-says-hes-been-invited-to-teach-at-bcit

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Like magicians and con artists, Mayor Ken Sim understands the value of flashy distractions.

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/letters/letters-to-the-sun-mayor-uses-shiny-baubles-to-avoid-the-real-questions

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Four years ago, one of the key promises that helped the NDP end 16 years of Liberal rule was that the party would massively overhaul B.C.’s beleaguered child care system, promising parents affordability though a universal $10-a-day program.

While the NDP has spent hundreds of millions since ...

https://vancouversun.com/life/parenting/b-c-ndp-fee-cap-reduces-child-care-costs-but-also-shrinks-spaces-critics

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The husband-and-wife team that owns and operates

Sea to Sky Sourdough BReD

in Whistler’s Creekside scrambled when COVID-19 hit to pivot from a potential customer base of three million tourists to the about 12,000 residents who make the area their permanent home.

“Our whole business...

https://vancouversun.com/business/local-business/some-small-businesses-found-ways-to-win-despite-the-pandemic

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A new defendant has been added to a civil lawsuit launched by the province seeking forfeiture of a Salt Spring Island property that the government alleges was linked to a $200-million-plus international stock fraud.

In a consent order filed May 10 in B.C. Supreme Court, which is agreed to by both ...

https://vancouversun.com/business/philippines-resident-added-to-forfeiture-case-that-alleges-money-laundered-through-salt-spring-island-property

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DFO enforcement staff argue officers are busy enforcing against illegal sockeye salmon fishing on the Fraser River, despite critic claims.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/dfo-has-investigations-ongoing-into-fraser-river-salmon-poaching

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