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Opinion: Canada's skills crisis is growing — here's how we can fix it

Opinion: Canada's skills crisis is growing — here's how we can fix it

As labour shortages deepen across sectors, the disconnect between formal education and real-world job requirements is becoming harder to ignore.
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Rob Shaw: Eby plays pipeline diplomat for Alberta, then drops the act

Rob Shaw: Eby plays pipeline diplomat for Alberta, then drops the act

B.C. premier strikes a conciliatory tone with Danielle Smith—until the national cameras shift away
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Kirk LaPointe: B.C. needs political backbone to fix Metro Vancouver governance

Kirk LaPointe: B.C. needs political backbone to fix Metro Vancouver governance

Years of mismanagement, weak oversight, cost overruns demand provincial intervention—not polite distance
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Mario Canseco: How much is enough? Poll shows Canadians rebelling against tip creep

Mario Canseco: How much is enough? Poll shows Canadians rebelling against tip creep

Research Co. data shows growing resistance to automatic tip prompts and confusion over when a tip is deserved
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Opinion: Is Donald Trump doing the world a favour by isolating the U.S.?

Opinion: Is Donald Trump doing the world a favour by isolating the U.S.?

Loosening the American grip on global power could be an essential first step towards achieving a more just and balanced international order.
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Letter: The District of North Vancouver isn't taking wildfire risk seriously

Letter: The District of North Vancouver isn't taking wildfire risk seriously

A resident was told she would have to pay to thin or remove trees on public land, as recommended by the fire department.
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Letter: Ports Property Tax Act is taking money from North Vancouver taxpayers

Letter: Ports Property Tax Act is taking money from North Vancouver taxpayers

The provincial act introduced in 2004 to help local companies compete internationally has become outdated and unfair, writes North Van District Coun. Jim Hanson
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Rob Shaw: BC NDP's Downtown Eastside reset flames out on the launchpad

Rob Shaw: BC NDP's Downtown Eastside reset flames out on the launchpad

Michael Bryant’s high-paid, low-impact role imploded under secrecy and silence, exposing deeper problems in the BC NDP’s approach to crisis
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Editorial: The wildfire of our nightmares does not have to happen

Editorial: The wildfire of our nightmares does not have to happen

It’s time to start applying the lessons other tragedies around the world have taught us here in North Vancouver and West Van
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Eve Lazarus: More than 1,000 people died in Canada's worst peacetime maritime disaster

Eve Lazarus: More than 1,000 people died in Canada's worst peacetime maritime disaster

The Empress of Ireland carried more than 117,000 people between England and Canada before sinking following a collision with a Norwegian coal ship in 1914
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