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Letter: Short-term rental legislation is ‘toothless'

Letter: Short-term rental legislation is ‘toothless'

'The most desirable tourist markets in our province will not be required to enforce this new legislation'
Les Leyne: Government ends contract with group allegedly buying drugs on dark web

Les Leyne: Government ends contract with group allegedly buying drugs on dark web

Vancouver Coastal Health had contracted the “Drug Users Liberation Front” to provide street-level support for drug users, such as drug-checking and overdose-prevention training
Comment: Government created the housing mess we are in

Comment: Government created the housing mess we are in

Parts of this crackdown make sense, but going after the owners of legally non-conforming micro suites is reckless overreach.
Letter: Thanks for another successful Fungus Among Us

Letter: Thanks for another successful Fungus Among Us

'See you next year, as always, the weekend after Thanksgiving'
Les Leyne: No one willing to defend rules blocking foreign-trained workers

Les Leyne: No one willing to defend rules blocking foreign-trained workers

As a skills shortage worsens every year, thousands of qualified workers have been sidelined by bureaucratic inertia and bogus requirements that were imposed in a different age
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Housing policy in B.C.

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Housing policy in B.C.

Baldrey: Looking at B.C.'s popularity polls a year out from the 2024 election

Baldrey: Looking at B.C.'s popularity polls a year out from the 2024 election

We may be viewing the classic "better dance with the devil you know than the one you don't" analogy, according to Keith Baldrey.
Letter: Increasing Whistler’s housing supply the only solution

Letter: Increasing Whistler’s housing supply the only solution

'The solution is simple: if demand is greater than supply, prices go up'
Letter: SD48 needs to hire more Whistler bus drivers

Letter: SD48 needs to hire more Whistler bus drivers

'Imagine yourself in a new country with a young daughter, unable to speak the language, standing in the rain, waiting for a school bus that never arrives'
Range Rover: Stoopid ’R Us

Range Rover: Stoopid ’R Us

'Stupidity—defined as behaviour that shows a lack of good sense or judgment—can be a momentary or lifelong affliction'