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David Williams: Fiscal discipline missing from latest B.C. budget

David Williams: Fiscal discipline missing from latest B.C. budget

The budget accelerates an already-unhelpful pace of spending and borrowing that is stimulative at a time of inflation
Citizen poll results: Should Canada keep supplying money to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia?

Citizen poll results: Should Canada keep supplying money to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia?

The poll ran from Feb. 14 to 26. Of the 916 votes, we can determine that 534 are from within the community.
Comment: The carbon tax and the federal dental plan are both unfair

Comment: The carbon tax and the federal dental plan are both unfair

They do not benefit all Canadians equally.
Opinion: Regional hospital carnage

Opinion: Regional hospital carnage

On Feb 7, the 18-year-old Seven Sisters building in Terrace, built in 2006, was demolished
Citizen poll results: Should Canada stop exporting coal to other countries for them to produce power?

Citizen poll results: Should Canada stop exporting coal to other countries for them to produce power?

The poll ran from Feb. 14 to 24. Of the 728 votes, we can determine that 426 are from within the community.
Citizen poll results: What's the best thing Prince George has going for it right now?

Citizen poll results: What's the best thing Prince George has going for it right now?

The poll ran from Feb. 9 to 24. Of the 868 votes, we can determine that 531 are from within the community.
Adrian Raeside cartoon: What we'll reap from B.C.'s 2024 budget

Adrian Raeside cartoon: What we'll reap from B.C.'s 2024 budget

Editorial: Deep deficit budget is a political gamble

Editorial: Deep deficit budget is a political gamble

The red ink reaches to the three-year horizon, with deficits of $7.8 billion next year and $6.3 billion in 2026-27.
Opinion: B.C.'s energy transition hidden in plain sight

Opinion: B.C.'s energy transition hidden in plain sight

In some B.C. communities, research shows a fully electric apartment or condo building can cost nearly a third less than when built with gas heating.
James Steidle: Washing machine story exposes capitalism’s underbelly

James Steidle: Washing machine story exposes capitalism’s underbelly

Planned obsolescence, the intentional construction of junk that breaks down, spread from lightbulbs to automobiles and to points in between.