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RT @RobShaw_BC: Almost a year after expressing interest in expanding food production on agricultural land, advocates are wondering why the….
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BC government fails to allow expanded food production on agricultural land, despite support from majority of surveyed British Columbians.
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RT @FranYanor: Staff, tenants & first responders are battling an undeclared fire emergency in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside SROs, as they b….
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Downtown Eastside is a maelstrom of human suffering, violence and failed public policies, and while SROs burn, governments change nothing.
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Sad news for bourbon fans: Ottawa eased up on tariffs last week to facilitate trade talks, but the BC govt vows to dig in on its US liquor ban. @RobShaw_BC for @BeatNorthern
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Bad news if you’re hoping to wet your whistle on some California wine or Kentucky bourbon – the ban on US alcohol will remain in BC.
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RT @FranYanor: Great piece by @GeoffRuss3 for @BeatNorthern about where we're headed on reconciliation if our leadership doesn't step up.….
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Good intentions on reconciliation have been undone by political haste, poor planning and a lack of transparency about the trade-offs.
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Residents of Okanagan Falls voted in a referendum to incorporate, in part to have more control over their municipality. What they've gotten instead is unexpected conditions, backroom deals and government obfuscation. @robshaw writes for @BeatNorthern .
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Secret BC NDP negotiations sideswipe Okanagan Falls residents who weren't told of the DRIPA process when they voted to incorporate.
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RT @FranYanor: The court found Aboriginal title on private property in metro Vancouver, unleashing a fury of uncertainty. Here's our high-l….
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A BC company that’s set to build hybrid-electric semi trucks in Canada says its plans are in jeopardy because of federal bureaucracy and climate emissions rules. @RobShaw_BC for @BeatNorthern .
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A B.C. company that’s set to build the hybrid-electric semi trucks in Canada says its plans are in jeopardy because of federal bureaucracy.
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RT @FranYanor: Good intentions have been undone by political haste, poor planning and a lack of transparency about the trade-offs. With wea….
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RT @GeoffRuss3: Reconciliation was always a complex endeavour. While not unsalvageable, the threat to private property rights in BC follo….
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RT @NVanCaroline: Former Deputy Minister Robin Junger raises a key point re Cowichan: Despite their sudden interest in private property rig….
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RT @RobShaw_BC: Canada's oldest and largest private shipyard slams @BCFerries for a flawed procurement process that favoured buying its new….
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CEO says domestic firms never had a fair shot at the contract, calls for Ottawa to step in
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RT @FranYanor: After a BC Supreme Court judgment recognized Aboriginal title on 800 acres of private & Crown land in the Lower Mainland, th….
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BC Ag minister Lana Popham just picked up a couple more files that may require some tricky stick handling, writes @RobShaw_BC for @BeatNorthern .
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BC Agriculture Minister Lana Popham was quietly given responsibility for liquor and cannabis in the recent cabinet shuffle.
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RT @FranYanor: BC Health says it will cover millions in funding to keep safe supply programs going, after the Federal govt quietly withdrew….
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The B.C. government provides millions in emergency funding to keep several safe supply sites open, after the federal government cut support.
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RT @tomfletcherbc: "This government is basically treating every square inch of the province as though it might be title, and the courts hav….
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"I think they’re using these Land Act planning processes to transfer enormous power to Indigenous groups," says former BC deputy minister.
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Controversial Land Act changes BC NDP govt shelved last year have re-emerged in a flurry of land use deals with First Nations, in what one former BC deputy minister calls a "Faustian bargain" to get major projects approved, @tomfletcherbc for @BeatNorthern.
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