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Rob Shaw: Eby trades Trump for billionaires in mid-campaign pivot

It’s worth paying attention to the aggressive and bombastic language BC Green leader Emily Lowan is using on the campaign trail to talk about...

Les Leyne: Eby targets wrong billionaire, undermines Buy B.C. message

NDP Leader David Eby picked a curious target when he took on grocery billionaires and followed up with the promise of a new tax...

Rob Shaw: Eby rolls out yet another tax-the-rich pitch

BC NDP Leader David Eby has returned to the party’s 2017-era playbook to ask those who have a little bit more to pay a...

Les Leyne: As LNG booms, B.C. politicians fight for credit

If you put the competing politicians together in a nice quiet room — on a secure political detox ward, for instance — and went...

Rob Shaw: B.C. party leaders keep swapping scripts during election

One week into B.C.’s snap election campaign and everyone is stealing each other’s material. You have the BC NDP leader poaching lines from the...

Rob Shaw: Eby swings from ‘we need those builders’ to taxing their unsold condos

Premier David Eby has met with the development and real estate sectors twice in the last year to express alarm over the impact of...

Vietnam’s leader To Lam upgrades Canada to a strategic partner

OTTAWA — Vietnamese President To Lam has upgraded ties with Canada to a strategic partnership, building on Prime Minister Mark Carney's efforts to get...

Starbucks to shutter 250 stores in North America this week in 2nd wave of closings

Starbucks plans to close 250 North American stores later this week. It is the second big round of store closures under Starbucks Chairman and...

S&P/TSX composite down nearly 600 points, U.S. stock markets also lower

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index fell nearly 600 points on Wednesday, weighed down by losses in the basic materials sector, while U.S. stock...

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