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Rob Shaw is the CHEK News legislative correspondent and political columnist/commentator for CBC, Glacier Media, Northern Beat and Political Capital. He is co-author of A Matter of Confidence.

Feds keep RCMP in communities, scuttling move to BC-wide force

Column / Op-Ed

Written By Rob Shaw
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Rural communities that rely on the RCMP for policing will get the option of keeping the Mounties as their local force after the federal government confirmed to the province it…

Doerkson defection to BC Conservatives angers former colleagues

Column / Op-Ed

Written By Rob Shaw
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In mid-May, a group of prominent local folks called MLA Lorne Doerkson to a meeting in Williams Lake to give him a piece of their mind. The dozen or so…

Okanagan farmers rally BC NDP caucus, Premier tours decimated crops

Column / Op-Ed

Written By Rob Shaw
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“[The Premier] said he gets it, and he understands. But politicians are politicians. Who knows. I hope so.” –Deep Brar B.C.’s beleaguered fruit growers, whose crops have been decimated by…

BC United MLA will return to growing business, not seek re-election

Column / Op-Ed

Written By Rob Shaw
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“She has been an exceptional MLA, and a leader in our caucus.” –Kevin Falcon While the BC Conservatives are currently surging in the polls, one of BC United’s most conservative-leaning…