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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.

Northern ridings spared in electoral boundaries review

News Feature

Written By Rob Shaw
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Northern B.C. won’t lose any of its provincial ridings in the next election, after the region was spared the chopping block by an independent panel tasked with redrawing British Columbia’s…

Eby’s housing plan ambitious, but unclear for rural communities

Column / Op-Ed

Written By Rob Shaw
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David Eby’s new housing plan is the most ambitious attempt at tackling the housing affordability crisis in B.C. in the last two decades — though what parts of the province…

Northeast projects languish in consultation limbo

Column / Op-Ed

Written By Rob Shaw
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Oil and gas companies are increasingly leaving northeastern B.C. as the government struggles to manage enormous permitting delays and other real-world consequences of a landmark First Nations court decision, says…

Rural mayors put health minister on defensive

Column / Op-Ed

Written By Rob Shaw
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Rural mayors concerned about the crumbling state of healthcare in their communities finally got a chance to plead their case to Health Minister Adrian Dix this week. It did not go well.…