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Rob Shaw
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.

Museum rethink could be opportunity for BC communities

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Written By Rob Shaw
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B.C.’s North may finally be in a position to get its own provincial museum, as the political implosion of the Royal BC Museum in Victoria project opens the door for…

“Confounding” museum project goes against Horgan brand

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Written By Rob shaw
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People are enormously angry at Premier John Horgan for his decision to spend $1 billion on a new provincial museum in Victoria, but they aren’t necessarily clamouring to throw him…

“Dirty” fuel levy squeezes farmers in border towns

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Written By Rob Shaw
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Brian and Deanne Stratuliak have been farming their land in Dawson Creek for almost 30 years — and, most recently, they’ve been extremely difficult years indeed.  There was the Chinese…

“Drifting” government logs worst session since 2017

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Written By Rob Shaw
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Premier John Horgan and his government limped out of the spring legislative session this week in an unfamiliar position: On the defensive, with criticism on a number of controversies starting…