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Vancouver housing plan won’t fly for rural BC, says Eby

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Written By Rob Shaw
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The leading candidate to be B.C.’s next premier says his recent tour of the province’s Northwest opened his eyes to the unique challenges of housing in the region. BC NDP…

Northern ridings spared in electoral boundaries review

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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…

Code Grey: Systemic Failure in Northern Health

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Written By Spencer Hall, Energeticcity.ca
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Special to Northern Beat Below is an excerpt from Code Grey, an Energeticcity investigative series into the state of health care in Northeast B.C. Read the full story at Energeticcity.ca.…

Extremist candidates running for municipal councils across BC, officials warn

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Written By Fran Yanor
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The most debated issues at last week’s annual conference of B.C. municipalities may have been health care, housing and inner-city street disorder, but in private conversations, off the record, mayors…