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Housing policy
Why B.C. mayors are wary of Ottawa and Victoria’s housing plan
The $3.2-billion proposal is meant to cut costs for multi-unit projects and deal with vacant condos, but local leaders say major questions remain
Toxic drug crisis
Free naloxone may be preventing most fatal overdoses in B.C., study finds
Researchers estimate take-home naloxone prevented 76 to 80 per cent of potential opioid poisoning deaths from 2019 to 2024, while thousands still died from toxic drugs
Energy infrastructure
Ottawa approves Enbridge’s $4B Sunrise gas pipeline expansion
The B.C. project would add nearly 140 kilometres of pipe and 300 million cubic feet per day of capacity to Enbridge’s Westcoast system
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