Opinion

If you look it up today, you will find that Tamara Vrooman became CEO at YVR on Canada Day in 2020. But it wasn’t the YVR we knew. And she couldn’t be the CEO we knew, even the CEO that she knew.

For most new premiers, their swearing-in day is a leisurely victory lap. Typically, they pose for the cameras, introduce their new cabinet and pat themselves on the back for winning an election or leadership race.

As David Eby prepares to be sworn in as premier, it’s worth looking at the political landscape he will inherit in B.C. compared to only one year ago.

Over the past four and half years, Research Co. and Glacier Media have asked Canadians about a wide range of issues.

'We have urban sprawl at the same time as we have high-density development. We can have a sense of community while at least six separate communities thrive under the District umbrella.'

This week, there is a sense of pandemic deja vu. If you are anything like us at The Squamish Chief, COVID is currently making the rounds of your social circle.

Almost no one is surprised Eby is about to be sworn in as premier.

As British Columbia heads towards the holiday season, residents of the province are paying attention to how they spend money.

'Perhaps I’ll get lucky, the stars and weather will align, and you’ll see me on the mountain this winter.'

There was a time not so long ago that it was hard to muster any sympathy for cannabis retailers. I would argue – and probably with some of you, I would have to do so quite strenuously – that the time has come.