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Christy Clark's LNG dreams to be tested in rare fall legislative session
The B.C. Legislature convenes on Monday for what has become something of a rare event — a fall legislative session — where Premier Christy Clark's liquefied natural gas (LNG) dreams will be put to the test of public scrutiny.
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B.C. teachers' strike: Could it have ended much sooner, asks Stephen Smart
There is no denying that a negotiated contract between the B.C. government and striking public school teachers is a good thing, but did it need to take three months?
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B.C. teachers' strike drags on with no end in sight
Rhetoric, rather than realistic solutions, fueling a standoff with no end in sight.
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B.C. teachers' strike: After a wasted summer, stalemate rules
Instead of working on a compromise, something to allow both parties to save face and achieve some of their goals, the government and the B.C. Teachers' Federation are both waiting for the other side to blink, Stephen Smart writes.
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Northern Gateway: Ottawa’s green light for Enbridge has many in B.C. seeing red
The daunting engineering challenges facing the Northern Gateway pipeline project are shaping up to be nothing compared to the landscape of anti-pipeline opposition standing in Enbridge’s way, writes Stephen Smart.
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B.C. teachers' strike: Make or break time with last ditch negotiations
As a full-scale teachers' strike looms, the CBC's B.C. legislative bureau chief Stephen Smart examines the potential for an 11th hour deal before the end of the school year.
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The political stakes in the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline decision
Given the heightening concerns on several fronts, there will be a political price to pay no matter what Ottawa's decision is in the coming days about the Northern Gateway oil pipeline to the B.C. coast, Stephen Smart writes.
B.C. teachers' strike fund running out ahead of vote
As B.C. teachers prepare to vote next week on whether to escalate their contract dispute to a full-scale strike, they do so knowing it might have a bigger than usual impact on their wallets.
B.C. teachers' strike and lockout: 8 things you need to know
What's going to happen to Grade 12 exams and grad ceremonies? Can parents meet with teachers? Who is supervising recess? What happens next? And whose fault is this anyway?
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Same rhetoric but different rules in this B.C. teachers' strike
The CBC's legislative bureau chief Stephen Smart shares his thoughts on the imminent B.C. teachers' strike and what this means for stalled contract talks with the government.