Coastal Front

Coastal Front

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  • BC's Rich Got Hundreds of Millions. The Poor Got Nothing.

    BC's NDP has paid hundreds of millions through BC’s education savings grant. But the real story is who successfully claimed it — and who didn’t. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMZSdxtkweI

     

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    9 min
  • BC's Rich Got Hundreds of Millions. The Poor Got Nothing.

    BC's NDP has paid hundreds of millions through BC’s education savings grant. But the real story is who successfully claimed it — and who didn’t. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMZSdxtkweI

     

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    9 min
  • Kennedy Stewart Unfiltered: Ken Sim, the SkyTrain & What’s Wrong in Vancouver

    Former Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart sits down with Coastal Front for a candid, no-holds-barred conversation about Ken Sim, the UBC SkyTrain, policing, property taxes and the future of Vancouver ahead of the 2026 municipal election.

     

    Stewart looks back on his time as an NDP MP and his 2018–2022 term as mayor of Vancouver: leading a split city council, getting the city through COVID, helping bring the FIFA World Cup to BC, and securing funding for the Broadway Plan and the SkyTrain extension to UBC. He explains why he believes the UBC SkyTrain line was fully funded when he left office, what went wrong under Mayor Ken Sim, and why he says Sim "had four years to deliver."

     

    We also get into:

    🔹 Why he says he was "never about defunding police," and how he thinks Sim's 100-officer pledge drove up property taxes

    🔹 Housing affordability, rental housing, super towers and the Carney–Eby housing announcement

    🔹 Whether Metro Vancouver's cities should amalgamate

    🔹 Party discipline in Ottawa, his book with Michael Chong, and working with Harper, Trudeau, Singh and Carney

    🔹 Whether he'll ever run for office again


    Watch the full conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN2ldaukk8k 

    1 hr 51 min
  • NEWS READ: A BC non-profit society received millions in public funds. Then came unpaid bills, vendor complaints, and an arrest warrant.
    A BC non-profit society received millions in public funds. Then came unpaid bills, vendor complaints, and an arrest warrant.

    Read the full article here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/p/a-bc-non-profit-got-millions-in-public

     

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    19 min
  • NEWS READ: Ottawa sanctions defence firm over Russia while deepening ties with Saudi Arabia
    Weeks before sanctioning Streit Group for helping “feed Russia’s war machine,” Ottawa pledged to increase defence exports to Saudi Arabia.

    Read the full article here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/p/selective-outrage-ottawa-sanctions

     

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    7 min
  • NEWS READ: Sixth BC Conservative MLA leaves caucus amid mounting departures
    The Abbotsford South MLA will sit as an Independent, continuing a wave of caucus departures that began in mid-August.

    Read the full article here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/p/sixth-bc-conservative-mla-leaves

     

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    4 min
  • NEWS READ: Elections BC clears initiative bid to repeal DRIPA
    A new province-wide petition is seeking to repeal DRIPA as debate over the law’s legal and economic impact intensifies.

    Read the full article here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/p/elections-bc-clears-initiative-bid

     

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    8 min
  • Are all-girls schools better? Inside York House & Crofton House

    In this episode of Coastal Front, we sit down with Ms. Lavell, head of York House School, and Ms. Harrop, head of Crofton House School, to discuss what it means to educate and raise girls in 2026.


    From social media and emerging technology, including AI, to confidence, resilience and the pressures facing young women today, they explore how education is evolving and what all-girls schools can offer that a coeducational environment may not.

    The conversation also tackles parenting, screen time, school uniforms, career choices, financial aid, politics in schools and the importance of preparing girls to think independently and confidently navigate a rapidly changing world.

    Watch the full conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4j6V2iGBvA&t=2332s

    1 hr 9 min
  • NEWS READ: A seven week addition to the pedestrian zone in the downtown core has been approved.

    Read the full article here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/p/city-of-vancouver-extends-granville

     

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    5 min
  • NEWS READ: More than a quarter of likely Vancouver voters remain undecided, while Ken Sim has 30 percent support among those who have chosen a candidate.

    Read the full article here: https://www.coastalfront.ca/p/poll-puts-sim-ahead-as-26-percent

     

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    4 min

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