Opinion

Editorial: Remembrance Day has resurging relevance

Remembrance Day is just around the corner, with the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War being commemorated this year. As...

Editorial: Not just a bad joke

It’s Media Literacy Week in Canada, which puts the focus on something that’s more important than ever in COVID times. The pandemic has created...

Nobody Asked Me But: There oughta be a word for that, so invent one

You know this feeling. You’re walking along the sidewalk, or maybe down aisle 5B at the grocery store, and you make eye contact with...

Opinion: Stronger forest protection needed

By Shauna Doll and Chris Genovali Earlier this year, the Raincoast Conservation Foundation enlisted the help of the Environmental Law Centre at the University of...

Editorial: Sure-shot offer

While researchers work frantically on a COVID-19 vaccine, one potentially deadly virus is already mapped out. Flu vaccines started to be available on the island...

In Depth: Equestrian use of Burgoyne Bay park compromised

By AMANDA SPOTTISWOODE The following statement comes from the BC Parks website: “Inherent in this mandate is the requirement to maintain a balance between BC...

Viewpoint: Be kind when opposing others’ ideas

BY KIM HUNTER This is in response to Paul McElroy’s “Dangerous Arguments” letter in the Sept. 30 paper. When I expressed my opinion in the...

Editorial: Lady Minto ER project deserves CRHD support

Anyone who has been to Lady Minto Hospital’s emergency department in the past 10 years will know that improvements to that much-valued service are...

Viewpoint: A daughter’s Green party primer

By JAN SLAKOV This is an open letter to my dad about the B.C. election. Dear Dad, Thanks for sharing that you’re so ticked off with...

Editorial: Getting ready to vote in 2020

British Columbians may not have wanted or needed an election in 2020, but now that it’s here, please take the time to vote. Despite the...

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