Opinion

Gerry Chidiac: Canada finally recognizes its genocidal crime

What is unique about Canada’s recognition of our policies toward our Indigenous neighbours as genocide is that we have applied the term to ourselves.

Nov 10, 2022 6:11 AM Read more >

Todd Whitcombe: COVID and convoy are still with us

Epidemiological studies, by a wide range of professionals around the world, estimate the number of deaths from COVID to be at least three times those reported.

Nov 9, 2022 5:00 AM Read more >

Neil Godbout: Why do people hate the cold so much?

Unlike many other mammals, humans do not contend with cold well, betraying the African origins of our species.

Nov 9, 2022 5:00 AM Read more >

Letter to the editor: Great service from Prince George company

Their quote was pretty reasonable so I hired them. They gave me an estimate of completion by Christmas but showed up mid-September.

Nov 9, 2022 4:00 AM Read more >

Rob Shaw: Poilievre and Eby have a lot in common on housing

Pierre Poilievre and David Eby have a lot in common in their plans to address British Columbia’s housing market. It’s just that neither of them wants to actually say that out loud.

Nov 8, 2022 10:44 AM Read more >

Neil Godbout: Newly-elected politicians in no rush to get to work

What have they been doing since they took down their campaign signs three weeks ago?

Nov 8, 2022 6:05 AM Read more >

Jack Knox: Computer pioneer lived quietly in our midst

Kathleen Booth’s work was so significant that when the 100-year-old died this fall, her passing merited major media coverage in her native Britain. So why didn’t we all know that she had spent the past 44 years living in Sooke?

Nov 8, 2022 4:25 AM Read more >

Mario Canseco: Survey: Support for changing British Columbia’s name is highest among youth

In August 2021, shortly after the federal government announced its intention to enhance support to Indigenous communities as a result of recent discoveries related to residential schools, Research Co.

Nov 7, 2022 2:00 PM Read more >

Rob Shaw: Eby has yet to live up to mounting ‘man of action’ expectations

David Eby never actually called himself the “man of action,” but boy has the moniker stuck in the early days of the premier-designate’s tenure. Unfortunately, that label is proving to be both a blessing and a curse.

Nov 7, 2022 10:25 AM Read more >

Opinion: A visit to Prince George taught me a lesson about racism and bias

There’s an old saying that if you point a finger, there are four more pointing back at you. And in this situation, those fingers were pointing at me

Nov 7, 2022 5:22 AM Read more >