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Les Leyne: Committee urges same response to drug crisis as to pandemic

Les Leyne: Committee urges same response to drug crisis as to pandemic

Ten thousand people have died in the six years since the emergency was declared — illicit drug toxicity is the leading cause of unnatural death in B.C., more than homicides, car crashes, drowning and fires combined
Neil Godbout: Doctors, teachers deserve those big raises

Neil Godbout: Doctors, teachers deserve those big raises

Both jobs are cornerstone positions for a healthy and thriving province.
Rob Shaw: B.C.’s long-awaited doctor pay model plan leaves patients waiting for results

Rob Shaw: B.C.’s long-awaited doctor pay model plan leaves patients waiting for results

Health Minister Adrian Dix’s new plan to fix the family doctor system is as expensive as it is ambitious.
Todd Whitcombe: More than carbon tax behind gas price hikes

Todd Whitcombe: More than carbon tax behind gas price hikes

There are certainly a number of people who would like to blame the price increase on carbon taxes, for example, but they are looking at politics and not the numbers.
Letter to the editor: More vets needed

Letter to the editor: More vets needed

We need to have an after-hours vet clinic in Prince George.
Survey: Pierre Poilievre factor looms large in the realignment of Canada’s political map

Survey: Pierre Poilievre factor looms large in the realignment of Canada’s political map

Among Canadian decided voters, the Conservatives are in first place with 35 per cent, followed by the Liberals with 31 per cent.
Neil Godbout: Doherty’s courage shines light on dark truths

Neil Godbout: Doherty’s courage shines light on dark truths

Who benefits when people refuse to talk about childhood abuse (and are not heard when they do)?
Jack Knox: Halloween an excuse masquerading as a night for kids

Jack Knox: Halloween an excuse masquerading as a night for kids

First, adults decided to use the occasion to dress up as Sexy Whatevers and party in a way that caused them to lose their inhibitions/undergarments/stomach contents. Then, worse, it became an excuse to show up for work in a moose suit
Nathan Giede: Beautiful autumn deserves more than one day of thanks

Nathan Giede: Beautiful autumn deserves more than one day of thanks

I realize that the “thanksgiving theme” is now long past due. Of course, my truancy on this particular submission is well blamed on the incredible fall that we were having.
Letter to the editor: Bank of Canada doing a good job managing inflation

Letter to the editor: Bank of Canada doing a good job managing inflation

It takes six to 18 months for the effects of an interest rate increase to manifest in the economy and inflation.  We are six months into a monetary tightening phase and it would appear inflation is receding very, very slowly.