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Opinion: RVing 101 - What to buy

Opinion: RVing 101 - What to buy

My advice is to rent an RV before you make that purchase, get a feel for what you’re getting into – and do a lot of research.
Opinion: Seeing only what we want to see

Opinion: Seeing only what we want to see

We often see what we want to see. And we don’t see what we don’t want to see. This is the basis of optical illusions.
Opinion: Protect seniors from big business

Opinion: Protect seniors from big business

Western business mentality and, by extension, collective society, allowed the well-being of our oldest family members to be decided by corporate profit-margin measures.
Opinion: Protest did more harm than good

Opinion: Protest did more harm than good

In his recent oped “Opinion: Principled acts take courage,” Gerry Chidiac lauds the actions last month by workers at the Port of Prince Rupert, who refused to unload the cargo of a ship belonging to an Israeli company.
Opinion: No original sin

Opinion: No original sin

If we replaced the religious word "sin," with the non-religious word "behavior," it would keep us grounded.
Opinion: Religious stereotypes are harmful

Opinion: Religious stereotypes are harmful

Just like any human institution, religions are in a constant state of evolution.  Just like any human being, religious leaders make mistakes.
Opinion: Staff shortages a big problem for early childhood care

Opinion: Staff shortages a big problem for early childhood care

Current operational centres in our community are struggling to staff programs, many running on multiple exceptions just to make the staff/child ratio work.
Opinion: Let’s act now to save summer

Opinion: Let’s act now to save summer

With each passing year, more and more people, in B.C. and around the world are anxious about what future summers have in store.
Opinion: We need to pull out of the debt spiral

Opinion: We need to pull out of the debt spiral

The interest payments on British Columbia’s provincial debt this year could pay the salaries of 4,600 new paramedics for ten years. But, instead of paying for first responders or providing tax relief to families, a whopping $2.
Opinion: Rewarding silence causes problems

Opinion: Rewarding silence causes problems

In politics, workplaces, everyday conversation with acquaintances and even friends, not saying what we actually believe is too common. It can be seen as kind, polite, or that dreadful word, nice.