Opinion

Jack Knox: 22 non-COVID stories of 2022

From the Saanich shootout to picklebrawl, this was the year post-pandemic life got moving again, in good ways and bad.

Dec 27, 2022 3:39 AM Read more >

Dr. Kirsten Miller: Get the flu vaccine to help protect Northern B.C. children

We have cared for infants and toddlers with such significant breathing difficulty that their whole body moves with every breath, their eyes are wide and staring and they cannot speak because they are so short of breath.

Dec 26, 2022 12:15 PM Read more >

Gerry Chidiac: Christmas is a time to celebrate our common humanity

Christmas is a reminder that we are all human and should come together in peace.

Dec 25, 2022 12:00 PM Read more >

Todd Whitcombe: Santa Claus makes the world a little bit better

The holiday season is about making the world a better place and that's something worth believing in.

Dec 25, 2022 5:30 AM Read more >

Cameron Stolz: A tale of Christmas larceny

A freezer full of holiday treats proved too much temptation for a young Cameron Stolz, many Christmases ago.

Dec 24, 2022 5:30 AM Read more >

Carson Binda: Life in Canada, B.C. will get more expensive in 2023 thanks to tax hikes

Next year, everything will feel more expensive as tax hikes will take a bigger chunk out of your paycheque. Both the Trudeau and Eby governments plan to hike taxes in 2023.

Dec 23, 2022 5:55 PM Read more >

Survey: More second thoughts about Canada’s chamber of ‘sober second thought’

About one in four Canadians believe Canada does not need a Senate and want all legislation to be reviewed and authorized by the House of Commons.

Dec 22, 2022 8:13 AM Read more >

Jack Knox: Unshovelled sidewalks and the lessons of a turkey lunch

As you may have noticed, compliance with municipal bylaws requiring residents and business owners to clear the walks adjoining their properties is pretty hit and miss.

Dec 22, 2022 3:30 AM Read more >

Rob Shaw: Eby is walking back two of his top leadership promises

Premier David Eby is walking back two key promises from his leadership campaign – a new provincial mental health facility, and a proposal to involuntarily detain people who overdose for treatment.

Dec 21, 2022 8:01 AM Read more >

Jack Knox: Going Three Stooges for our fellow Canuckleheads

What better time than the solstice to offer the rest of the country the spectacle of Victorians wringing their hands at the kind of weather people in Calgary equate with the August long weekend?

Dec 21, 2022 3:45 AM Read more >