Opinion/Letters to the Editor

As British Columbia heads towards the holiday season, residents of the province are paying attention to how they spend money.

There was a time not so long ago that it was hard to muster any sympathy for cannabis retailers. I would argue – and probably with some of you, I would have to do so quite strenuously – that the time has come.

Peaceful countries around the world that Canada loves comparing itself to – Norway, Sweden, South Korea, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy – all have some form of conscription.

We live a life today that most take for granted. 

Winter is coming and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax is punishing Canadians for heating their homes. The carbon tax hits the essential needs of our daily lives hard.

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. 

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.

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

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